We look to dispel those myths by providing trustees with a checklist to help navigate their decision on whether to invest.
In this paper, we have developed two checklists to help trustees consider whether illiquid assets might be right for their scheme.
This paper has been written in collaboration with K3 Advisory – the buy‑out and consolidation advisers.
We asked European pension fund professionals, who collectively oversee €324 billion in assets, questions about their investments.
What is social, impact investing and social infrastructure? ‘Social’ is about people and places contributing to net positive outcomes for those who receive and deliver (essential) services, and wider stakeholders such as their families and communities.
In 2022, we wrote about a feature of the pensions risk transfer market we termed ‘the liquidity kink’. A year on, many pension schemes can now afford to buy-out with an insurer, yet schemes still hold illiquid assets.
The UK Government has encouraged institutional investors to support its levelling up ambitions. In setting out its levelling up plan, the Government specifically mentioned the c.£320 billion LGPS:
