Is LDI still working?

Stephanie Baxter
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While LDI has been a helpful risk management tool it must adapt to a world where yields have yet again fallen to record lows and prospects for growth assets have deteriorated. Stephanie Baxter reports

At a glance LDI will need to work much harder in low yield world amid regulatory pressures Use of value-at-risk models has encouraged LDI regardless of yield levels Defined benefit...

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