Insight Investment

De-risking investment strategies

We work with our clients to successfully navigate defined benefit endgame options.

Insight Investment is a global investment manager committed to a single goal: partnering with our clients to help them achieve their objectives with the greatest certainty. To serve this goal, our investment platform focuses on risk-management solutions, including liability-driven investing (LDI), cashflow-driven investing (CDI) and longevity hedging; a full spectrum fixed income capability; and a range of multi-asset and absolute return strategies.

Here are some examples of how we help pension schemes overcome the challenges they face today:

We take responsible investment seriously. Insight was a founding signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and is seeking to integrate relevant and material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into our decision-making processes. We also partner with our clients to help develop solutions with specific ESG objectives.

Our client investment training programme consists of three events a year and is accredited by PMI. The accreditation also includes Insight’s online training portal which allows trustees to watch training sessions online, test their learning and earn CPD at their own pace.

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15 November 2021

Six questions before hedging longevity

As pension schemes de-risk, many are finding longevity risk is now their most significant risk. Many are now looking to mitigate this risk using longevity swaps. For schemes considering this route, there are key decisions to be made. Understanding these decisions could smooth the path for an effective longevity hedge, ultimately increasing the certainty of achieving a scheme’s target endgame.

16 July 2021

Why buy-ins make it harder to achieve a buy-out

In the majority of cases, a buy-in will be detrimental to the trustees’ ability to achieve a buy-out, requiring re-risking a pension scheme’s portfolio of assets or pushing out the time frame.

21 April 2021

To buy-in or not to buy-in?

In this webinar we will be discussing the prospects of buy-in in 2021.

09 April 2021

The case for a responsible investment approach across financial markets

Responsible investment has traditionally focused on shareholders and their influence over management decisions, but fixed income assets are the foundation of many investors’ portfolios and dominate global financial markets.

05 February 2021

De-risking with greater certainty

Pension schemes are maturing and the regulator is proposing a new framework for investment, putting pressure on trustees to outline plans to achieve their long-term objectives. An integrated approach to investment, considering the objective in terms of cashflows, may help trustees to reach their goals with greater certainty.

13 November 2020

Seeking new sources of repo liquidity

Many UK pension schemes use gilt repurchase transactions, or repos, at the heart of their investment strategies. Market and regulatory developments have challenged the traditional bank-intermediated repo market, leading pension schemes to seek new ways to access gilt repos. These are leading to clear benefits.

17 July 2020

Hedging longevity: the implications for your investment strategy

Many pension schemes have managed their liability risks by hedging interest rate and inflation risks through a liability-driven investment (LDI) approach. As a result, longevity risk has grown in significance for many schemes.

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