Funding positions healthier because of risk management

Insight’s Jos Vermeulen said the industry has realised the importance of managing risks

Holly Roach
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Funding positions healthier because of risk management

Funding levels ended 2020 in a healthier position than the start of 2020 due to the risk management schemes completed, according to Insight Investment head of solution design Jos Vermeulen.

Vermeulen said funding positions are at "an all-time high" because of appropriate risk management and scheme hedging. He said positions have "done very well because of Covid-19" and they have also ...

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