Matt Tickle

Jan 28, 2025 | actuarialpost.co.uk | Matt Tickle |Barnett Waddingham

As the Chinese New Year of the Snake edges closer, the world is already awash with investment predictions for 2025. With lots of developing economic factors to consider, below is a brief economic view of what’s to come, as well as two asset classes to invest in and two to avoid, and what this could mean for pension schemes this year.

Jan 17, 2025 | barnett-waddingham.co.uk | Matt Tickle

Various factors are driving the increase of gilt yields, but why exactly is this happening and how can investors navigate these movements? Steadily rising yields: a global trendOver the final quarter of 2024 and into 2025, UK gilt yields have risen steadily, with the 15-year nominal (spot rate) yield increasing from 4.43% as at 30 September 2024 to 5.16% as at close on 8 January 2025.

Jun 5, 2024 | actuarialpost.co.uk | Matt Tickle

Major geopolitical events are rarely out of the headlines, but as Matt Tickle examines, are they really driving movement in investment markets? Geopolitical concerns have arguably been at an elevated level for much of the past decade; however, these truly came into focus with the economic and financial disruption following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These concerns have spread with the expanding conflict in the Middle East over the past nine months.

May 29, 2024 | barnett-waddingham.co.uk | Matt Tickle

Major geopolitical events are rarely out of the headlines, but as Matt Tickle examines, are they really driving movement in investment markets? Geopolitical concerns have arguably been at an elevated level for much of the past decade; however, these truly came into focus with the economic and financial disruption following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These concerns have spread with the expanding conflict in the Middle East over the past nine months.

Jan 2, 2024 | barnett-waddingham.co.uk | Matt Tickle |Rod Goodyer

In the second of our series of videos covering the first ever superfund deal, our panel considers the investment strategy of the Sears scheme over recent years – considering how the investment strategy was designed to provide flexibility towards achieving alternative endgames for the scheme. Questions from trustees ahead of the deal focused on whether the deal meant members would need to bear more investment risk in order to receive their benefits in full.