Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes must invest in productive assets or risk missing out on GBP350 billion of lost growth over the next decade, delegates at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) investment conference have heard.
Although large institutional asset managers tend to shun digital assets, pension funds have recently challenged the status quo by branching into cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. In this article, Thomas Felber, Crypto Product Director at Jefferies-owned trading platform, Tradu, discusses why pension fund allocations into digital assets are increasing and what this means for the broader world of traditional finance.
Amundi has announced that it has been appointed by The People’s Pension (“TPP”), one of the largest independent master trusts in the UK, to manage a GBP20 billion developed markets equity index climate focused mandate.
North American pension funds could see returns decimated by 50 per cent if worst case scenario climate change forecasts materialise by 2040, industry research reveals.
Aon plc has said that liquid alternative assets can help UK pension schemes position their portfolios for greater resilience, while still meeting their return objectives.
Sustainable investment strategies are the name of the game for asset managers with an eye on the GBP500 billion of assets that will be up for grabs from the UKs local government pension schemes (LGPS) by 2030.
The GBP20 billion West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) – part of the GBP60 billion plus Northern LGPS pool alongside Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund – is the first to invest in Rebalance Earth.
Private debt continues to witness exceptionally strong demand from institutional investors with the sector comprising 20 per cent of all new manager searches in the 12 months to end-June.
Pension and insurance firms have backed a public-private blended finance model to help navigate investment risk and drive billions of private finance into ‘green and good’ infrastructure.
By 2025, cryptocurrency ETFs will form 5 per cent of hedge fund and pension fund portfolios, predicts blockchain expert Fiorenzo Manganiello, co-founder and managing partner of LIAN Group.
