Pension fund allocations to real assets leave much to be desired, says Vince Childers
There was no industry consensus on the benefits and negatives of scrapping high-rate tax relief from this week’s 115 Pension Buzz peers in split results.
Pensions funds’ focus on long income property is increasing, with 84% of investors agreeing the level of investment in this area will rise over the next two years, according to research by Alpha Real Capital.
Some 37% of pension fund investors expect to increase allocations to real assets over the next 12 months, according to Aviva Investors.
The DC market has been slower to adopt real assets and other potential diversifiers. Marc Haynes looks at why this needs to change
Willis Towers Watson has made three senior appointments in its global manager research team as part of plans to evolve its research structure to better align research and portfolio construction.
Vince Childers thinks DC schemes should take a look at real assets.