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Industry Voice: The tipping point for UK pension schemes
Industry Voice: The tipping point for UK pension schemes

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2021
Industry Voice: Fallen Angels - 2020 Downgrade Update
Industry Voice: Fallen Angels - 2020 Downgrade Update

Downgrades of investment grade bonds to fallen angels continue apace in 2020. Through September 30, $179.6 billion, across 43 companies and comprising over 230 bonds, has been downgraded. The asset figure already exceeds the full calendar years of 2009...

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2021
PIC's Tracy Blackwell: Helping make a difference to society
PIC's Tracy Blackwell: Helping make a difference to society

Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC) chief executive Tracy Blackwell was named pensions woman of the year at the third annual Women in Pensions Awards. She speaks to Professional Pensions about winning the accolade.

  • Industry
  • 07 January 2021
Industry Voice: Are trustees considering a strategy overhaul?
Industry Voice: Are trustees considering a strategy overhaul?

In Barnett Waddingham’s new report, Ready or Not, trustees report widespread consideration for a strategy overhaul, despite also proclaiming confidence in their strategic direction.

  • Industry
  • 07 January 2021
Industry Voice: Confidence gap reported between sponsors and schemes
Industry Voice: Confidence gap reported between sponsors and schemes

Barnett Waddingham’s new report, Ready or Not, highlighted concerns around the relationships between trustees, sponsors and advisors.

  • Industry
  • 05 January 2021
Partner Insight: What is the cost of getting future-fit when it comes to pension technology?
Partner Insight: What is the cost of getting future-fit when it comes to pension technology?

The UK pensions sector is in dire need of a technology revolution – and there are plenty of forces at play to push and pull the industry into the 21st century.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 05 January 2021
Industry Voice: Fallen angels - no time like the present
Industry Voice: Fallen angels - no time like the present

  • Investment
  • 04 January 2021
Industry Voice: A new investment order
Industry Voice: A new investment order

2020 has been a year like no other. BlackRock's Sion Cole looks at how the year has changed the investment order – accelerating shifts in how economies and societies operate across a number of different dimensions.

  • Industry
  • 29 December 2020
Industry Voice: Investment ideas for the next 12 months
Industry Voice: Investment ideas for the next 12 months

Positioning your portfolio for the challenges and opportunities ahead

  • Investment
  • 17 December 2020
Industry Voice: How can the industry help DC members reach better retirement outcomes?
Industry Voice: How can the industry help DC members reach better retirement outcomes?

MFS outlines the UK results of from its most recent DC survey and examines the implications for the UK retirement market

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  • 16 December 2020
Industry Voice: Legacy technology like a 'lead weight around the necks of pension providers'
Industry Voice: Legacy technology like a 'lead weight around the necks of pension providers'

When was the last time you received a bank statement in the post? Or visited a branch to pay a bill? In which year did you most recently queue up at a supermarket checkout with a cheque book and pen in hand?

  • Admin / Technology
  • 15 December 2020
Industry Voice: Who could win in the value vs. growth debate?
Industry Voice: Who could win in the value vs. growth debate?

Applying active decision-making is key in an uncertain environment

  • Equities
  • 14 December 2020
Industry Voice: DC solutions: Value for money — for a lifetime
Industry Voice: DC solutions: Value for money — for a lifetime

Everyone wants VFM—but what represents value, and for whom?

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  • 11 December 2020
Industry Voice: The shifting landscape of growth and value
Industry Voice: The shifting landscape of growth and value

MFS equity experts analyze the current value and growth investing landscape and offer an alternate, forward-looking perspective for investors engaged in the growth-value discussion.

  • Investment
  • 11 December 2020
Industry Voice: Opportunity in an era of extremes
Industry Voice: Opportunity in an era of extremes

David Eiswert discusses the key issues for global equity investors, including the US election and vaccine developments

  • Investment
  • 10 December 2020
Industry Voice: Is there a gap between trustee confidence in scheme strategy and reality?
Industry Voice: Is there a gap between trustee confidence in scheme strategy and reality?

Pension trustees face a unique mix of challenges. Barnett Waddingham’s new report, Ready or Not, explores how effective trustees are on a strategic level.

  • Industry
  • 09 December 2020
Industry Voice: Beyond the pandemic
Industry Voice: Beyond the pandemic

Newton’s Curt Custard considers the investment outlook for 2021 and the implications for DC schemes

  • Industry
  • 09 December 2020
Partner Insight: What keeps trustees awake at night?
Partner Insight: What keeps trustees awake at night?

Peter Clarke discusses Barnett Waddingham’s survey on pension risks

  • Industry
  • 08 December 2020
Industry Voice: A closer client relationship
Industry Voice: A closer client relationship

Professional Pensions spoke to BlackRock’s Sion Cole about the impact of Covid-19 and the importance of tailoring solutions for schemes

  • Industry
  • 08 December 2020
Industry Voice: The CLO investment opportunity
Industry Voice: The CLO investment opportunity

While collateralised loan obligations (CLO) are attracting ever more attention, their complex securitisation structure has left them poorly understood. In this white paper, Eaton Vance explain the basics of CLO securitisation, how securitisation acts as an anchor to stability and what the potential advantages of CLO investing include.

  • Investment
  • 08 December 2020
Industry Voice: Is new technology threatening legacy pension providers?
Industry Voice: Is new technology threatening legacy pension providers?

The days of paper-based banking are numbered, and the way we interact with our finances is increasingly digital. The pensions industry is struggling to catch up with technology.

  • Admin / Technology
  • 08 December 2020
Industry Voice: Reason for optimism
Industry Voice: Reason for optimism

Even though markets remain fragile, Group CIO Dan Ivascyn explains why PIMCO has become more optimistic on the base case view for recovery and risk assets - and why we think private credit is a powerful opportunity.

  • Investment
  • 07 December 2020
Industry Voice: US election results appear market-friendly
Industry Voice: US election results appear market-friendly

Divided government likely would produce moderate policies

  • Investment
  • 07 December 2020
Industry Voice: The impact of the pandemic on real assets and investor appetite
Industry Voice: The impact of the pandemic on real assets and investor appetite

  • Investment
  • 04 December 2020
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