In this month’s Financial Analysts Journal, Tyler Cowen professor of economics at George Mason University, Virginia makes sense of the current financial crisis by drawing on some of Fischer Black’s ideas.
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A Simple Theory of the Financial Crisis; or, Why Fischer Black Still Matters
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Equities boost Norway’s SWF
The equity allocation of Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, which amounts to shares in 8,496 companies, was largely responsible for its outperformance in 2010, with the basic materials sector being the best performer for the fund.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Public pensions shape insto era of hedge funds
The past four-year upsurge in the number of public pension funds investing in hedge funds is shaping the new institutional era of hedge fund management, with funds approaching the asset class for new reasons, says Preqin. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Inflation devalues attempts at consensus
The two big decisions for fiduciary investors this year concern interest rates and currencies. But those decisions are relatively easy. What is a lot more difficult is: how do you go about implementing these big-picture decisions at the hands-on level?mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalPERS to slash fees in wake of $1bn external spend
CalPERS will set an external fee reduction target for the financial year, in light of the fact it spent more than $1 billion on external asset management fees in 2009-2010 and only a relatively modest $29.5 million on investment office personnel services including salaries.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
DB beats DC in unequal race
The average corporate defined-benefit plan in the US has outperformed the Callan DC index by 1.61 per cent since 2006, although this is partly due to a difference in fee reporting.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Tail hedging can balance risk: PIMCO
Executive vice-president and head of client analytics at PIMCO, Sebastien Page, who is tasked with bringing the intellectual and analytical capital of the manager to clients in a new consultant-type role, says tail-risk hedging is an effective way to reduce volatility and enhance returns.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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