All Pensions articles – Page 5
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Quantitative Easing: The End Of The Road For Pension Investors?
Has central banks’ Quantitative Easing (QE) been a blessing or a curse for investors?
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French Pension Reform (An Update)
At the time we were writing the Thematic Paper entitled “French Pension Reform: A Trojan Horse for Better Control of the State Budget?”1, the financial sustainability of the French pension system looked certain. Since then, the government has set a new savings goal, with the aim of achieving financial equilibrium by 2025, and in doing so has prematurely ejected from its Trojan horse… This adds a whole new challenge to an already high-risk reform.
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The Power of Emotions: Responsible Investment as a Motivator for Generation DC
Study of attitudes to pensions and responsible investment.
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How long will you live and what does it mean for your investments?
Latest life expectancy data shows that your money will need to last a lot longer than you might be thinking.
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Five charts that will make you think differently about retirement
Retiring at 60 is a relatively new concept, and possibly a short-lived one in our history. As populations age – and age better – people are looking at a host of ways to stay in work and sustain their retirement income. We present five charts that sum up the changing landscape.
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How Global Investment Grade Can Help Pension Schemes Deliver Their Promises
With many defined pension schemes in negative cashflow, interest in cashflow-driven investing (CDI) is increasing. We believe the $11.3 trillion global investment grade credit universe offers the best means of maximising potential returns from a core CDI strategy. Moreover, advances in technology allow us to build portfolios more quickly, optimising returns and limiting risk.
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Self-sufficiency for pension schemes: Keep on running?
Boris Mikhailov and Matthew Graham look at the benefits and risks for pension schemes targeting self-sufficiency.
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The future of retirement
The idea that in one’s sixties it might be time to step out of work and retire into a life of leisure is relatively recent. But with more people living longer, expectations of retirement are being reshaped.
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Rocky Road For The European Union: Pension Plans' Response
Cyclical recovery or secular healing?
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Journey’s end: route options for DB pension schemes
Pension schemes will confront a different set of challenges as they mature, not least around cashflows.
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Alternative Income Study 2018
Alternative income, real assets, private assets, illiquids: however they are described, the appeal of unlisted assets has grown significantly among European pension funds and insurers over the past decade.
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Euro Investment Grade Credit: A Growing, Diversifying, High-Quality Market
The financial crisis and subsequent regulation has ended the dominance of financials in euro corporate bonds.
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Rising Rates Survival Guide
Looking for new sources of income and diversification will be crucial to dealing with the challenges of rising interest rates and inflation.
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DB Pensions: Is Cash Flow–Driven Investing Right for Everyone?
UK defined benefit schemes are now mostly cash flow–negative.
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Monthly FX Report
Keep up with what the market is saying and what’s happening in our marketplace.
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Replicating OTC FX Market Positions with CME FX Futures
Explore the advantages that CME FX futures offer traditional market practitioners in the OTC FX markets, and how CME FX futures can be used to replicate cost-efficient, manageable synthetic exposure to OTC FX spot, forwards, and swaps.
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The Greenwich Perspective: A Bright Future for FX Futures
Greenwich Associates recently published a paper assessing the value and viability of FX futures as a proxy to the OTC FX market.
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Managing currency risk in equity portfolios
This report shows how equity index futures provide a more flexible alternative than cash equity products for managing foreign exchange risks.
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Equity 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.