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Monthly Archives: November 2022
Is LDI fundamentally unsuitable to small DB schemes?
Evan Guppy runs a multi-billion pound leveraged LDI program for the Pension Protection Fund. The collateral calls it met over the September/October crisis involved posting £1.5bn in cash and gilts For the first time before during or after the … Continue reading
Another way to LDI – how the PPF’s approach has fared in 2022.
While the pensions industry continues to live under the pall of the LDI blow-up, the PPF have confidently explained how they have managed the problems that arose from the spike in gilt yields in September. Speaking to me at a … Continue reading
Find out how the PPF used LDI as part of its pension strategy – TODAY 10.30-FREE
I think this will be a really excellent discussion. Register or log in to http://www.pensionplaypen.com to attend. (events)
Why steelworker’s compo is set to fall by £15,000
The FCA has published its proposed redress scheme for steelworkers but it looks like the compensation will cost £49m rather than the estimated £71m earlier this year. The new compensation levels are now estimated to average £45,000 (down from £60,000) … Continue reading
Football should lose the “fear of losing”
Watching Belgium lose yesterday to Morocco was a depressing experience. The world’s #2 ranked team played as if the worries of the world were being carried on their backs and they lost, as the headline says “without passion” When asked … Continue reading
“IF I was a Director “… how Nest can overhaul itself.
Nest is recruiting three non-executive directors to increase the diversity of its Board. This is an opportunity, 12 years in, for Nest to ask fundamental questions about how it can move itself and auto-enrolment along. Diversity of outlook I … Continue reading
Judging the net zero pledges of workplace pensions
Competition between workplace pension providers has been a great boon to the 11 million new savers who have payroll contributions being made towards a retirement pot. The vast majority of the retirement pots being built up are likely to see … Continue reading
Crypto lives outside the regulatory perimeter – just let it burn.
Apparently the crypto boom has burst for the Miami nightclubs that prospered on the extravagance of crypto nerds who made and paid for their parties in bit coin. The new partygoers were “95 per cent men, young . . . with a kind … Continue reading
Covid currently on the wane – unlike excess deaths – C19 Friday report
http://www.covidactuaries.org Friday Report: Issue 73 By: Adele Groyer & John Roberts Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-19 is still among the most important health topics for scientific papers and articles. The Covid‑19 Actuaries Response … Continue reading
How linkedin is winning eyeballs
Linked in is the least sexy social media platform ever, but it has 750m + members which is more than one in ten people on the planet and in developed countries, especially those for whom English is the lingua … Continue reading