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How LGPS funds can react to recent market turbuluence
James Phillips looks at JP Morgan Asset Management analysis on how LGPS funds have fared over the period to the 2019 valuation, and how they can respond to recent market falls.
Q1 2020 results round-up: Hargreaves Lansdown AUA down £8.5bn in 'exceptionally volatile' Q1
The first three months of 2020 spelled the end of the longest bull market in history as the combined impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the oil price collapse caused havoc in most asset classes.
Flex insurer-like portfolios to bring schemes closer to buyout, says JP Morgan
Defined benefit (DB) schemes mimicking typical insurer fixed income portfolios are failing to use their greater regulatory freedoms to maximise returns with higher risk, JP Morgan Asset Management says.
Investment firms dominate list of worst gender pay gaps of pension companies
JP Morgan Securities has reported the highest gender pay gap of any UK firm working with occupational pension schemes in 2017/18, PP analysis finds.
Five stories you may have missed this week
This week's top stories included two more master trusts applying for authorisation as the market continues to reshape under the strengthened regime.
JP Morgan to dismiss 100 employees from asset management arm
JP Morgan Chase is in the process of laying-off around 100 employees from its asset management division globally following a review of the business, according to sources familiar with the matter.
EXCLUSIVE: PMI members gain access to 'core insight' from new industry partners
The Pensions Management Institute (PMI) is modernising through its aim to provide members access to 'core insight' by forming industry partnerships with organisations, writes Victoria Ticha
Asset managers under fire as impact of transaction costs revealed post-MiFID II
Fund groups have been criticised as newly disclosed transaction costs under MiFID II show the actual cost of ownership of some of the UK's most popular funds is as high as 85% above previously disclosed OCFs.
How cashflow-driven investing can secure liquidity for payments
JPMAM's Sorca Kelly-Scholte makes the case for cashflow-driven investing at a time when many schemes are underfunded and need to grow investment returns to meet future liabilities.
Are deficits starting to spook investors?
The cost and size of pension deficits are increasing which has consequences for trustees, company directors and shareholders. Michael Klimes asks if investors are starting to worry.
M&G Investments hires Anne Richards as CEO
M&G Investments has appointed Anne Richards (pictured)as chief executive officer to succeed Michael McLintock who will retire later this year.
LGIM hires head of DC
Katharine Photiou has been appointed as head of workplace defined contribution (DC) product and proposition by Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
Did global stock market meltdown hurt UK pension schemes?
What China's slowdown means for UK schemes
CIPD unveils free HR and skills support for SMEs
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced more details about its support service for small businesses which WSB exclusively revealed in May.
Greek crisis unlikely to hurt eurozone recovery
Investors are prepared for the worst
Standard Life appoints Independent Governance Committee
Standard Life has revealed who will serve on its Independent Governance Committee (IGC).
Are bonds as risky as equities?
Terence Prideaux takes a close look at challenges facing the bond market
JPMorgan spins off half of private equity business
JPMorgan has agreed to sell half of its private equity business to two investment firms.
Quarter of NAPF Stewardship Code signatories complete disclosure framework
Around a quarter of asset manager signatories of the National Association of Pension Funds' (NAPF) Stewardship Code have completed the body's disclosure framework since its October 2013 launch.
Guarding the guardians
Rachel Dalton asks what schemes can do to ensure they know exactly what they are being charged by transition managers
2014 will be slower version of 2013 - JP Morgan
This year will be a less dramatic version of 2013 for UK investors with the Bank of England (BoE) running out of excuses to continue its asset purchasing programme, JP Morgan chief market strategist Stephanie Flanders has said.
Deutsche Bank launches longevity swap alternative
Deutsche Bank has launched a range of longevity indices it says will enable schemes to hedge longevity risk more quickly and cheaply.
NAPF 2013: NAPF launches Stewardship Disclosure Framework
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a Stewardship Disclosure Framework, with submissions from JP Morgan, Aviva, Newton and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).
Filling the funding chasm
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the tough job of searching for investment returns