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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.

Looking a little into the future, this video thinks through some of the possible ways the government can address the large sovereign debt loads. Nigel Sillis explores the crazily theoretical to the largely unsuitable and the practically impossible to the pragmatically likely.

What we are seeing right now is far worse than what is seen during a typical cyclical recession. Parti one of a three part series, this video illustrates how we can form a better understanding of the dilemma and provide some pointers on how you might get to grips with the possible implications for the investment landscape.

Paras Shah sets the LDI scene specifically and shares some information that can help Trustees start to answer these questions.

Cardano announces the appointment of two new hires in its client and investment teams. “We are delighted to welcome both Nigel and Ross to our client and investment teams at Cardano. Their experience will both complement and strengthen our existing teams as we continue to grow our client base.”

In this video, Helen Prior focuses on what clients have been doing, discussing, preparing for, in practical terms.

The oil price has been very volatile recently. I want to address how and why we have some energy commodity exposure in our portfolios, what has driven recent volatility, how we have managed this risk and address the question of whether this an investment opportunity going forward?