UK regulator urges pension trustees to stress test over AI concentration risk
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- ✓The Pensions Regulator said on Thursday that British pension funds face hidden AI-related risks.
- ✓Trustees should stress-test portfolios to see how market downturns affect their investments.
- ✓Ben Gunnee said, "Trustees should assess their AI-related exposure, test portfolio resilience and challenge advisers now to understand how market developments could affect their investments."
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- Category
- BUSINESS
- Reported By
- The Economic Times
- Reading Speed
- 2 Minute(s)
- Market Focus
- India Economy
Synopsis
British pension funds should evaluate their investments due to rising AI-related risks according to the Pensions Regulator. Trustees are advised to assess direct and indirect exposures across various asset classes for hidden risks. It's important for them to challenge advisers regarding market downturn implications on portfolios. The Bank of England has also highlighted transparency issues in AI funding arrangements potentially impacting markets.
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British pension funds could have greater exposure to AI-related risks than trustees realise, Britain's pensions regulator said on Thursday, and urged them to challenge advisers on how a market downturn could affect their portfolios.
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