Investment

Joseph Mariathasan examines the origins of liability driven investment (LDI) and its role in pension fund management and investment today

THE Investment Governance Group must not become a backdoor route for further regulation, the National Association of Pension Funds warns.

PRESSURE from pension schemes is improving research coverage of extra-financial issues, latest Enhanced Analytics Initiative research reveals.

THE London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Superannuation Fund has selected Baring Asset Managemnent and Ruffer to run dynamic asset allocation briefs worth £120m.

In the second Pensions Review, Peter Scales, Terry Faulkner, Alan Pickering and Paul Craven discuss the PPF, Scheme Specific Risk Assessment, hedging, derivatives, the role of the trustee and more.

THE Pensions Regulator has published final guidance for occupational scheme trustees to help them meet the government's expectations on scheme wind-ups.

The Pensions Research Accountants Group has rejected Accounting Standards Board proposals on pensions reporting.

SCHEMES selecting a conservative investment allocation strategy could take 16 years longer to reach a well funded position, Association of British Insurers research shows.

THE Pension Protection Fund could collect around £160m more than its target of £675m through the buffer built into risk-based levy demands, a consultant claims.

The Pensions Trust was "bitterly disappointed" to discover its Pension Protection Fund levy had risen by £850,000 a year.