By Susanna Rust2021-04-13T14:28:00+01:00
Pension Insurance Corporation (PIC), a £49.6bn (€57.2bn) insurer of defined benefit pensions, is entering the US private placement market via a $60m (€50m) mandate awarded to Macquarie Asset Management.
According to PIC, it has invested in secure, long-term privately-sourced debt since 2012, but nearly all of its investment in this area so far have been in the UK, with a limited proportion in Europe.
In a statement, it said the appointment of Macquarie would allow the insurer to invest in new issuers, sectors and across new geographies, “which will diversify the portfolio and provide better risk-adjusted returns, helping trustees more easily secure the pensions of their scheme members”.