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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Reorienting retirement risk management
The Pension Research Council, part of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, recently hosted the 2009 Wharton Impact Conference, where leading academics, public pension sponsors and their advisors met to examine ways to reformulate and restructure retirement risk management. This is a summary of the proceedings, organised by Olivia Mitchell and Robert Clark.
Emerging markets drag up ABP’s coverage ratio
A return on investments of 4.5 per cent for the first six months of this year, contributed mostly through emerging markets and commodities, has resulted in the coverage ratio of the €180 billion ($250 billion) ABP increasing from 90 to 98 per cent, well within the 93 per cent by the end of 2009 stipulated
OMERS splits CIO function in strategic revamp
The C$43 billion ($40 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) continues its strategic revamp with the appointment of a new chief investment officer, splitting the role from chief executive Michael Nobrega who will focus on the ambitious plans to build co-investment opportunities and offer third-party investment management services. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Investment decision making framework needs a rethink post crisis
While advising clients not to rebalance throughout much of the financial crisis, RogersCasey now believes investors should reposition to a “normal” asset allocation position, providing they re-examine what that ‘normal” is. Amanda White spoke with chief executive Tim Barron. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalPERS and Macquarie in tit for tat property deal
Global Retail Investors (GRI), a joint venture between the $188 billion CalPERS and First Washington Realty has bought a large portfolio of shopping centres from Macquarie CountryWide Trust, a realestate portfolio the joint venture largely sold to Macquarie nearly five years ago. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Temasek expands co-investment platform
The S$185 billion ($134 billion) Temasek Holdings is considering a long-term plan to develop a co-investment platform for retail investors, on the back of a long history of co-investment with private equity funds and other institutional investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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