Tag Archives: real assets

Why the world’s biggest pension wants a $30bn overdraft

Posted on January 6, 2024 by henry tapper

Overnight one of the biggest #pension schemes in the world set out plans to borrow up to $30bn, to avoid firesales of assets, in times of market stress. Calstrs, the $317bn California-based #pension fund, is a big investor in illiquid … Continue reading →

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£626,000,000,000 of our retirement money was lost in the financial markets last year.

Posted on September 26, 2023 by henry tapper

Yes, I know that Pension Scheme liabilities are projected to be lower by more than £626,000,000,000, but you can’t eat projections. The money that was lost by UK DB pensions last year is gone. It has been collected by those … Continue reading →

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Pensions for real – Even DC pensions!

Posted on October 21, 2016 by henry tapper

All week we have been discussing how best to manage and measure Britain’s “pension deficits”. The FAB index which First Actuarial introduced last weekend has made quite an impression. My friend Rob Hammond will be on MoneyBox tomorrow lunchtime ; … Continue reading →

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Very “interest”-ing

Posted on August 16, 2016 by henry tapper

For millions of savers, the most important piece of financial news over the past few weeks has not been about the impact of bond yields on pension liabilities or their mortgage interest payments or the state of the stock market. … Continue reading →

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