Con Keating

Being objective about liability-driven investment

Investment

Being objective about liability-driven investment

Iain Clacher and Con Keating’s response to feedback on their blog on the costs of LDI

clock 28 March 2023 • 6 min read
Counting the costs of LDI six months after the crisis

Investment

Counting the costs of LDI six months after the crisis

Iain Clacher and Con Keating start to assess the true cost of last year’s LDI market crisis

clock 27 March 2023 • 6 min read
'Hidden leverage' to blame for LDI crisis, WPC told

Investment

'Hidden leverage' to blame for LDI crisis, WPC told

Parliamentary committee hears that liquidity crisis was a ‘predictable’ risk

clock 23 November 2022 • 4 min read
The reframing of the LDI narrative will hide a tragedy for both DB and DC schemes

Investment

The reframing of the LDI narrative will hide a tragedy for both DB and DC schemes

Iain Clacher and Con Keating ask what is next for liability-driven investment

clock 14 October 2022 • 5 min read
Quick fix won't help pension investment in real economy

Investment

Quick fix won't help pension investment in real economy

Con Keating looks at how and if pension assets can be used for venture and growth capital

clock 14 January 2022 • 8 min read
Safe as houses: Investment and speculation

Investment

Safe as houses: Investment and speculation

Con Keating explores whether commonly held investment beliefs bear close scrutiny

clock 07 October 2021 • 7 min read

Investment

Inflation and markets: Are schemes complacent?

Con Keating argues that schemes need to prepare for some resurging inflation

clock 26 July 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

Cautions, questions, and a suggestion: Turning to illiquidity

Con Keating says now may not be the right time to boost scheme allocations to illiquid assets.

clock 08 April 2021 • 3 min read

Investment

A history and the rationale for DB schemes - part three: TPR and its Foucauldian disciplinary powers

In the third feature of a three-part series, Iain Clacher and Con Keating look back at the UK’s defined benefit universe, exploring how the arrival of TPR impacted scheme funding

clock 21 August 2020 • 9 min read

Law and Regulation

A history and the rationale for DB schemes - part two: Maxwell and his impact on scheme funding

In the second feature of a three-part series, Iain Clacher and Con Keating look back at the UK’s defined benefit universe, exploring how the Maxwell scandal impacted scheme funding regulations.

clock 14 August 2020 • 12 min read
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