behavioural finance

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Cardano and Monty Python collaborate on the crisis

Chief executive of Cardano UK, Kerrin Rosenberg, is a Monty Python fan. In the same eccentric vein as the famous satirists he has a healthy disrespect for the status quo and a quirky view of how pension assets should be managed, which for most funds includes a radical change in asset allocation. In 2010 Cardano, […]

Amanda WhiteJanuary 15, 2014

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Rotman ICPM research

The Rotman International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM) has approved five research projects for funding this year, including a behavioural-finance project by Swedish academics, to investigate plan members’ views of the “extended” fiduciary duty of pension funds. This project, to be conducted by Joakim Sandberg, Anders Biel and Magnus Jansson from the University of Gothenburg […]

Amanda WhiteJune 8, 2012

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Autumn moods make for market blues

It’s no surprise to behavioural finance expert Professor Lisa Kramer that financial market dips and crashes typically happen in autumn.

SAM RILEYNovember 2, 2011

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Agency risk at the fund level … and happy holidays!

If this is a time of year for reflection on a personal level, perhaps with some plans for self-improvement over the next year, whether it be more time with the family, get fit, etc, then it may also be a good time to consider the human element in the management of a fiduciary fund.

GREG BRIGHTDecember 22, 2010

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Be aware of absolute returns, because it’s a relative world

Is it possible for a human being to manage an absolute-returns fund? If you believe the latest behavioural finance research, it must be very difficult.

GREG BRIGHTJuly 21, 2010