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UK pensions look to alternative investments

17 January 2012

UK pension funds can use alternative investment strategies to meet their key objectives in 2012 in spite of what will be a challenging year, according to Morgan Stanley Investment Management

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UK defined benefit (DB) pension funds should look towards a diversified portfolio of alternative investment strategies to help them meet their portfolio objectives, according to Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s pensions outlook for 2012.

The presentation looked at how UK pension funds have changed their views on risk following the 2008 financial crisis.

Joe McDonnell, head of global portfolio solutions EMEA for Morgan Stanley’s investment management business, said there has been a “one dimensional approach” to de-risking among UK pensions and that there...