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Alabama Retirement Systems: Trump’s policies don’t work for pension funds
Alabama Retirement Systems’ veteran CEO David Bronner explains how rapid policy changes with little thought to the long-term consequences coming out of the new Trump administration leave the pension fund “flying blind”. The fund is prioritising cash.
Does finance theory make the case for capitalisation-weighted indexing?
Through their momentum properties, cap-weighted indices favour the emergence of speculative bubbles, according to research by EDHEC-Risk Institute, which concludes cap-weighted stock market indices offer no particular advantage.
Internal governance mechanisms and pension fund performance
This study provides new empirical evidence on the impact of board structure, as an internal governance mechanism, on defined-contribution pension fund performance. It shows the composition of the board and the motivation of the board members are important in explaining pension fund performance.
The RFP bonanza emanating from Sweden’s Fund Agency
In an unprecedented bonanza for fund managers, the $100 billion Sweden’s Fund Selection Agency is preparing multiple RFPs as it re-tenders its whole portfolio. With a focus on quality and cost, executive director Erik Fransson explains his ambition for the overhauled system.
The responsibilities of decision making
The output of a decision-making process is more than just a decision, which is even more good reason to work hard at getting that process right.
Systemic Risk: Strategic Challenges for Policymakers and Practitioners
Systemic risk has emerged as a critical challenge for central bankers, regulators, asset owners and managers. While the infuence of the phenomenon is well-understood, systemic risk is often virtually invisible until it erupts into widespread market dislocation. New regulatory standards, oversight bodies and quantitative research approaches seek to moderate its infuence and stabilise global markets.
Asif Noor: Opening up on data and financial fragility
I chat with Asif on his career journey, how the world changed after the GFC and what he sees for the future of machine learning assisting with rigorous testing of a hypothesis. Career, systems, how the world changed after GFC, data sets that are intere
US instos call for new authority on market risk
The Investors’ Working Group (IWG) has urged the US Government to set up an independent authority to monitor the activities and risk exposures of dominant financial institutions and advise regulators on ways to mitigate current and emerging risks in the financial system.
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