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Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business
"The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed" - William Gibson
Expertise combined, opportunity multiplied: why I created a real assets business
Aviva Investors explains the growth and protection benefits investors gain from real assets
Ethics & alpha: Can investing responsibly enhance returns?
Steve Waygood, chief responsible investment officer at Aviva Investors, takes an in-depth look at the relationship between responsible investing and performance.
'Master builder': How will the master trust landscape change post-authorisation?
Authorisation will lead to higher standards for all master trusts but their individual identities will remain, according to industry experts
Early insurer engagement and the de-risking endgame
Amrit McLean of Aviva considers an alternative approach to liability management exercises
Base rate rise 'serves as important reminder' to DB trustees over asset allocation
Yesterday's increase in the Bank of England's (BoE) base rate will not have an immediate significant impact on defined benefit (DB) scheme funding but schemes should reconsider their investment allocation, industry commentators have said.
DB deficit falls £8bn over June, says PPF
The combined deficit of the UK's 5,588 private sector defined benefit (DB) schemes was £85.6bn at the end of June, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
Aviva Investors raids Standard Life Aberdeen in hiring spree
Aviva Investors has poached a team of eight equity fund managers from Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), including two sector heads, as it opens an Edinburgh office for the firm.
Schemes plan boost of alternative asset exposure
UK pension funds are set to boost their allocations to alternative income assets by more than 50%, according to research by Aviva Investors.
DB funding level drops on back of US-China trade war fears
The aggregate defined benefit (DB) funding level worsened in March, hitting its worst level since last August, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has said.
PPF projects DB surplus by 2021 but Brexit could be spanner in the works
Defined benefit (DB) schemes could have an aggregate surplus by 2021 under Pension Protection Fund (PPF) projections, its strategic plan for 2018 to 2021 reveals.
DB deficits rise £21bn over February, says PPF
Defined benefit (DB) schemes saw a £21.1bn growth in their funding shortfall last month as both gilt yields and equities suffered falls, according to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
Why Carillion collapse highlights importance of AGM voting
With the AGM season just around the corner, Victoria Ticha looks at what we can learn following the recent collapse of the construction giant
Franklin Templeton expands UK consultant relations team
Franklin Templeton Investments has hired Aviva Investors' Christoph Butz as director of its UK consultant relations team.
BlackRock, JPMAM and Standard Life sign up for new 30% Club diversity push
Asset managers including JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM), BlackRock and Standard Life have backed an initiative set up by the 30% Club to push for a third of FTSE companies to have women on their boards.
How the markets will react to a weak government
Political uncertainty is back after the shock general election result, with the markets pricing in a softer Brexit. Watch out for the impact on sterling and gilt yields, warns Stephanie Baxter
PP Investment Awards 2016 - The winners
Here they are - the winners of the Professional Pensions Investment Awards (PPIA) 2016
RPMI Railpen appoints head of property
Anna Rule has been appointed head of property by RPMI Railpen as part of the expansion of its internal asset management team.
SLI 'moving towards' re-opening of UK Real Estate PAIF in Q4
Suspended trading on 4 July
Aviva expands client solutions team
Aviva Investors has appointed four senior managers in a bid to expand its client solutions function.
Shareholders turn up heat on Sports Direct
Sports Direct is facing mounting pressure to launch an independent review of how it is run by some of the UK's largest institutional investors.
IA praises groups for suspending property fund trading
Protecting investors
Update: Columbia Threadneedle suspends trading on £1.4bn UK Property fund
Follows moves by M&G, SLI, Aviva Investors and Henderson
Aviva, M&G and SLI suspend trading on flagship property funds
M&G has joined Standard Life Investments and Aviva in suspending trading on its property fund in order to meet redemptions, amid a post-Brexit rush to exit the asset class.