UK gilt market
Investment
Brexit may act as a ‘force multiplier’ alongside other global Covid-19 disruptions
11 June 2021
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Defined Benefit
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has rattled investors of all kinds, but the market reaction poses some challenges unique to pension funds, Duncan Lamont writes.
16 March 2020
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Law and Regulation
Philip Hammond's Spring Statement was empty of any direct pension news as the Treasury sought to avoid major policy announcements.
13 March 2019
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Industry
Defined benefit (DB) transfer values decreased slightly for a second month in a row on the back of rising gilt yields according to Xafinity's monthly index.
19 December 2016
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Risk Reduction
The cost of longevity risk for defined benefit (DB) schemes has increased by 50% in the past 12 years due to falling long-term interest rates.
11 July 2016
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Risk Management
There would be little to gain from Britain leaving the EU, according to a paper from BlackRock Investment Institute (BII).
03 March 2016
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Risk Management
Interest rate and inflation hedging levels rose during the last quarter of 2015 according to BMO Global Asset Management's Liability Driven Investment (LDI) survey.
01 March 2016
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Investment
The government is set to issue more than £133bn in gilts in 2015/16, according to Treasury documents.
18 March 2015
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Defined Benefit
Soaring deficits in 2014 have raised concerns as to the damage quantitative easing is doing to pensions. Ros Altmann takes a closer look.
06 January 2015
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