How can you manage the unpredictable with risk management?

Liz Gorgoglione, Credit Risk Director, Legal & General Retirement America, how to manage the unpredictable and build resilience into your portfolio with forward-looking strategies.

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Liz Gorgoglione, Credit Risk Director, Legal & General Retirement America.

Andrew Putwain: Talk to us about the idea of building resilience in a portfolio – what do we mean exactly by that and is this embracing good risk management or are there other, more structural, issues one should also be looking at?

Liz Gorgoglione: Structural issues need attention, but building resilience in a portfolio is primarily about anticipating potential scenarios. We examine everything from interest rates to geopolitical and climate risks. In my field, which is largely asset-liability matching (ALM), there are numerous ways to approach resilience – it’s never just one thing.

In our organisation, we have subject-matter experts who focus on these issues, including modelling experts and a climate specialist. We also consider geographical dispersion. For instance, if changes in rates occur, we can adjust the balance between fixed-income assets and other asset classes.

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