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Risk Management

paints diversification
Investment strategy

Why diversification is key to a resilient portfolio

In the first of a series on overcoming equity market concentration risk, we consider alternatives to a traditional portfolio, and provide a practical guide to...
Andrzej PiochAude Martin
By  Andrzej Pioch, Aude Martin
02 Jun 2025
4 min read
World data information
ESG and long-term themes

How index sovereign debt strategies can meet the challenges of an increasingly fragmented world

We explain how methodical assessment of geopolitical risk can be integrated into index sovereign debt strategies and examine how potential issues such as wealth bias...
Ryan Clatworthy
By  Ryan Clatworthy
14 May 2025
4 min read
data visualisation
Investment strategy

Webinar: Harnessing factor strategies – controlling risk and ESG exposures efficiently

Our head of Index Solutions and Head of Product Management at STOXX explored what has changed in factor investing over the past decade, what to...
L&G’s Asset Management business
By  L&G’s Asset Management business
27 Mar 2025
1 min read
Cash Money Bars
Investment strategy

Should investors hedge currency risk?

In a new whitepaper, John Southall investigates the question of how the strategic currency hedge ratio should depend on the time horizon.
Asset Allocation teamJohn Southall
By  Asset Allocation team, John Southall
12 Feb 2025
3 min read
Pod Strategy
Investment strategy

Podcast: Should investors hedge forex risk?

Ahead of the release of an in-depth research paper, John Southall, Head of Strategic Research in our Asset Allocation team, delves into FX hedge ratios.
L&G’s Asset Management businessAsset Allocation team
By  L&G’s Asset Management business, Asset Allocation team
31 Jan 2025
1 min read
Mind risk
Investment strategy

Mind the risk: The value of valuations

We believe changes in risk should be considered alongside changes in return when tilting portfolios through time, as they can have a surprisingly large impact...
John Southall
By  John Southall
23 Aug 2024
4 min read
DDR 0
Investment strategy

Dynamic discount rates: wider benefits for risk management?

A dynamic discount rate can help trustees better reflect the true risk of a scheme and make improved decisions about other risks, such as how...
John SouthallDash Tan
By  John Southall, Dash Tan
10 Jul 2024
5 min read
Pod Strategy
Investment strategy

Podcast: Financial advisers: riding the rollercoaster

With a wave of new regulation and an ever-increasing range of investment products and solutions from which to choose, the job of wealth managers and...
L&G’s Asset Management business
By  L&G’s Asset Management business
05 Apr 2024
1 min read
LGPS options
Investment strategy

LGPS Intelligence: Options for mitigating equity risk

With LGPS funding levels much improved and US equities near all-time highs, what options do LGPS funds have to guard against potential equity market falls?
James SparshottRobert Pace
By  James Sparshott, Robert Pace
13 Mar 2024
1 min read
COTM 224a
Investment strategy

Chart of the month: Was the pandemic uniquely hard to anticipate?

'Prepare, don't predict' is a mantra you will have heard repeatedly from LGIM's macro team
Christopher Jeffery
By  Christopher Jeffery
09 Feb 2024
2 min read

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