Asset Backed Securities (ABS)
Five things to consider when investing in ABS
Asset-backed securities are an under-utilised market for many pension funds but TwentyFour Asset Management partner Ben Hayward outlines what to look out for.
How structured credit can improve the yield of fixed income portfolios
Andrew Jackson looks at how pension funds can use investment grade structured credit to enhance fixed income portfolios
Can liquidity ladders help cashflow negative schemes?
DB schemes are juggling the need to have sufficient cash to pay out pensions while still generating returns. Helen Morrissey asks if liquidity ladders are the answer
EU lays plans to attract schemes to SME and infrastructure debt
The European Commission has laid out options for a capital markets union (CMU) it hopes will encourage schemes to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and infrastructure.
Loan notes find favour as asset-backed funding
Loan notes are becoming popular in asset-backed funding as pension schemes and sponsors increasingly use special purpose vehicles (SPVs) to reduce scheme deficits, lawyers say.
Whitbread increases asset-backed funding to tackle deficit
Whitbread has increased the value of its asset-backed funding arrangement with its pension scheme to continue tackling its deficit, its latest results show.
Banks disappearing from schemes' fixed income practices
Companies are bypassing banks and going straight to investors to borrow money, Legal & General Investment Management says.
ABS offers attractive risk-reward over corporate bonds
European asset-backed securities offer pension funds attractive risk and return compared with corporate bonds, providing security and a significant yield increase over the longer term, industry experts say.
Mortgage-backed debt offers better risk returns
Sections of the mortgage-backed debt market now offer better risk returns than credit, asset managers say.
Pension funds buy into floating rate assets - with caution
GLOBAL - Pension funds are slowly but steadily returning to the asset backed securities (ABS) market while worthwhile opportunities are becoming more difficult to grab, experts said.
