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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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sX Review: Time to revisit your LDI triggers?

Video: KPMG's Simeon Willis and Simon Bentley of F&C discuss the economic barriers to schemes considering an LDI allocation, and how much incoming regulation could cost (5:46)

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Aga Rangemaster modeller speeds up decisions

The kitchen supplier pension scheme has used asset-liability modelling to improve and speed up its investment decisions

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Infrastructure the bedrock for DB growth

Infrastructure provides the long-term returns badly needed by schemes suffering from a low yield environment, argues Gravis Capital Partners' Rollo Wright in the latest Investment Blueprint

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How triggers can improve your LDI performance

LGIM's Michael Walsh explains how schemes are using derisking triggers to improve their liability-driven investment performance, in this edition of Investment Blueprint

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Sulzer halts triggered derisking due to volatility

Research has shown one in ten schemes now use derisking triggers. But Owen Walker discovers pension plans such as Sulzer have suspended the mechanism to manage the risk of market volatility

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Video: Pirelli outlines fiduciary management approach

Flavio Cateni, finance director and trustee at Pirelli, sets out why the company's five pension funds decided to put their £600m in the hands of fiduciary managers (6:11)

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Video: Refining your longevity assumptions

Buck Consultants' UK managing director Fraser Smart discusses how schemes can benefit from improved longevity calculations

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Shed equities to protect assets, say managers

Following the recent market turbulence, Pippa Stephens finds fund managers are urging schemes to derisk their investments by moving out of equities and into corporate and emerging market debt

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How fiduciary management can work for small schemes

Atkin & Co director Marian Elliott outlines why fiduciary management is suitable for schemes of all sizes, but warns there are additional risks and costs to be considered 

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