Tilting Portfolios to Take Advantage of Inflation Cycles
Which assets perform best throughout the inflation/deflation cycle – and how to make sure you access them.
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De-Risking Amid Low Rates? Ditch Your Glide Path, Says Cambridge Associates.
CIOs can do better than the traditional strategy of replacing stocks with long-duration bonds, according to the consultancy.
Asset Allocation For a QE World
We now know that the impact of quantitative easing (QE) on the UK's pension fund liabilities may not have been as disastrous as we first thought -- so how should schemes position themselves for what comes next? Charlie Thomas investigates.
Popular De-Risking Deals Rise In the US and UK
A report from Greenwich Associates shows large payouts are gaining traction among US pension plans.
Can you Brie-Lieve it? UK Pension Offers Cheese as a Contingent Asset
Dairy Crest offers its DB scheme cheese inventories to shore up its funding.
IMF: Pension & Insurance Funds Are “Gambling for Resurrection”
Quantitative easing has led these institutional investors to risk up for survival—and the IMF is alarmed about how they’d weather a sharp correction in rates.
UK Schemes Target Self-Sufficiency Over Buyout
Appetite for buyout wanes as DB schemes seek to play out their flightplans.
aiCIO Summit: Good Governance Crucial For Successful In-House Investment
In-house investing requires clear divisions of decision making, conference hears.
aiCIO Summit: Custom Portfolio Tracking Systems
External tech providers have improved their investment dashboards, but do-it-yourself models remain popular.
PIMCO Taps Inflation Worries
Investment giant Pimco has plans to ease investors’ inflation fears and chase returns.
Infrastructure Returns: What Factors Matter?
A long-term study evaluates the factors that infrastructure investment returns are—and are not—sensitive to. The results might surprise you.
The $20B Club: Paying In, Even When They Don’t Have To
The 19 corporate pensions Russell tracks with liabilities surpassing $20 billion took pro-active steps to reign in deficits last year.
ATP Decries Financial Transaction Tax
Hot on the heels of a report warning the Financial Transaction Tax would lead pension schemes to increase their use of derivatives, ATP’s co-CIO Anders Hjaelmse Svennesen confirms he is already considering using more derivatives to keep the fund's tax bill down.
Investors Brace for Volatility Spike with VIX-Fund Spree
Markets are quiet for now – but is this the calm before the storm?
Towers Watson: Smart Beta and the Long-Term Investor
Smart beta can offer an edge for long-term investors over equities via three primary premiums, the firm claims.