Pension funds
Super plans
Super plans
Sponsored statement: Royal Bank of Scotland
Liquidity – a new asset class? New opportunities for insurance and pension funds
AK Asset Management's Turkish delight
Turkish delight
LGIMA adds Veerman as pensions specialist
LGIMA adds Veerman as pensions specialist
Unrealistic pricing expectations impede development of longevity swap market
Price expectations have played a crucial role for the relatively small number of longevity swap deals that have so far been completed
Longevity swaps and the bulk purchase annuity market: Video interview with Simon Gadd, Legal & General’s head of annuities
Longevity swaps have yet to move into the mainstream – but bulk buyouts could be set return to favour
Dutch pension funds take lead in LDI implementation
Survey indicates Dutch pension funds have all opted for LDI
Agrica profile – risk managing SRI
Responsible change
Germany - liability-driven investment goes mainstream
Time for change
Life settlements – too good to be true?
Too good to be true?
US public pension deficits driving muni yields
Untied states
Insurers weigh the pros and cons of total return swaps
Many happy returns
Retirement of baby boomer generation heralds shift to fixed income
Baby boom, baby bust
Cern pension fund – moving beyond LDI
Frontiers of funding
Pension funds worried about CCP margin
Margin hunters
Asset swaps continue to support inflation market
Linking to new sources of inflation
Cash variation margin requirements worry pension funds
Having to post cash as variation margin to central counterparties (CCPs) will cause substantial yield losses for pension funds that conduct liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies, according to fund managers.
Botched legal work in BT privatisation responsible for potential £23 billion pension liability for UK taxpayers
Flawed legal agreement behind landmark UK privatisation leaves UK taxpayers counting the cost
UK’s TPR issues FSD on Lehman Brothers
The Pension Regulator takes a tough line with Lehman Brother creditors over UK pension fund deficit
Scor eyes UK pension funds’ longevity risk
Reinsurer Scor becomes the latest firm to enter the longevity arena
Pimco’s Andrew Balls talks about the European sovereign debt crisis
Balls says support packages "might just provide the opportunity for conservative investors to get out"
Danish pension funds hit out at cross-subsidy regulation
PKA and Sampension say cross-subsidy regulation threatens Danish pension system
Uncertain outcomes – insurers and pension funds tackle inflation risk
With central banks’ discount windows pouring money out at rock-bottom rates but economies still slow to use up excess capacity, the outlook for inflation has never been murkier. Uncertainty has created arbitrage opportunities for inflation risk managers…