Wonk books, financial instrument porn, mea culpa books and prosaic condemnations – these are all part of the financial crisis sub-genre which emerged in the past two years.
The latest, All the Devils Are Here, by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, features in a ‘financial crisis book map’ on the contrarian investor Can Turtles Fly? Blog, an eclectic blog chronicling a slow-moving turtle’s attempt at gaining financial independence.
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Bethany McLean, financial crisis sub-genre, Joe Nocera
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Last week, Professor of Finance at Griffith Business School at Griffith University, Michael E. Drew*, was the only academic invited to present at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor Joint-Hearing on target date funds. He writes exclusively for conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com on his submission, which questions the conventional use of age-based approaches to
The $122 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $200 million to Generation Investment Management, partly fulfilling the commitment made by New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, in April last year to increase commitments to environmentally focused strategies across the whole portfolio by $500 million in three years. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
Economic evidence is starting to show the US is emerging from recession, but the really good news, according to Jim McCaughan the chief executive of Principal Global Investors, is that credit is flowing again, which means a sustained recovery. Amanda White spoke to him about the implications for institutional investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
The C$43 billion ($38 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has been granted expanded powers by the Ontario government to provide third-party investment and pension administration services, and is at various stages of discussion with a number of plans to provide investment management services. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The $183 billion CalPERS board has made the first formal changes to its asset allocation targets since January 2008, increasing exposures to private equity and cash, and narrowing the discretionary ranges around all asset classes set in December last year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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