Building more robust portfolios Dr Chris ones and Dr Toby Goodworth of bfinance discuss a methodology to build more robust portfolios that have a... Dr Chris Jones Head of bfinance London bfinance Dr Toby Goodworth Head of Risk Management bfinance February 1, 2015 Focus Lifetime mortgages, a new opportunity Simon Betteley of BlackRock looks at how lifetime mortgages can help reduce the cost of providing benefits as well as... Simon Betteley Vice President, UK Local Authority Team, Institutional Client Business BlackRock February 1, 2015 Comment Globalisation still underway As institutions become larger and more global, Kevin McCreadie of AGF Investments outlines how a deep understanding of global markets... Kevin McCreadie President and Chief Investment Officer AGF Investments February 1, 2015 Comment The portfolio effects of the ECB’s QE Alistair Wilson of TwentyFour Asset Management looks at the ECB’s QE programme and the effects it could have on fixed... Alistair Wilson Head of Institutional Business TwentyFour Asset Management February 1, 2015 Comment How to be passive John Arthur of AllenbridgeEpic provides his personal view on how basing an investment approach on a passive philosophy can help... John Arthur Managing Director AllenbridgeEpic February 1, 2015 Comment Getting to the heart of LDI With the age profile of scheme members expected to mature, Matthew Craig looks at how local authorities might benefit from... Matthew Craig LAPF Investments February 1, 2015 Focus Cash flow is king – what schemes can learn from annuity funds William Nicoll of M&G Investments looks at annuity funds to see if there are techniques that can be adopted to... William Nicoll Co-Head of Alternative Credit, Fixed Income M&G Investments February 1, 2015 Comment ETFs set to exceed $5 trillion by 2020 Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are set to exceed $5 trillion in assets by 2020, according to a report from consultancy PwC. PwC... February 1, 2015 News US equities face headwind, ING warns ING Investment Management has warned that US equities face headwinds from the rising value of the US dollar and falling... February 1, 2015 Round-Up Frontier markets could reward investors in 2015 Frontier markets have the potential to benefit investors, despite geopolitical fears, according to Baring Asset Management. Frontier markets have a lower... February 1, 2015 News