Solutions enhanced: Planning for the long term with capital market assumptions
Strategic asset allocation (SAA), the process of determining a well-diversified long-term investment strategy, requires an assessment of the potential returns from different financial assets, as well as the potential risks to which these assets and the final allocation may be subject. In this paper we present the capital market assumptions (CMAs) that we at Columbia Threadneedle use as central forecasts of risk and return when conducting SAA analyses for our clients.
Pensions watch – Issue 6: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition we focus on why, how and to what extent to increase contributions to defined contribution
schemes if good retirement outcomes in the UK are to become the norm.
Pensions watch – Issue 5 : What’s been happening and what’s on the Horizon in the world of pensions
This month we focus on why 2021 could be a turning point for UK pensions and the year in which the UK system
may well be awarded a prestigious B-grade for the first time since 2015
Solutions in 2021: adapting to a new normal
In unprecedented times, clients are struggling to build well-diversified portfolios, as well as grappling with the rising cost of guarantees and management of very expensive liabilities. After depending on fixed income diversification for decades, they must find new ways to hedge their exposures while growing assets.
Pensions watch – Issue 4: Steering pension savers in the right direction
In this edition, Chris Wagstaff looks at the crucial role of pension dashboards and Pension Wise in guiding
pension savers to desired retirement outcomes.
Pensions Watch – Issue 3: What’s been happening and what’s on the horizon in the world of pensions
In this edition, Chris Wagstaff looks at the crucial role of pension dashboards and Pension Wise in guiding
pension savers to desired retirement outcomes.
Covid-19 vaccines, lockdowns and equities
With the Covid-19 case count rising rapidly across the United States and Europe, the immediate economic outlook associated with renewed lockdowns is turning darker.
Investment team updates – bullet points 20 November
Our investment team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Pensions Watch – Issue 3
In this edition we focus on the sustainability of the state pension in securing a basic standard of living for many people in retirement and its role in reducing the gender pensions gap…
Pensions Watch – Issue 2
This month we focus on why the UK pensions system is, according to one influential study, in the doldrums and how to propel it up the global league table…
