Switch to LDI and risk losing alpha returns, says Morley
SCHEMES risk losing out on alpha returns by switching to liability-driven investment strategies, Morley Fund Management warns.
Morley head of strategy, Adrian Jarvis, says that while LDI might help trustees sleep at night, most schemes could not afford to go that route exclusively in a low-return environment. And Jarvis said...
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