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  • Opportunities in commercial real estate debt
    Paul House of Venn Partners examines the opportunities in real estate debt that have emerged following a more cautious approach...
    Paul House
    Managing Partner, Real Estate
    Venn Partners
    April 1, 2015
    Focus
  • Investing in credit to meet short- and long-term cash flows
    Forced to consider the possibility of future negative cash flows, pension funds may find what they are looking for in...
    Paul Richmond
    Senior Solutions Specialist
    Insight Investment
    April 1, 2015
    Focus
  • The big impact of small print in credit
    Annabel Gillard of M&G Investments looks at how an in-depth knowledge of structured credit can open up opportunities in the...
    Annabel Gillard
    Director of Fixed Income
    M&G Investments
    April 1, 2015
    Focus
  • The de-risking challenge for local authority pension schemes
    A fall in bond yields has led to a rise in value of future pension fund liabilities. Neil Falconer of...
    Neil Falconer
    Head of LDI
    Aberdeen Asset Management
    April 1, 2015
    Focus
  • 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
  • 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
  • Is there a place for LDI strategies in local government pension schemes?
    Funding levels for local authority pension funds are highly sensitive to factors including interest rates and inflation. Paul Myles of...
    Paul Myles
    Director – Institutional Business
    F&C Investments
    February 1, 2015
    Focus
  • The energy transition and the stranded assets debate – an investment risk or opportunity?
    Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez of Threadneedle looks at the potential impact of steps taken by the global community to mitigate climate...
    Cathrine de Coninck-Lopez
    Sustainable and Responsible Investment Officer
    Threadneedle
    December 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Are alternatives for everyone?
    New research by Aberdeen Asset Management confirms that pension schemes are investing in an increasingly wide range of asset classes...
    December 1, 2014
    Focus
  • Impact investing – a more effective way of doing good
    Christopher Head from BlackRock discusses the conventional ways that ethical investing is undertaken, outlines the shortcomings of these approaches, and...
    Christopher Head
    Head of UK Local Authorities, Institutional Client Business
    BlackRock
    December 1, 2014
    Focus
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