Join experts from LGIM Real Assets for a discussion on the potential opportunities of investing in the UK real estate market. Discussions will revolve around: A route map for investing in UK real estate: What we can learn from previous cycles; The investment landscape: Insights from today's transactions market; and Capital…

Independent analyst and Financial Times contributing editor Toby Nangle examines a structural shift in the UK’s asset backed defined benefit pension system.

Why surpluses are back on DB scheme agendas.

Although many schemes have seen their funding positions improve steadily in recent years and endgame is on the horizon, all defined benefit (DB) schemes still need to pay pensions as they fall due. In this light there’s continued focus on cashflow-driven investing (CDI) and also ‘barbell’ strategies. Lisa Purdy, LGIM’s Head…

George Noble's Twitter space is going viral in the global macro manager community. George is a former PM at Fidelity. He gathers some of the sharpest minds in the global macro community to dicuss market devlopments, dislocations, and strategy. The gilt discussion and UK pension funds starts at 40 mins. Ian Harnett (…

Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employees Savings Trust (NEST), discusses her role in developing and implementing a new retirement approach in the UK.

During the episode, we review market events over the past few months and look at how these nearly broke the LDI portfolios, as well as having a discussion on the steps that trustees can take to protect their schemes against future gilt market volatility.

In this webcast, we take a look at developments to managing pension risk globally. This includes a panel discussion where clients share their experiences.

In this episode of Hymans Robertson On... our host, Penny Cochrane, presents the latest episode in our investment series, and is joined by Ryan Bio-Genfi, Research Analyst, Ben Fox, Senior Investment Consultant at Hymans Robertson and finally, Rob Gall, Head of Market Strategy at Insight Investment Management. During this…

Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employees Savings Trust (NEST) discusses her role in developing and implementing a new retirement approach in the UK.

Lisa Purdy, Head of DB Solutions Distribution, explains the range of choices available for DB schemes as they continue their journey towards endgame.

The headlines say it’s some new-fangled LDI concept which led these pensions into trouble. But our guest this week, Zed Francis of Convexitas, says not so fast… the LDI actually is fine – and it was the reach for yield and adding some longer duration via derivatives which likely caused most of the problems.

Turmoil in the UK bond market created a feedback loop that left investors like pension funds short on cash and rippled out into other markets. WSJ’s Chelsey Dulaney explains the type of investment at the heart of the crisis.

Is the gender pension gap just the inevitable consequence of the biological reality of pregnancy for women, or are there steps we could be all taking to mitigate the financial penalty of parenting that affects mothers more harshly than it does fathers?

In this video, Invesco explores how alternative income strategies can accelerate the de-risking journey for Defined Benefit pension schemes.

Recently, WGC hosted a webinar for PLSA members in which they demystified common misconceptions about gold and highlighted the overall benefits an allocation can bring to a pension fund portfolio.

Hosted by Hymans Robertson, this roundtable discussion covered default investment funds and the outlook for 2021. There were some leading master trust trustees on the panel, who answered questions on ESG and the default funds used by the master trusts themselves. A live poll revealed that 68% of the audience believed that…

There has been a storm in the U.K. government bonds (gilts) market dramatically affecting pension funds and their liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies. This has precipitated a lot of press coverage and many of our U.S. pension clients are asking questions. Andy Hunt, head of Fixed Income Solutions, along with members…

Hear first-hand how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted charities; with guest speakers Sally Bridgeland and Robert Bass talking about their experiences at NESTA, RAF Central Fund and Dreamflight. How do the differences between charities lead to different outcomes in market scenarios?

LCP speaks to Lothian Pension Fund’s Head of Responsible Investment, and well-known figure and podcaster in the UK responsible investment scene, David Hickey. The participants discuss Net Zero as a good thing or bad thing, transitioning key sectors (e.g. utilities, mining), reflections on UK government commitments, and where…