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    The cashflow conundrum in a higher yield world

    Explore strategies to manage cashflow challenges in today's high-yield environment and how to align investment portfolios with cashflow needs.

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    DB considerations for Buy & Maintain investment approaches

    We analyse the long-term viability and practical implications of Buy and Maintain investment approaches.

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    What pension schemes should be thinking about a year on from the gilts crisis

    With UK gilts back to a multi-year high, many DB pension schemes have seen improvements in their funding positions but they should not be complacent.

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    Virtual investment series 2023 - Tackling tomorrow

    Our second Investment Forum of 2023 discussed answers to important forward-looking investment questions, so you can get your mix of assets right.

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    LDI – what you need to think about

    BW's Head of LDI Research Danielle Markham outlines what clients should be focusing on when it comes to LDI.

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    LDI, liquidity and returns: where do we go from here?

    LDI forms the core of many DB schemes’ investment strategies. But are these strategies still ‘safe’, given the use of leverage?

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    LDI update | Recent market volatility and DB pension schemes

    Now that the LDI dust is settling, we set out some of the strategic, investment and operational aspects to consider.

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    How DB pension schemes have reacted to market volatility | 28 September

    We examine what DB schemes have been doing in the face of extraordinary changes in the UK economy.

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    Investment Insights: What basis should pension schemes be hedging over time?

    Our briefing note explores how the design of a DB pensions scheme's Liability Driven Investment portfolio can impact on how successful the liability hedge is.

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    Investment Insights: if Cashflow Driven Investment is the solution, what is the question?

    Whilst CDI is being offered by some as a revolutionary new solution, we view CDI more as a natural step for maturing pension schemes to take as part of a de-risking…

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