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Briefing
LDI in 2016: Navigating your way through the hedging maze
In the latest issue of Investment Insights, we look at how the Liability Driven Investment (LDI) market, which has expanded significantly over the last five years, …
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Blog
In, out, shake it all about: Britain and the EU hokey-cokey
A referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU is expected in summer 2016. We take a look at the potential implications of 'Brexit' for UK pension schemes.
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The future of Diversified Growth Funds
Does the rationale for holding DGFs still hold true? Lower returns – what are the options? Quantitative Easing (QE) has brought forward future returns and has artif…
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Briefing
Lessons learned from the 'market turmoil' of the third quarter
The third quarter of 2015 seems to have brought a stream of shrill headlines from writers about falls in risky assets, an increase in volatility across most asset c…
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Briefing
Alternative Asset Classes
The purpose of this quarter’s Investment Insights is to consider the alternatives market and assess what, if any, role alternative assets could play within a pensio…
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Briefing
Gilt yields – is the answer still 4%?
18 months ago we took a look at what was a reasonable yield for long-dated gilts. We concluded that a yield of perhaps around 4% was a fair assumption. Read our la…
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Briefing
The future of DGFs
The future of DGFs – have they done what they said and how will they perform in the future? Does the rationale for holding DGFs still hold true a decade on and in …
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Market volatility – back on the radar
The Government’s Budget announcement of freedom and choice in pensions may have inadvertently created a tax loophole. What should employers need to think about?
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Briefing
Changing face of QE – Is this the calm before the storm?
Is this the start of a winter of discontent or just an autumn squall; how should trustees react to the changing face of QE?
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Interest rates – increases on the horizon
It is sensible to consider the Bank of England’s own comments in relation to this, which are that when they do start to raise rates it will do so only gradually and…