Schemes will be forced to raise equity exposure after years of de-risking

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Pension schemes are likely to raise their exposure to equities in the next three years as they chase returns in the face of low bond yields, according to research.

A survey by CREATE-Research of 705 global institutional investors including pension funds and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) predicted a rotation from bonds to equities. This is a turnaround for ...

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