Robert Merton

SeLFIES a good look for retirement

Government bond instruments linked to the standard of living would have the three effects Australian Treasury wants from a CIPR - constant income, longevity risk management and access to capital.

Robert C Merton and Arun MuralidharJune 8, 2018

Merton on fintech, retirement, more

Active managers need to be dynamic and fintech can’t do it all. Those are among the insights Nobel laureate Robert Merton revealed in an exclusive interview with top1000funds.com. Click to listen

Amanda WhiteNovember 27, 2017

The evolution of the $43 billion QSuper’s offer to all members is definitely not at an end. In fact, Rosemary Vilgan, chief executive of QSuper, sitting in the board room of QSuper’s on the top floor of its Brisbane office, archly states: “I keep saying to people you should not work here if you do […]

David RowleyMay 9, 2014

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Merton’s message: give up on alpha

Nobel Prize winner, Robert Merton, has thrown down the gauntlet. He claims that by focusing on a retirement income goal he can beat any competitor that is managing a 70:30 portfolio that has wealth accumulation as the goal. Do you dare take him on? The defined contribution pension management industry has it wrong, according to […]

Amanda WhiteDecember 18, 2013

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Robert Merton: the individual plan man

A retirement solution that focuses on outcomes and is customised for each participant cannot be met by existing defined-contribution designs, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist, Robert Merton, who advocates a “next-generation DC solution”. Merton, who is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management’s distinguished professor of finance and resident scientist at Dimensional Fund […]

Amanda WhiteAugust 24, 2012