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Are leveraged LDI strategies lawful?

19 March 2024 / Author(s): Richard Salter KC
Issue: February 2023 / Categories: Spotlight

In this Spotlight article, Richard Salter KC discusses the legality of the use by defined benefit pension schemes of repos to achieve leverage as part of their liability driven investment (LDI) schemes.

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