| Permitted Asset Class |
Strategic allocation |
Asset benchmark index |
|---|---|---|
|
Liability hedging instruments – UK conventional and index-linked Gilts – Interest rates and inflation swaps – UK gilt repurchase agreements – Exchange Traded Derivatives – Sterling corporate bonds from government backed institutions and Sterling corporate bonds from systemically important institutions with very high financial and/or operational linage to government |
40% | Liability benchmark |
|
Return-seeking assets – Global Government Bonds
– Global Aggregate Bonds (including global government, government-related, corporate – Developed and emerging markets debts of sub-investment grade category – Public Equity – Alternatives (including property, private equity, alternative credit, farmland and timberland, absolute return strategies) |
41.5% |
JP Morgan Government Bond Index (ex-UK). Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index; Suitable indices will be FTSE All World Minimum Variance Index. Cambridge Associates Performance Indices. |
| Hybrid assets (assets with return-seeking and liability hedging characteristics) | 12.5% | Will vary according to the asset class |
| Cash | 6% | SONIA & UK 3 month LIBOR |
Use of derivatives
Derivatives are used to mitigate underlying portfolio exposures to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, interest rate fluctuations and movements in equity markets.
For more information on this, read our full Statement of Investment Principles.