What can the PPF teach schemes about alternatives?

Gatemore's Mark Hodgson says the lifeboat fund's strategy has much to recommend it

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Are there lessons for other pension fund trustees in the news that the £20bn government-mandated Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is embracing alternative assets? We think so.

The PPF, established to protect members of company schemes whose employers are insolvent, is considering increasing its holdings of alternative assets that don't have a high correlation to traditio...

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