Con Keating
Trust and commitment in financial services
Con Keating explores the challenge the financial sector faces in regaining trust
How to boost transparency in pensions
Con Keating: Why the pensions world is plagued by spin
Comment: How to boost transparency in pensions
Con Keating asks why the pensions world is plagued by spin and misrepresentation - and asks what can be done about it.
Exploring collective DC
Jack Jones examines the problems and possibilities in pooled defined contribution
The need for ultra-long gilts
The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) has launched the issuance of ultra-long dated gilts lasting 55-years. Taha Lokhandwala asks who will be in the marketplace
Guaranteed DC: Too good to be true?
Steve Webb’s ‘stunning sales pitch’ for guaranteed DC is controversial. Helen Morrissey investigates.
Final year results re-ignite smoothing debate
The latest set of financial results from FTSE companies has re-ignited the debate over smoothing discount rates as strong asset returns were wiped out due to falls in discount rates.
Consultants push sub-investment grade debt
Major consultants are advocating ‘multi-asset credit' strategies within pension scheme bond portfolios, which include active allocations across sub-investment grade debt.
LDI: an imperfect investment solution
A new paper by Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, called into question the validity of liability driven investing. But industry experts believe LDI, while not perfect, is one of the best solutions pension funds have. Iain Morse reports...
LDI 'fundamentally misconceived' - report
UK - Liability-driven investment is "fundamentally misconceived" because it hedges low interest rates which in fact increase corporate profitability, a radical report finds.
LDI 'fundamentally misconceived' - report
Liability-driven investment is "fundamentally misconceived" because it hedges low interest rates which in fact increase corporate profitability, a radical report finds.
The security of UK private sector DB
Looking at the cost of regulation
The security of UK private sector DB
In the second of a three-part series on the sustainability of pensions in the UK, Con Keating, head of research at Brighton Rock Group, discusses the strength of private DB schemes
DC members resigned to a life of poverty - think tank
Defined contribution provision provides a "grossly inadequate" income and is condemning future elderly to a life of poverty, research by a think tank reveals.
Industry giving TPR too much power
The industry is giving The Pensions Regulator too much power by asking its permission prior to making decisions, HamishWilson says.
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