Travelling back from the PLSA Investment Conference in Edinburgh the other week I noticed something very strange. The 8:40pm flight was not the last flight of the night, as it often can be. There was a 9:15pm BA flight, but the strange thing was the labelled destination for that flight was the same as its…
Month: March 2016
18 March 2016
3 common misconceptions about LDI
LDI is now well beyond its 10th year for UK pension schemes but is still a relatively new topic for a lot of Trustee boards. When speaking to Trustees who are thinking of LDI for the first time there are some common misconceptions – interestingly these themes have not really changed in 10 years: Misconception 1…
10 March 2016
Frustrated? Let’s get physical!
I recently watched this TED talk by Tim Harford on how frustration can foster creativity that made me think about regulation in pensions. In the first example Tim talks about Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett being frustrated with the piano he was forced to use in a concert in Köln in 1975. He was so angry…