Aaron Bennett, CFA, CIO at the recently-formed University Pension Plan, and Blair Richards, CIO at Halifax Port weighed in on how they’re allocating assets. https://hubs.ly/Q02FVb8d0 #assetmanagement #pensionfund
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The Chancellor wants pension funds to invest in unlisted UK businesses. But, as Colin McLean writes in The Herald Scotland , it's not his place to tell trustees how to invest members' money. "Simply labelling unlisted and other illiquid investments as 'productive finance' does not make it so," he says. "Most pension scheme savers want the best returns compatible with sustainability. There is little appetite for government direction of funds or political control." #Pensions #Investing #AssetManagement #PrivateEquity https://lnkd.in/eiqSHFeU
Pension funds: Calling it 'productive finance' doesn't make it so
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The UK Chancellor's Autumn Statement this week outlined several new initiatives by government to encourage private market investments in the UK's economy, especially by pension funds. These included £250 million for the Long-Term Investment for Technology and Science (LIFTS) initiative and a new Growth Fund managed by the British Business Bank. But the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association has helpfully reminded us this week that UK pension funds - local authority funds, corporate DB schemes, DC schemes and DC master trusts - are already successfully investing in illiquid markets. "Pension Scheme Investment in Illiquid Assets: Case Studies from the Pensions Sector" illustrates how and why UK pension funds are currently allocating capital to private equity, private credit, real estate, infrastructure and local investments. Thanks to West Midlands Pension Fund, Surrey County Council Pension Fund, Clwyd Pension Fund, Merseyside Pension Fund, BT Pension Scheme, Universities Superannuation Scheme (Ltd), Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), Smart Pension and others for illustrating the art of the possible for pension investment in the UK's real economy. #impactinvesting #pensions #privateequity Paul Nevin Lloyd Whitworth Philip Latham Debbie Fielder Peter Wallach Wyn Francis Brightwell Naomi Clark Helen Shackelford LCP James Lawrence, CFA Sophia O. Impact Investing Institute Pensions for Purpose https://lnkd.in/eGjcf28v
Pension Scheme Investment in Illiquid Assets – Case Studies from the Pensions Sector
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Self-Invested Pension Plans or SIPPs mean you have a much greater range of investment options than those available through most traditional pension plans. You could choose to invest in a number of assets and asset classes including equities, unit trusts, gilts, and commercial property similar to personal pensions but you can be more 'hands on' with the investment decisions. This flexibility allows you to spread the risk, especially if some investments don’t do as well as you’d hoped. However, SIPPs do tend to have higher costs than a standard pension and you need to manage them actively, and identity investment choices that might be under-performing. Active management is not something I expect everyone to feel confident in doing, or to have the time and the desire to do. This is why SIPPs will not be suitable for everybody and generally only those who are fairly experienced at actively managing their investments should consider this type of investment. But the good news? You received tax relief on your contributions and the investment growth within the fund is free from all UK Income and Capital Gains Taxes! ***Don't forget the value of your investment can go down as well as up. You could get back less than you invested.
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Key takeaways from my read of this article: - Allocations to private assets can have a positive impact on the retirement outcomes of DC savers (nothing earth shattering there, see my final point!) - Scale matters (we know scale supports greater allocations to less liquid assets, we've seen that with the pooling of local government pension funds in England and Wales, but not to forget the great work that Lothian Pension Fund are doing in Edinburgh) - All private equity is not created equal, investing in venture capital private equity is just not the same as investing in infrastructure private equity (as always the devil is in the detail) - Value beats cost "The 1.2 percentage point gap might not sound like a lot, but over 30 years it mounts up. An Australian pension would be nearly one-third bigger than a British pot."
Can the UK learn from Australia’s pension savers?
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BAM Pension Actuary Les Richmond's latest column in The Bond Buyer highlights emerging credit risks linked to public pension plans and provides #municipalbonds investors with insights on how to monitor them in the coming year. https://hubs.la/Q02mmdqs0
Why analysts need to watch the pension pendulum
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🚀New Article Alert!🚀 Is My UK Pension Invested Heavily in UK Stocks and Bonds? 🤔 If you’ve ever wondered about the investment strategy behind your UK pension, my latest article delves into this crucial topic. Discover the nuances of where your hard-earned money is going and what it means for your future. 🔍 In this article, I cover: - The typical asset allocation for UK pensions - The potential risks and rewards of investing heavily in UK stocks and bonds - Strategies to diversify your pension portfolio Whether you're nearing retirement or just starting to plan, understanding your pension investments is vital for a secure financial future. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dEMJJ2PZ Feel free to share your thoughts and questions in the comments. Let’s take control of our financial future together! SJB Global #PensionPlanning #UKInvestments #FinancialLiteracy #RetirementPlanning #InvestmentStrategy
Is My UK Pension Invested Heavily in UK Stocks and Bonds?
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Good article out today from the WSJ on some challenges facing Pension Funds stuck in Zombie PE Funds (see link below). It reminded me of a presentation from GS I recently saw where the allocation breakdown for Pension Fund assets was depicted. The move toward Alternatives has been aggressive over the last many years, now close to matching allocations to public Equities. However, as the article points out, complexity + illiquidity don't always translate into superior outcomes. For Pension Funds, it's been public equities that have served as a great source of liquidity recently, as they've been big sellers every month end this year and sanitizing gains into FI in the process. As retail investors become the latest targets for PE funds, they should take note and ask hard questions. WSJ: Pensions Piled Into Private Equity. Now They Can’t Get Out. "Now the honeymoon is over. The payouts have dried up, creating an expensive problem for investment managers overseeing the savings of workers retired from big corporations and state and city governments. To keep benefit checks coming on time, those managers are unloading investments on the cheap or turning to borrowing—costly measures that eat into returns. California’s worker pension, the nation’s largest, will be paying more money into its private-equity portfolio than it receives from those investments for eight years in a row. The engine maker Cummins took a 4.4% loss in its U.K. pension last year, in large part because it sold private assets at a discount. It is the latest cash crunch to befall retirement funds that have piled into hard-to-sell investments in search of high returns, and spotlights the risks as Wall Street is trying to sell those investments to wealthy households." https://lnkd.in/ePr8ZH-f #privateequity #macro #investing #trading #equities
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🚨 The latest Broadstone Sirius Index is out 🚨 The update shows the Defined benefit (DB) funding levels for both fully hedged and 50% hedged schemes experienced a slight decrease during October 📉 Broadstone's head of trustee services, Christopher Rice, said: "Economic concerns caused most asset classes to fall in October, which has unsurprisingly been replicated in the funding levels of our schemes." Read more of Chris's thoughts and more from the Broadstone Sirius Index in this Professional Pensions pensions piece: https://lnkd.in/dFZ7HAn2 #pensions #pensionsdata #siriusindex
DB funding levels narrowly decrease during October
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