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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Corporate DB plans overhaul investment and design
Corporate defined benefit pension funds are overhauling their investment strategies and overall plan designs as concerns about market volatility accelerates the push towards better controls on liabilities and risk, a Mercer survey of chief financial officers reveals.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Former SEC head hits out at Dodd-Frank
Former head of the US Securities Exchange Commission, Harvey L Pitt, has one simple piece of advice for investors wondering if, a year after the sweeping Dodd-Frank reforms were enacted, regulation has been adequately strengthened to avoid another financial crisis.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Investors must help form climate agreement
It is now more critical than ever for investors to step up their dialogue with policy makers regarding climate change initiatives, the executive director of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Stephanie Pfeifer, says in the wake of the UN climate change talks in Durban.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Pennsylvania changes investment approach
After weathering this year’s market turmoil the $26 billion Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) has a new chief investment officer and a new investment approach after changing consultants that have advised the fund for almost 20 years.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Finnish fund slashes equities in wake of Eurozone crisis
The Finnish Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company has slashed its allocation to equities, reporting that the Eurozone crisis hit its performance leading to a 5.2 per cent loss for the third quarter of 2011.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Chicago Police fills alternatives allocation
The Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago has appointed GMO and PIMCO to global tactical asset allocation mandates boosting the fund’s alternatives allocation by 10 percentage points. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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