Bonds

Asset Allocation

USS: Low leverage and US exposure helped navigate UK bond market turmoil

Speaking at USS’s 2022 Institutions’ Meeting, Simon Pilcher told stakeholders that the asset manager had navigated market turmoil in the UK bond market by having less leverage than peer funds and diversification, explaining USS also hedges inflation and interest rate risk with US bonds.

Sarah RundellDecember 21, 2022

Asset Classes

Positive stock and bond correlation will make portfolios more volatile

Today's positive stock-bond correlation means balanced portfolios will be more volatile without the natural hedge that bonds have long provided to stocks.

Ben HurleyDecember 20, 2022

Investor Profile

Posting bonds not cash as collateral: Belgium’s KBC on LDI

Belgium’s KBC Pensioenfonds, the pension fund for the banking and insurance group, runs a large LDI programme. But unlike UK pension funds who had to fire sell assets to post margin during the recent gilt crisis, KBC can post bonds, not cash, as collateral.

Sarah RundellDecember 15, 2022

FIS Singapore 2024

ESG integration wields best results with good data and effective engagement

Large investors across Europe share the elements of their success when it comes to ESG integration and engagement, including in sovereign bonds.

Sarah RundellNovember 8, 2022

Featured Story

Asset owners reflect on what to expect in 2022

Asset owners think in years rather than months, but investors expect a handful of key areas will define the year ahead. A clearer view on inflation; poor bond performance and a resurgence in labour rights to name a few.

Sarah RundellJanuary 11, 2022

Asset Allocation

Aussie funds look for competitive edge

The CIOs of two of Australia’s largest asset owners, Aware Super and UniSuper are looking to enhance their competitive advantage in an increasingly concentrated superannuation market.

Meredith BoothDecember 17, 2021

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Asset Allocation

USS: Low leverage and US exposure helped navigate UK bond market turmoil

Asset Classes

Positive stock and bond correlation will make portfolios more volatile

Investor Profile

Posting bonds not cash as collateral: Belgium’s KBC on LDI

FIS Singapore 2024

ESG integration wields best results with good data and effective engagement

Featured Story

Asset owners reflect on what to expect in 2022

Asset Allocation

Aussie funds look for competitive edge

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