22 Feb, 2024 Annuity Providers Shore-Up £ Corporate Bond Issuance By Sarah Austin-Keyworth There are signs that the currently healthy state of corporate bond issuance in sterling is encouraging non-UK domiciled companies to...
22 Nov, 2023 Investment in UK Innovation driven by Mansion House reforms By Laetitia Argar The UK government plans to inject £320 million into high-growth companies through innovative investment vehicles, a key milestone in the...
26 Oct, 2023 Revolutionizing DC Pension Investments By Laetitia Argar Schroders is at the forefront of the changing investment landscape, gearing up to launch a wealth-focused Long-Term Asset Fund (LTAF) for...
24 Oct, 2023 Life Insurers face an existential dilemma as the world grows older By Mark Holbrook Capgemini Research Institute's newly published report on the future of the global life insurance industry poses some existential dilemmas...
03 Oct, 2023 The LDI Crisis a year on: Collateral is key but the Credit markets have held up... By Mark Holbrook Fiscal policy, international monetary policy, pensions frameworks, investment strategies, even contract documentation in areas like...
06 Sep, 2023 Reevaluating the Role of UK Pensions in Investment By Adam Garrod In an effort to address the issue of chronic underinvestment in the UK, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recently suggested that defined...
07 Aug, 2023 'Draw-Nuities' might represent the future of the Retirement industry... By Mark Holbrook The 2015 Pensions Freedoms ushered-in a new era for the Drawdown product as the pre-eminent instrument of decumulation for UK retirees. ...
06 Jul, 2023 ABI Champion Regulatory Improvements to Empower Savers and Fuel UK Investment By Adam Garrod Insurance professionals are urging crucial regulatory improvements to create an environment that prioritises the interests of savers and...
06 Jul, 2023 Regulator: Do Funded Reinsurance - but for the right reasons... By Mark Holbrook On 15th June the Bank of England's Insurance Supervisor published an open letter to the industry, in which it cited a number of...
11 May, 2023 Insurance, Pensions and Reimagining the City By Adam Garrod Questions are increasingly being asked of the attractiveness of London as a destination for corporates to list publicly, after several...
20 Jan, 2023 Annuities - Finally in the Shop Window? By Adam Garrod After a year of financial market volatility and economic uncertainty, annuity offerings have seen their attractiveness surge for the...
02 Dec, 2022 LDI and the Future of Long-Dated Gilts By Adam Garrod September’s ‘mini-budget’ saw the Bank of England step in to avoid a potentially disastrous run on the gilts market, with a £19bn...