L&G Talks Asset Management

The way people are spending their free time is changing. Successful leisure properties are destination locations – a place to socialise, network and be entertained. From escape rooms and trampolines, to the classic cinemas and bowling alleys, discretionary spending at leisure properties is increasing as people seek more ‘experience’ activities. This week, we talk about how leisure businesses are rising to meet this challenge and that owners of leisure property need to be as responsive and forward-thinking as their occupiers.

Read more about the team’s insights here:
https://www.legalandgeneral.com/institutional/real-assets/insights/thought_leadership/the-future-of-leisure.html

Eleanor Jukes, Senior Strategist, LGIM Real Assets
Louis Storrar, Senior Asset Manager, LGIM Real Assets
Mark Chappel, Senior Investment Writer, LGIM

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

The falls over the past two years in high yield and emerging market debt (‘alternative credit’) credit spreads, along with indications of late-cycle behaviour in the US, has made some investors nervous about allocating to these areas. But should pension schemes reconsider? We discuss attractive qualities of alternative credit and how fund manager Martin Reeves has his whole family invested in high yield.

Read more about the team’s insights here:
http://www.lgim.com/uk/en/insights/our-thinking/client-solutions/broadening-the-universe-the-strategic-case-for-alternative-credit.html

Christy Morrison, Head of Global Fixed Income Distribution
Jonathan Joiner, Solutions Manager
Martin Reeves, Head of Global High Yield

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

How well an investment team works is determined by more than a documented investment process. In this episode, the Asset Allocation team take a candid look at how they respond to the challenges of working to reach a ‘team’ view, using three key themes as working examples: operating in a new political paradigm, investing in technology and how sometimes you just need a dollar.

To read more about the team’s latest market thoughts, visit www.macromatters.com or www.futureworldblog.com

Emiel van den Heiligenberg, Head of Asset Allocation
Hetal Mehta, Senior European Economist
Willem Klijnstra, Strategist

Host: Chris Jeffery, Strategist

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

Retiring the 4% rule: Decumulation demystified

The 4% drawdown rule forms the basis of many advisers’ decumulation propositions. Where there was once complexity – and expensive portfolio analysis – the rule promises simplicity; set, forget, and spend (if required). However, our research shows that the results can often vary significantly depending on when you decide to start saving for your retirement and asset allocation decisions.

Read more about the our 4% rule findings here - http://www.lgim.com/uk/ad/insights/our-thinking/investment-foresight/is-it-time-to-retire-the-4percent-rule.html

As well as the next article in our Decumulation Demystified series, the factors that influence the optimal decumulation strategy.

Guest: Justin Onuekwusi, Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds
Host: Paul Measures, Head of Intermediary Sales

Disclaimer
This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

A flood of ‘responsible investment’ funds into the market has caused some confusion in the press about what kinds of companies should be included or excluded from these products. Jeannette Andrews, Corporate Governance Manager, lays out the key distinctions between incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns for financial reasons and ethical concerns for moral purposes.

LGIM’s approach to responsible investment is available here -

http://www.lgim.com/files/document-library/capabilities/lgims-approach-to-responsible-investing.pdf

Guest: Jeannette Andrews, Corporate Governance Manager
Host: Mark Chappel, Investment Writer

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

Shops, offices and sheds: the three cornerstones of commercial property investment. But now property investors are starting to increase allocations to alternative sectors in search of income resilience. Eleanor Jukes discusses why more and more are increasingly looking to this area of property investing, the types of properties drawing most attention and why alternatives really need a better name.

Eleanor’s article on the subject is available here -

https://futureworldblog.lgim.com/categories/themes/property-moving-on-from-the-mainstream/

Guest: Eleanor Jukes, Senior Strategist, LGIM Real Assets
Host: Mark Chappel, Investment Writer

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

The landscape for defined contribution is changing – for savers and retirees, employers and trustees, and for those who are responsible for managing client assets.

In partnership with Ignition House, we spoke to some DC members (aged between 55 and 65) about their saving and spending patterns as well as their approach to life after work. One of the key findings was the desire for flexibility. Each retirement journey is different and needs to be customised for the individual’s income and retirement aspirations.

Guests:
Janette Weir, Managing Director, Ignition House
Veronica Humble, Head of DC Investment Solutions, LGIM

Host: Simon Chinnery, Head of DC Client Solutions, LGIM

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

Raising the retirement age can help with the fiscal costs of living longer – but our unhealthy lives could force us to look at other options.

We’ve become used to rising life expectancy, yet lately statistics seem to show that the rate of improvement has slowed. What challenges does this pose to policymakers and how can they tackle this trap?

For more information on today’s episode, visit http://www.lgim.com/uk/en/insights/our-thinking/

Guest: Olivia Treharne, Fund Manager
Host: Mark Chappel, Investment Writer

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

A Chinese warehouse fulfils 200,000 orders a day and yet employs only four human workers. Automation technologies are disrupting the e-commerce logistics industry at an incredible rate and consumers and certain retailers are poised to make significant gains. In this episode, we discuss Ocado, Amazon, JD.com and many more which are embracing this technological change.

To find out more, visit http://www.ti-insight.com/

Guests:
David Buckby, Economist
Nick Bailey, Head of Research

Host: Mark Chappel, Investment Writer

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.

Given the rise in popularity of factor-based investing, there’s a lot of concern in the market about certain factors becoming too expensive (overcrowding) and that the costs of factor indices have increased (capacity). Today’s episode with David Barron looks at whether there’s truth behind these fears and if index investors should indeed be worried.

For more information on today’s episode, visit http://www.lgim.com/uk/en/insights/our-thinking/market-insights/overcrowding-and-capacity-in-factor-based-investing--should-we-be-worried.html

Guest: David Barron, Head of Index Equity and Factor-based Investing
Host: Mark Chappel, Investment Writer

This podcast is intended for investment professionals, and shouldn’t be shared with a non-professional audience. This podcast should not be taken as an invitation to deal in Legal & General investments. Any views expressed during this recording belong to the individuals and are based on market conditions at the time of recording, and do not reflect the views of Legal & General Investment Management. Legal & General Investment Management is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Legal & General Investment Management, One Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5AA. Register in England no. 2091894. All rights reserved. No part of this audio may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written consent of Legal & General Investment Management.