Sorca Kelly-Scholte

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has appointed six members to its policy board as it lays down a defined benefit (DB) funding-centric priority list for 2021.

James Phillips looks at JP Morgan Asset Management analysis on how LGPS funds have fared over the period to the 2019 valuation, and how they can respond to recent market falls.

Defined benefit (DB) schemes mimicking typical insurer fixed income portfolios are failing to use their greater regulatory freedoms to maximise returns with higher risk, JP Morgan Asset Management says.

Sorca Kelly-Scholte says the $5.1trn US investment grade corporate bond market offers greater opportunities to diversify.

Sorca Kelly-Scholte looks at the assets that can form the foundation of cashflow-driven investment strategies.

JPMAM's Sorca Kelly-Scholte makes the case for cashflow-driven investing at a time when many schemes are underfunded and need to grow investment returns to meet future liabilities.

Schemes are becoming cashflow negative at a time they can ill-afford any drag on investment returns. Sorca Kelly-Scholte and Maria Ryan look at solutions to this Catch-22

Russell Investments has expanded its advisory offering with the appointment of two additional directors to its consulting and advisory services team.