Risk Management (87)

Dynamic discount rates: wider benefits for risk management?
Investment strategy

Dynamic discount rates: wider benefits for risk management?

A dynamic discount rate can help trustees better reflect the true risk of a scheme and make...

By John SouthallDash Tan

10 Jul 2024

5 min read

LGPS Intelligence: Options for mitigating equity risk
Investment strategy

LGPS Intelligence: Options for mitigating equity risk

With LGPS funding levels much improved and US equities near all-time highs, what options do LGPS...
By James SparshottRobert Pace
13 Mar 2024
1 min read
Chart of the month: Was the pandemic uniquely hard to anticipate?
Christopher Jeffery
Investment strategy

Chart of the month: Was the pandemic uniquely hard to anticipate?

'Prepare, don't predict' is a mantra you will have heard repeatedly from LGIM's macro team. We...
By Christopher Jeffery
09 Feb 2024
2 min read
Options for equity and derivative strategy
Investment strategy

Options for equity and derivative strategy

How can schemes seek to mitigate downside risk in 2024, while still targeting potential equity...
By Florent HerelleCelia Shen
30 Jan 2024
3 min read
Correlation is not causation, nor constant
Investment strategy

Correlation is not causation, nor constant

What really determines the correlation between equity and bond returns?

By Bruce WhiteFiona Wu

07 Nov 2023

4 min read

Staying in the frame: the art of pre-retirement de-risking
Investment strategy

Staying in the frame: the art of pre-retirement de-risking

In the run-up to retirement, it ain't what you say, it's the way that you say it. We look at how...
By Graham MolesJohn Roe
09 Oct 2023
4 min read
Not just a short-term strategy: short-term alternative finance in DC defaults
Jonathan Peppiatt
Investment strategy

Not just a short-term strategy: short-term alternative finance in DC defaults

In part two of our series on short-term alternative finance, we ask how the asset class can form...
By Jonathan Peppiatt
28 Sep 2023
4 min read
LPI benefits: A free alpha dessert on top of the risk management main?
Investment strategy

LPI benefits: A free alpha dessert on top of the risk management main?

In this instalment of our mini series we explain how delta-hedging of LPI (Limited Price...
By Wilson PoonJohn Southall
02 Jun 2023
4 min read