Bonds
Investment
Defined benefit schemes in the FTSE 100 increased their total bond allocation to a record £330bn by the end of 2015.
15 June 2016
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3 min read
Investment
The yield on the benchmark 10 year gilt fell to a record low yesterday, dropping below 1.25% for the first time and bottoming at 1.22%.
10 June 2016
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1 min read
Investment
A data tool to help investors assess the liquidity of fixed income assets has been launched by Euroclear in collaboration with Lyxor Asset Management.
20 May 2016
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2 min read
Investment
Since de-risking took off at the turn of the millennium, FTSE 100 pension fund bond holdings have increased to a peak of 59% of total assets, writes Stephanie Baxter.
15 April 2016
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3 min read
Risk Management
Bond allocations for defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the FTSE 100 have soared from 49% to 59% of total assets in just six years.
12 April 2016
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2 min read
Investment
The fall in commodities has meant the value of oil and gas company bonds has fallen by more than $150bn (£105.1bn) since June 2014.
22 March 2016
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1 min read
Defined Benefit
PP looks at a potential solution to the cashflow problem as schemes mature.
22 March 2016
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5 min read
Investment
The number of funds that consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when they make investment decisions is small according to MSCI research.
08 March 2016
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3 min read
Defined Benefit
Total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 increased by more than a third over last month against a backdrop of falling gilt yields.
09 February 2016
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2 min read
Risk Management
PP considers how big a risk this is for schemes and how they can manage it
19 January 2016
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5 min read
