{"id":53015,"date":"2016-06-09T05:51:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/innovation\/lyxor-develops-unique-services-program-for-pension-funds\/"},"modified":"2016-06-09T05:51:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T03:51:00","slug":"lyxor-develops-unique-services-program-for-pension-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/innovation\/lyxor-develops-unique-services-program-for-pension-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyxor develops unique services program for pension funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This solution has been created in response to the<br \/>\nchronic pension plan deficits and historically low interest rates currently being seen across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Lyxor\u2019s Enhanced Architecture Program (LEAP) offers a unique and flexible combination of modules<br \/>\nenabling pension funds to increase operational efficiency by cutting costs and gaining access to the<br \/>\nbest investment solutions, in order to improve their investment performance. With this programme,<br \/>\npension funds can optimise the structure of their investment vehicles, providing better risk<br \/>\nmanagement and governance. This can generate savings of up to 40% on operating costs for the<br \/>\nowner of the assets.<\/p>\n<p><quote>Lyxor provides additional services to pension funds by implementing solutions along the full<br \/>\ninvestment value chain, \u2013 from strategic asset allocation to selecting and managing funds \u2013 thereby<br \/>\nproviding pension funds with sophisticated investment resources which had historically only been<br \/>\navailable to large pension funds.<\/quote><\/p>\n<p>Lyxor currently manages USD 8.5 billion for various global institutional clients using this concept,<br \/>\nwhich can be adopted in full fiduciary management or in individual modules. LEAP addresses the<br \/>\nstructural challenges currently facing pension funds \u2013 increased longevity, regulatory constraints \u2013 as<br \/>\nwell as circumstantial challenges \u2013 low interest rates, financial market volatility \u2013 which translate into<br \/>\nlarge deficits for European retirement plans. EIOPA[[ European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (les chiffres datent de Janvier 2016)]]\nestimates that European occupational pension<br \/>\nschemes are underfunded by an aggregate EUR 428 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the LEAP programme, Amber Kizilbash, Head of Sales and Client Strategy at Lyxor<br \/>\nAM, said: \u201c<em>In a complex environment, pension funds must examine every aspect of their business to<br \/>\nensure they are functioning optimally. The implementation of LEAP, supported by Lyxor&#8217;s proven<br \/>\nexpertise in fund selection and structuring, enables greater efficiency and consistency in pension fund<br \/>\noperation, which translate into direct benefits for future pensioners.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyxor AM has developed a platform of solutions to help pension funds achieve their investment objectives and thereby better manage their assets&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":53013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1471],"tags":[1655,1651,1437,2094,1672],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53015"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}