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Strathclyde cuts active management and boosts private equity holdings

Professional Pensions | 10 May 2012 | 08:00

Strathclyde Pension Fund is shifting its global equity holdings further out of active management and boosting its private equity allocations.

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AllianceBernstein launches capped drawdown product

AllianceBernstein has designed a capped drawdown product it says will give pensioners “breathing space” before they buy an annuity.

Professional Pensions | 23 Apr 2012 | 12:47

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Pensions Conjecture: DC Investment

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on DC Investment.

Professional Pensions | 16 Mar 2012 | 11:54 To read this article you must be a subsriber |screening image

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PP Campaign for Better DC Default Options

Professional Pensions has launched a search to find the schemes offering the most innovative DC default strategies in a bid to raise awareness of best practice.

Professional Pensions | 07 Feb 2012 | 12:41

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A bridge over troubled water

With auto-enrolment putting the focus on default strategies, Andrew Short considers the value of multi-asset investing and the problems when classifying multi-asset funds.

Professional Pensions | 26 Jan 2012 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Mixed feelings for 2012

In our end-of-year round-up we asked industry spokespeople to preview the year ahead in pensions.

Professional Pensions | 15 Dec 2011 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Are equities still the bedrock of DC investment strategy?

Andrew Short asks if defined contribution schemes need to reconsider their reliance 
on equities.

Professional Pensions | 15 Dec 2011 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

Pensions Conjecture: Defined Contribution

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on Defined Contribution.

Professional Pensions | 09 Dec 2011 | 11:52 To read this article you must be a subsriber |screening image

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PP launches DC default campaign

Professional Pensions has launched a Campaign for Better DC Default Options in a bid to raise awareness of best practice in defined contribution default design.

Professional Pensions | 24 Nov 2011 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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PP Campaign for Better DC Default Options

Professional Pensions has launched a Campaign for Better DC Default Options in a bid to raise awareness of best practice in defined contribution default design and help improve outcomes for members. The industry figures that have signed up to the campaign so far are listed below.

Professional Pensions | 24 Nov 2011 | 08:00

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Voices of dissent: Traditional DC scheme design at breaking point

Andrew Short discovers that in an era of high volatility and with auto-enrolment approaching, the traditional view that equities are best is being met with increasing scepticism.

Professional Pensions | 27 Oct 2011 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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Verizon, AT&T to face significant pension costs in 2012

US - Telecommunications companies AT&T and Verizon Communications could face increased pension payments next year as their liabilities soar to a combined $73.2bn, according to an analyst note from Bernstein Research, a unit of AllianceBernstein.

Global Pensions | 26 Oct 2011 | 15:42

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Diversified growth funds: Re-growing the pensions pot

Andrew Short takes a look at diversified growth funds, and outcome-driven tailored investment that is being seen as a solution to ever-shrinking retirement funds.

Professional Pensions | 20 Oct 2011 | 08:00 To read this article you must be a subsriber

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