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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China’s CIC goes public with investment strategy
China Investment Corporation has for the first time revealed its investment strategy. SONIA HAN reports that the Chinese sovereign wealth fund has accelerated its investment program in open-market products and industries such as mining, energy and real estate. The CIC is seeing value after the crisis but is also looking to limit portfolio risk. mrec4inarticleinline
Pension funds to talk climate change with the Prince
The P8, a group of 12 of the world’s largest pension funds tasked with influencing policy makers on climate change, will meet in London next week for a two-day conference convened by its patron, Prince Charles, in the last meeting of the group before the Copenhagen conference of political leaders. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
Investors need to factor in inflation – Wurts
It may still be the right time to allocate to distressed real estate and debt-related strategies as deleveraging continues around the world and capital remains in short supply. But a significant factor likely to impact on portfolios in the medium term, according to US asset consultancy Wurts & Associates, is inflation. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
AustralianSuper rethinks hedge funds
The A$28 billion ($25.5 billion) AustralianSuper, has reduced its allocation to hedge funds from 3.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent, as part of a process of analysing the sources of beta within the overall investment portfolio. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Hedge fund responds to crisis with backdoor listing
Hedge fund managers are moving to improve their capital base in the wake of the financial crisis, as well as their risk processes and asset/liability alignment for liquidity purposes. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Constitutionality of Cuomo’s Common Fund reforms challenged
New York’s State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, has hinted the constitutionality of legislation to create a board of trustees for the State’s Common Retirement Fund may be challenged. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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