The role of absolute return bonds in LGPS investment strategies Paul Myles of BMO Global Asset Management looks at the different roles which absolute return bonds can play in the... Paul Myles Director, Institutional Business BMO Global Asset Management June 1, 2017 Focus Sustainability, and the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement Martin Grosskopf, Hyewon Kong and Jonathan Lo of AGF Investments look at the issues surrounding climate change, and carbon emissions... Martin Grosskopf Vice-President & Portfolio Manager AGF Investments Inc Hyewon Kong Associate Portfolio Manager AGF Investments Inc Jonathan Lo Vice-President & Portfolio Specialist, North American & International Equities AGF June 1, 2017 Comment BlueBay sees bleak outlook for UK assets Fixed income manager BlueBay Asset Management forsees a bleak outlook for UK assets due to political upheaval and Brexit. Mark Dowding,... June 1, 2017 News Investors to increase smart beta and ETF use Over 90% of investors plan to increase their use of smart beta strategies, according to research by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. The... June 1, 2017 News Social care concerns may have influenced election outcome Pensions and social care campaigner Baroness Ros Altmann has attributed the election result to the Conservative manifesto and in particular... June 1, 2017 News BlackRock adds student housing to property fund Fund manager BlackRock has purchased a second student accommodation development site in Sheffield, taking the number of beds in its... June 1, 2017 Round-Up LGPS reforms anticipate FCA recommendations for asset management The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is recommending that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continues to look at removing... June 1, 2017 News GLIL backs UK rolling stock deal GLIL, the £1.3 billion infrastructure joint venture between the London Pensions Fund Authority, Greater Manchester Pension Fund, Merseyside Pension Fund, West... June 1, 2017 Round-Up Segars and Warwick-Thompson join Central pool The LGPS Central pool has made two high-profile appointments, with Joanne Segars to become its chair and Andrew Warwick-Thompson to... June 1, 2017 News Election results increases chances of extreme Brexit outcomes The hung Parliament result in the June 8th general election has, paradoxically, increased chances of both a so-called soft Brexit,... June 1, 2017 News