COMMUNIQUE

By Kerrigan Procter, Head of Derivative Structuring
Following on from our Communiqué article ‘Introduction to Swaps for Pension Schemes’ we now provide details of the ins and outs of swaps contracts and the risks associated with their use. We look at the contract details of inflation swaps first, followed by interest rate swaps. Finally we touch on some of the risks associated with swaps and how these risks can be mitigated.

August2007-Swaps for Pension Schemes: The Details

By Kerrigan Procter, Head of Derivative Structuring
This Glossary for Liability Driven Investments accompanies the 'Swaps for Pension Schemes: The Details' article.

Glossary

By Kerrigan Procter, Head of Quantitative Products
UK pension schemes have traditionally invested most of their portfolios in equities and bonds and this approach served them well in the bull markets of the last years of the 21st Century. However, in recent years pension fund trustees and their consultants have been considering how to meet the challenge of 'deficit repair' following on from the bear market at the start of the 21st Century. An emerging solution is a combination of revised pension benefits, increased scheme contribution levels and a more structured risk framework for managing the pension scheme’s assets.

Introduction to Swaps for Pension Schemes

By Julian Harding, Associate Director Index Funds
In this article we show how index / passive funds investing in listed Infrastructure, Private Equity and Real Estate companies can be used to introduce investement diversity into the growth assets of pension schemes.

Investment Diversity through Equity Index and Passive Funds

By Neil Higgins, Director Index Funds
For film goers the debate at the end of 2006 was “who was the best Bond?” For pension fund trustees the debate was more likely to have been was any bond any good given their relative performance compared to that of equity markets.

BondsGetting Better all the time