Lothian Pension Fund: Taking the direct route

The Scottish scheme reveals how it reduced costs by investing directly in alternatives

Stephanie Baxter
clock

Stephanie Baxter speaks to Lothian Pension Fund - winner of Best Use of Alternatives Award at the Scheme of the Year Awards - about how it has reduced costs by investing directly in alternatives

Becoming less dependent on external fund and fund-of-fund managers can be a daunting prospect for most pension schemes. One scheme that has gone a long way to achieve this is the Lothian Pension Fu...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Pensions

Become a Professional Pensions Lite Member today

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis and opinion from the industry
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our two daily news alerts
  • Hear from industry experts and other forward-thinking leaders

Are you a trustee, investment consultant or in-house pension and benefit scheme professional? You can apply for full complimentary access here

Join now

 

Already a Professional Pensions
member?

Login

More on Defined Benefit

Majority of schemes consider wider strategic priorities when planning for endgame

Majority of schemes consider wider strategic priorities when planning for endgame

Majority of schemes consider wider strategic priorities when planning for endgame

Martin Richmond
clock 25 March 2026 • 2 min read
PIC completed £6.8bn of new business premiums in 2025

PIC completed £6.8bn of new business premiums in 2025

Specialist DB insurer says it has a ‘very strong’ pipeline of new business for 2026

Martin Richmond
clock 18 March 2026 • 2 min read
Evolving PRT market presents opportunities for smaller schemes

Evolving PRT market presents opportunities for smaller schemes

Hymans Robertson says smaller schemes must ‘carefully’ consider their broking approach

Martin Richmond
clock 17 March 2026 • 2 min read
Trustpilot