Altmann: DC needs to take lead from DB with illiquid assets

Helen Morrissey
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Defined contribution (DC) schemes need to take a lead from defined benefit (DB) counterparts when looking to include illiquid assets.

Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has advocated the use of illiquid assets such as infrastructure and social housing by DB schemes as a means of garnering return in the current difficult envir...

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