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2021 outlook: What's next for investments?
After a year that took everyone by surprise, experts tell Professional Pensions what could be on the horizon for investments in 2021.
Webinar TODAY at 2pm: Investing in private credit
Professional Pensions is holding a webinar on private credit today (14 December) at 2pm.
Exclusive: Schroders launches multi-private credit fund for DB schemes
Schroders has launched a multi-private credit fund (MPCF) for UK defined benefit (DB) schemes in response to growing demand for long-term and alternative income streams.
Fiduciary Management Focus: Rory Murphy to deliver keynote on MNOPF's journey
Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund chairman Rory Murphy is to deliver the opening keynote at Professional Pensions’ Fiduciary Management Focus conference next week.
Spot the Dog: Number of underperforming funds jumps by 'staggering' 65%
A record-breaking 150 ‘dog’ funds have been identified in the latest bi-annual Bestinvest Spot the Dog report, with total assets of £54.4bn sitting in these vehicles.
L&G, Willis Towers Watson and USS unite behind black graduate intern programme
More than 80 major fund management firms will come together to offer a range of investment internships to black graduates.
PP Investment Awards 2020 - Shortlists published
Here they are… The shortlists for this year's Professional Pensions Investment Awards.
PP sister title BusinessGreen debuts Net Zero Investment Hub
PP sister title BusinessGreen has launched a new Net Zero Investment Hub in the run up to its inaugural Net Zero Festival this autumn.
IIGCC issues guidance on tackling physical climate risks
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has published detailed advice on how to integrate climate risks and opportunities into investment processes.
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.
Sweating it out in the search for yield
Schemes looking for higher yields face more risk. Stephanie Hawthorne asks if they can take it on the chin in today’s feverish environment.
Schroders teams up with K3 Advisory to offer endgame pricing to clients
Schroders has partnered with K3 Advisory to offer its fiduciary management clients up to-date market information and pricing to help decision making around endgame options, such as buy-in or buyout.
Webinar: Managing cashflows in challenging times
Professional Pensions' latest webinar - held in conjuction with Aon, BlackRock and Schroders - looks at the specific cashflow challenges schemes have been facing during the disruption and market volatility caused by Covid-19; explore how different schemes...
How coronavirus could change our working lives (and the climate)
Tools that can reduce business travel have long been available. The coronavirus is forcing us to use them, and the climate could benefit, says Simon Webber.
Five to ten years 'reasonable' for pension coronavirus recovery
Savers with less than a decade to go until retirement have a reasonable timeframe ahead for their pension to recover from the market instability caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to Unbiased.
Fiduciary management: Looking for a long-term partner
Professional Pensions’ expert panel discusses key considerations for trustees tendering for a fiduciary manager.
Three charts that show how the coronavirus has hurt pension schemes
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has rattled investors of all kinds, but the market reaction poses some challenges unique to pension funds, Duncan Lamont writes.
Exclusive: Schroders pension scheme allocates £800m of DB assets to in-house solution
The Schroders Retirement Benefits Scheme (SRBS) is allocating £800m of its defined benefit (DB) assets to its in-house cashflow driven investing (CDI) building blocks.
Schroders to take over Woodford Patient Capital Trust by year-end
Schroder Investment Management will be taking over the Woodford Patient Capital Trust by the end of the year, with Tim Creed and Ben Wicks leading the team-based approach.
BAE schemes team up with Schroders to acquire Sofitel at Gatwick
A joint venture between the BAE pension funds and Immobilien Europa Direkt has acquired the Sofitel at Gatwick North Terminal with the help of Schroders.
Industry Voice: CDI - Certainly Delivering Inflows
Although the focus of CDI is often on meeting assumed liability outflows, in reality it is all about securing the asset inflows.
Industry Voice: Striving for a more certain world
Irrespective of size, funding level or maturity, defined benefit (DB) pension plans have one common goal: to pay members' pensions in full and on time.
Industry Voice: Integrated Risk Management: Designing an IRM framework
Integrated Risk Management (IRM) brings together covenant, funding and investment risks, and assesses how these components interact with each other.