Pensions trustees urged to look for wider solutions

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Pension trustees are being urged by Dutch bank ABN Amro to look beyond the bog-standard solution of cash, equities and bonds in the search for better outcomes for the pension funds over which they hold sway.

Greater use of IT, additional asset classes, and a new approach to capital markets must be on the menu of pensions trustees if they are to meet changing regulatory and market demands, the financial services provider suggests. Hence the decision to push a new “Life & Pensions Advisory” service at the institutional level, adding to solutions already available through the bank’s Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) group. Trustees should consider instruments such as derivatives when considering core actuarial, modelling and structuring advice for managing pension funds better, the bank adds...

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