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Trustees urging UK pension schemes to stress test for spike in yields

UK pension funds are better prepared for a climb in gilt yields. After last years crisis many DB funds are now stress testing for an 8 per cent climb in gilt yields, says pension fund trustee Tegs Harding.

Sarah RundellJune 29, 2023

Investor Profile

Equities bias for Nottinghamshire local fund

An equities-biased strategy for the Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme is against the trend for funds in the UK, but the local government scheme has no plans to de-risk as it tries to make up its funding level. The strategy of the £3.5 billion ($5.7 billion) Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the […]

Sarah RundellDecember 6, 2013

Opinion

Gloom at NAPF attests to investor adventure

One year on and the job of trustees gathered at the United Kingdom’s National Association of Pension Funds, NAPF, annual investment conference in Edinburgh hasn’t got any easier. As the search for optimism in a low-return world endures, the conference seems to be caught in a time loop. Compared to last year, deciding on the […]

Sarah RundellMarch 13, 2013