The DC scheme scramble for private assets

Charlotte Moore finds DC plans are facing challenges around speed of deployment, scale and crowded trades

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LCP's Stephen Budge: The themes for this year are deployment, sophistication and performance fees.
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LCP's Stephen Budge: The themes for this year are deployment, sophistication and performance fees.

After years of reluctance to invest in private assets due to costs and illiquidity concerns, auto-enrolment pension schemes are scrambling to put allocations in place to meet the requirements of the Mansion House Accord.

This rush to invest has caused some to ask whether pension schemes are buying at the right price and whether schemes are all chasing the same assets. LCP partner and head of DC investment strate...

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