Investment decisions that matter
The global pension fund industry has changed dramatically since we started supporting funds more than two decades ago. So have the challenges facing pension investment managers and trustees upon who members rely to deliver results that will enable them to retire with financial security.
Investment decisions that affect returns, risks and costs have never been more crucial to members—especially where funds may lack the risk-sharing and sponsor protections of the classic defined benefit model. Pension fund leaders must navigate a more complex investment landscape, deal with new challenges and drive innovation.
Supporting the needs of pension fund teams
Pension funds represent more than 50% of bfinance’s client base. Each client in this area has a unique combination of regulatory restraints, liabilities, governance structures and internal resources. bfinance’s services have been designed to work around your needs, providing the maximum flexibility to access the precise support you want—when you want it.
We pride ourselves on innovating for our pension fund clients. Many of our established services—strategic portfolio design, fee reviews, ESG and impact investment advisory—began their existence as ad hoc advisory projects to address new or persistent/unsolved challenges that pension fund investment leaders were bringing to our attention. The most popular service area for this client segment remains manager research and selection, where pension fund managers continue to take advantage of exceptional flexibility to customize RFPs, source new solutions and overcome the constraints of ‘buy-lists’. Other services used by our pension fund clients include strategic asset allocation, risk analytics, and (increasingly) operational due diligence.
Latest case studies
Portfolio Solutions – Fee Review, Public Markets
The client, an Australian pension scheme, was under mounting pressure from the Australian...
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This investor was seeking to improve their approach to monitoring private markets strategies....
Fee Benchmarking and Strategic Support
This UK pension scheme was seeking to benchmark the fees being paid to more than a dozen managers...
Social Impact in Real Estate
This investor, a local government pension fund, was looking to invest GBP 45 million in Private...
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