Simon Hoyle, Author at Top1000funds.com

CalPERS mulls leverage

The board of the United States’ largest pension fund calls in the experts as it considers applying leverage in its portfolio, part of efforts to improve a 68 per cent liability-funding ratio.

Simon HoyleJuly 20, 2017

Equity risk premium appears intact

The equity risk premium will reflect long-term averages, based in part on a Financial Analysts Journal article that shows buybacks are now top drivers of equity returns, replacing dividends.

Simon HoyleJuly 13, 2017

Return targets head downward

The challenging market environment is putting pressure on pension funds. In response, many are lowering return targets, rather than taking on more risk or requesting larger contributions.

Simon HoyleMarch 30, 2017

QSuper’s value beyond a balance

With the transition from a closed fund to one that anyone can join, QSuper chair Karl Morris discusses how the delivery of financial advice will have the biggest impact on the lives of members

Simon HoyleJuly 29, 2016

Concerns over private equity leave pension funds wary

Institutional investors are clearly attracted to private equity, but remain wary of the sector for its perceived lack of transparency and ability to be measured, high fees and a sense that they cannot invest into the sector as truly equal partners. “It’s clear that now is a time with a lot of flux in private […]

Simon HoyleOctober 29, 2014

FIS Harvard 2014

All aboard the change express as Railpen leaves the station

At the end of a corporate review process that lasted eight months, involved 23 meetings of a steering committee and produced 60 working papers, the UK railways pension fund Railpen was left with 422 action items. “We’ve done 224 of them,” Chris Hitchen, Railpen chief executive, told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium (FIS) at Harvard University. […]

Simon HoyleOctober 29, 2014