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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Lawmakers gun for OTC deals
While regulatory reforms can introduce improvements to complex investment products such as standardisation, Dr Arjuna Sittampalam, Research Associate with EDHEC-Risk Institute and Editor, Investment Management Review, argues an increased suppression of complexity could be unfortunate, particularly as pension funds begin to take to derivatives in a big way. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Towers Watson debuts quietly
Asset consultant Towers Watson has debuted on Nasdaq and the NYSE with two quiet days trading in a very tight band around US$49, following Watson Wyatt’s $3.5 billion merger with rival Towers Perrin. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Russell and State Street bullish on equities
Asset consultants Russell Investments and State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) are both bullish on the Australian economy and equities, in particular, with Russell tipping industrials and a return of 10 per cent this year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalPERS hires Mercer for compensation review
The $200 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has hired Mercer Consulting review the investment office incentive compensation program, a design set up in 1997 under the guidance of the board’s compensation consultant Watson Wyatt. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
LACERS extends RFP for general consultant
The $9.4 billion Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) has extended its request for a proposal for a general consultant to the end of January 2010, as it looks to consider for the first time using a pool of consultants to bid on special projects. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Pension funds to sustain climate change pressure
Pension funds globally should maintain the pressure on governments to deliver on their promised emission reduction targets, in the wake of a “disappointing” result in Copenhagen, according to the executive director of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Stephanie Pfeifer. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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