Skip to Main Content

Nest cookies

We use essential cookies necessary for the operation of our website.

We'd also like to set some additional cookies to understand how you use our website, remember your preferences and improve your experience.

We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.

You can read more about cookies before you decide.

Member
Employer
Adviser
Menu Menu
Access your mails here
Mailbox
close Close

Nest’s CIO, Elizabeth Fernando, has been featured in the Financial Times

October’s gilt market chaos has brought attention to liability-driven investing, a widely used strategy among defined benefit pension schemes. The impact of this is the acceleration of the rethink among pension funds about the so-called 60/40 allocation of assets between equities and bonds, which has performed poorly during this year’s sell-off.

Nest is held as an example of the defined contribution schemes which is putting money into private assets. ‘We think there is room for us to take on more exposure to illiquid assets, particularly for younger members,’ says Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Liz Fernando. ‘They’re particularly well-suited to taking on liquidity risk and being rewarded for it.’

Read the full article via the Financial Times online

Published 1 August 2023