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Briefing
Investment Insights: Expanding the toolkit - Buy-ins
Should bulk annuity purchases be of interest to more schemes? With 132 transactions in 2017, this is small compared to the 5,700 UK DB pension schemes. Are schemes …
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Blog
Assessing private markets
A key difference between the private and public markets is the level of illiquidity and complexity, with private assets typically being less liquid and more complex…
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Briefing
Investment Insights: Governance
In this paper we demonstrate the importance of governance and explain how taking the time to ensure you have strong governance in place will bring real benefits.
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Briefing
Investment Insights - Equities
We consider the outlook for equities over the long term and the short term, before considering the options available to investors concerned that equities may be due…
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Briefing
Investment Insights: Inflation
In this paper we investigate whether the recent heightened level of inflation is expected to stay and what the investment options are for pension schemes that wish …
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Video
Matt Tickle: global investment outlook
Matt Tickle shares his views on the economic outlook, understanding volatility and managing inflation risks at our Investment Conference.
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Blog
Interest rates to rise but no return to normal anytime soon
Speakers from BlackRock, Columbia Threadneedle and Insight Investments all predict little prospect of a normalisation in interest rates over the next year at our an…
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Blog
Bank of England changes outlook on Super Thursday
Super Thursday not only saw the Bank of England’s latest decision on interest rates and Quantitative Easing, but also their latest inflation report too.
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Briefing
Investment Insights: the cashflow conundrum
This paper looks at how much weight should be given to 'meeting cashflows' when designing an investment portfolio and if there are specific features cashflow negati…
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Briefing
How to survive the EU referendum?
Policymakers have played an increasing role in the direction of investment markets over recent years - arguably the most significant for UK pension schemes in 2016 …