gilts

Half of DB trustees now have endgame strategy

Risk Reduction

Half of DB trustees now have endgame strategy

Standard Life finds barriers include market volatility and investment strategy

clock 24 October 2023 • 2 min read
Changing DB market is 'encouraging' for major firms

Risk Reduction

Changing DB market is 'encouraging' for major firms

Bloomberg says some pension managers expect to steadily abandon LDI approaches

clock 12 April 2023 • 2 min read
Gilts plus: Guilty of nonplus?

Investment

Gilts plus: Guilty of nonplus?

Hymans partner Calum Cooper says discount rates should be a sense check on strategy

clock 09 December 2022 • 4 min read
DMO issuance cut leads to sharp drop in gilt yields

Investment

DMO issuance cut leads to sharp drop in gilt yields

Budget saw reduction in net financing needs leading to cut in DMO remit for issuance

clock 28 October 2021 • 1 min read

Investment

Why gilts are more vulnerable to inflation than treasuries

Brexit may act as a ‘force multiplier’ alongside other global Covid-19 disruptions

clock 11 June 2021 • 6 min read

Industry

Change in government borrowing policy 'could boost pension funds and save taxpayers billions'

A change in the government’s borrowing policy “could boost pension funds” and “save taxpayers billions”, according to Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP).

clock 08 March 2021 • 2 min read

Investment

Green gilts to become 'one stop shop' for scheme needs despite 'greenium' and 'greenwashing' fears

Institutional investor demand for green UK sovereign bonds will be high as pension schemes seek to manage their climate change risks and tap up green opportunities, experts say.

clock 22 January 2021 • 5 min read

Investment

UK to issue first green bond and require firms to disclose climate risk

The government plans to cement the UK's position as a global centre for green finance have received a significant boost, with chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiling proposals to issue the country's first sovereign green bond next year and make climate risk...

clock 10 November 2020 • 8 min read

Investment

UK gilt funds lone positive performers in 'horror show' March

Investment Association (IA) UK gilt funds were the only fund sector to deliver positive returns in a "horror show" March, which saw the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic decimate the performance of most IA-registered vehicles.

clock 01 April 2020 • 2 min read

Defined Benefit

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.

clock 16 March 2020 • 4 min read
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