All Pension Fund Management articles – Page 4
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White papersEquity Index Futures vs. ETFs Total Cost Analysis Tool
This tool is designed to analyze the all-in costs of replicating the S&P 500 by trading equity index futures versus exchange-traded funds.
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White papersThe Big Picture: A Cost Comparison of Futures and ETFs
Analyse the potential cost advantages of E-mini S&P futures as they pertain to your specific investment scenarios.
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White papersFloaters in Alternative Credit will help keep portfolios buoyant
The future is looking less certain for investors, also in fixed income. After a bull run lasting more than three decades, the prospect of western economies winding down quantitative easing and normalising their monetary policies creates the prospect of a more challenging, rising rate environment.
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White papersConversations with Investment Managers - Futures versus ETFs
Aite, an independent research firm, put together an in-depth report on whether to trade futures or ETFs to replicate S&P 500 returns and other U.S. stock market performance.
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White papersAsia’s markets appear set to withstand US rate rises
Bond and currency markets have strong fundamentals and look ready to ride the US interest rate cycle comfortably.
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White papersFrench elections: what to expect should Le Pen prevail
Mark Burgess looks at what a Le Pen presidency could mean for France, Europe and the broader global landscape and argues that the immediate reaction of markets is likely to be a spike in volatility for French assets due to the uncertainty of what is to come.
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White papersTackling the ‘unknown unknowns’: how active managers manage unforeseen risks
The best active managers never resort to blaming events seemingly outside of their control for poor performance. Rather, they work harder to overcome such hurdles, listening to a wide range of views, inviting challenge and working closely with others to refine their process so as to retain that all-important edge.
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White papers[Full paper] Outnumbered but not outpaced – the bold change we need for female fund manager talent to break through
While financial services has made some progress towards parity, asset management remains an outlier with only 7% female representation.
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White papers[Summary] Outnumbered but not outpaced – the bold change we need for female fund manager talent to break through
While financial services has made some progress towards parity, asset management remains an outlier with only 7% female representation. Alison Jefferis argues that it’s time to embrace bold change to redress the balance as the industry is missing out on a deep pool of talent and resources.
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White papersBehavioural Interventions Series: Paper Three Committed, Disengaged, Suspicious or Falsely Secure - What type of pension saver are you?
Saving for retirement is for most a complex and inaccessible topic, which is perhaps why many people switch off rather than engage with it head-on.
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White papersThe Big Picture: A Cost Comparison of S&P Select Sector Futures and ETFs
This report compares the all-in cost of replicating S&P Select Sector exposure via futures and ETFs across four common investment scenarios.
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White papersMind the gap: Overcoming the cognitive barriers to saving for retirement
In this paper, Chris Wagstaff considers how reasonably simple behavioural interventions can be used by policymakers, regulators and the pensions community to improve saving decisions.
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White papersIs your default fund fit for purpose? Are we setting retirees up for failure by default? (Paper I)
In the first of three papers, entitled: Is your default fund fit for purpose?: Are we setting retirees up for failure by default?, Chris Wagstaff considers the importance of fit-for-purpose default funds and good default fund design.
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White papersBasis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) Trading at Index Option Expirations
Most index options traders use index futures for hedging purposes.
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White papersThe Future Book: Unravelling Workplace Pensions
The Pensions Policy Institute, commissioned by Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has published a new compendium of DC statistics, “The Future Book”, setting out available data on the DC landscape, projections of the future aggregate value of DC assets, commentary and analysis of current trends.
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Is now the right time to de-risk?
The authors explain why companies with well-funded plans should take bold steps to de-risk now.
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Now Trending: A Lower Risk Future
Records are breaking in the UK and the pension risk transfer market is more flexible and more global than ever.
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A Lower Risk Future: Developments in the Pension Risk Transfer Market
The international pension risk transfer marketplace is experiencing remarkable growth, with more than $240 billion in transactions completed since 2007. In the United Kingdom, United States and Canada, hundreds of companies have transferred pension risk to insurers and reinsurers, with at least 35 pension funds executing transactions over $1 billion.
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