Centrica builds in capital preservation
The $11.2 billion UK-based pension fund has made bold moves into frontier markets and active strategies but is more interested these days in defensive strategies, as it prepares for a downturn.
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Alternative investments grow in attractiveness
Alternative investments have become a valuable income stream and liability matching tool at UK pension fund Centrica says Chetan Ghosh, Chief investment Officer at the £6.7 billion pension fund. With current gilt yields making liability matching expensive, the fund has begun investing in alternative strategies that include solar panel installations benefiting from the government’s Feed-in-Tariff,
Centrica focuses on dynamic decision making
For the Centrica pension fund, which adopts a liability-matching portfolio approach, last year was busy for appraising new opportunities arising out of the fact banks are no longer lending. This year its focus is on being more dynamic. Amanda White spoke to chief investment officer of the £5.5 billion ($9 billion), Chetan Ghosh. The Centrica
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