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Despite the prominence of derivatives across UK pension scheme portfolios, the assessment of ESG factors in derivatives remains relatively nascent.

Twelve leading investment consulting firms in the UK have established the Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group, with the aim of seeking to improve sustainable investment practices across the investment industry.

It remains uncertain how the delicate process of restarting normal economic activity will proceed. But we can be sure that the range of possible outcomes is wider in the post-COVID global economy than it was in the pre-COVID one.

Why Gold is a useful portfolio construction tool…

We have now entered a new phase in the funding of pension schemes, in which trustees must decide how they manage their scheme strategy in a radically different interest rate environment.

At Cardano, one of the most useful tools we use when thinking about portfolio construction is scenario analysis, and this approach frames our navigation of both the current backdrop and longer-term outlook. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues the future remains uncertain across most frontiers, but by drawing up a range of reasonable scenarios, it is possible to consider the economic implications of each potential development.

Whilst not a huge surprise, the Bank of England’s latest monetary policy plans announcement might consequentially cause some headaches for pension schemes.

Nigel Sillis, provides his response on this update and what it could mean for pension schemes in the long run.

Through the noise of the unfolding economic and political crisis, schemes must think broadly about their current portfolio positioning and the tools at their disposal to counter new risks – of negative rates, inflation and the UK economic outlook – and confidently navigate today’s uncertainty.

Cardano, the pensions risk and investment management specialist, announces two senior appointments in its Defined Contribution (DC) team. David Bird joins as Head of DC Platform, a newly created role within Cardano, and Stefan Lundbergh as Head of DC Design for the Group.

At a time where the downturn is so severe that governments have been forced to expand their fiscal programmes dramatically, we’ve been considering the multiple economic dilemmas presented by the onset of a new fiscal era, and the range of potential implications for investors.

In the last of our three part series on UK fiscal policy, Nigel Sillis takes a pragmatic look at what the future holds for the UK’s public finances and what implications that will have for long term investors.

He outlines what we expect this government to do and how this will affect the long-term investment landscape.