The final countdown


The final countdown


The funding position of private sector DB pension schemes at the end of February 2019 Source: JLT Employee Benefits


£


Net outflows from European funds in December Source: EFAMA


3.6 $


Quote of the month %


The average institutional allocation to renewable energy Source: Aquila Capital


The top end of SEB’s forecast of how much will be raised through green bonds in 2019 Source: SEB


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9.4 9 18 %


95 % £ bn


The amount wiped-off FTSE 350 pension scheme liabilities following revised life expectancy forecasts Source: Willis Towers Watson


20


The quarterly rise in interest rate hedg- ing in the final three months of 2018 Source: BMO


The percentage of European pension schemes holding emerging market debt in 2018 Source: Mercer


£ 1.41 bn 10.3 %


The average return generated by alternative debt funds in the year ending September 2018 Source: Cambridge Associates


% bn


trn


Global dividend forecast for 2019 Source: Janus Henderson


Some investors want more than just a financial return.


They want to have a social-impact return as well. Lloyd McAllister, Newton Investment Management


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