Today's top news stories
Mercer to acquire Northern American specialist consultants
Two transactions to boost global advisory firm’s alternatives offering
AP Pension doubles business with purchase of Skandia Denmark
Deal to propel AP Pension into country’s top 10 pension providers by assets under management
£43bn public pension pool Border to Coast adds to senior team
LGPS partnership hopes to announce permanent CIO, head of research later this summer
UK regulators join forces to tackle pensions fraud
Fraudsters reported to con victims out of an average of £91,000 per person
Investors urged to diversify in private debt as assets hit record level
Focusing on mid-market corporate direct lending ‘too constraining’, according to Willis Towers Watson
Evidence of integration key in Aon ESG fund manager rating system
ESG ratings capture Aon’s assessment of effectiveness of manager policies and procedures
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On the Record: Sovereign bond risk?
Industriens Pension, Fondenergia, WPV
How We Run Our Money: Lærernes Pension
Morten Malle, investment director of Denmark’s Lærernes Pension, explains how the fund stays agile
Shades of grey on Dutch CDC
Dutch collective defined contribution is mostly a uniform concept, but with important distinctions
Selection is key in EMD
Anxiety is growing about emerging market debt. US rate rises and the potential for a stronger dollar mean that EMD may be heading for turbulent times
Brexit is no simple break
The implications of the UK’s EU departure will be complex and wide ranging for asset managers
Reasons to understand blockchain
The rise of blockchain architecture coincides with a period of falling trust in institutions
Trouble ahead
The current discussion of monetary policy is in some respects reminiscent of that of the mid-2000s
Liability Management: The end of LDI as we know it?
The DB pension industry is nearing peak LDI and a new understanding of liability management is taking hold
Better be ready, come what may
UK DB schemes becoming cashflow negative face many challenges
Euro-zone: What comes after QE?
The euro-zone is on an exit route from quantitative easing
Long-term Matters: An apocryphal tale for wannabe climate-aware investors
It is impossible to know how today’s CIOs will look back on their actions in the 2010s. But, we still have time to avert the worst of runaway climate change
Guest Viewpoint: Amlan Roy
Incorporating changing behaviour and technological trends in retirement planning is essential
Guest Viewpoint: Fiona Stewart & Georg Inderst
“A growing body of research shows ESG factors are a material credit risk for fixed-income investors”
Long-term Matters: Who decides which engagement is fit for purpose?
Private responses to my recent article about investors who do ‘BS’ stewardship have raised two key questions
Diary of an Investor: What’s up with research costs?
In fixed income, no-one has ever really known how the research impacts on investment costs
