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WHSmith doubles surplus through LDI hedging

The newsagent’s pension scheme has managed to double its accounting surplus through its liability-driven investment strategy, following continued low interest rates

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Schemes warn managers on investment fee add-ons

In the second part of schemeXpert.com’s fund management fee survey, we look at what additional charges schemes are willing to accept and how they evaluate them

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Schemes fund social housing for inflation hedge

Pension schemes should be playing lender to local authorities for long-term, inflation-linked income streams, argues M&G Investment's William Nicoll in the latest Investment Blueprint

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How to cherry-pick the right private equity assets

LPEQ's Ian Armitage argues DC schemes should be taking more notice of listed private equity funds, in this week's Investment Blueprint

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sX Review: How to judge risk-adjusted DC returns

Video: DCisions' Nigel Aston and Emma Douglas of Mercer discuss how DC scheme managers can pick the right multi-asset fund and reduce volatility for members (5:48)

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DC schemes dump trackers for multi-asset funds

Schemes have dropped equity trackers for better performing multi-asset and target date funds over the past five years, according to research published this week

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Look overseas to limit corporate debt risk

AllianceBernstein's Jorgen Kjaersgaard argues UK pension schemes cannot run the risk of limiting their corporate debt allocation to the UK, in this week's Investment Blueprint

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How to score your global absolute return manager

Eaton Vance's Matthew Murphy sets out the measures schemes should use to assess their global absolute return manager, in this week's Investment Blueprint

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BBC diversifies with insurance-linked securities

The broadcaster's scheme said its 1% allocation to ILSs provided “genuine diversification” to equities last year but the market remains limited

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Risk-based DGFs offer schemes consistent beta

Schemes such as Nest are finding interesting ways of incorporating risk factor-based diversified growth funds into their strategies, as BlackRock’s Rita Gemelou finds in this week’s Investment Blueprint

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