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Are pension funds really long-term investors?

Amanda White

August 17, 2011

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One response to “Are pension funds really long-term investors?”

  1. David Iverson

    What does it take to actually be a long-term investor?
    The best description of what it means to be a long-term investor I have seen is contained in a speech by David Denison (http://www.cppib.ca/files/PDF/speeches/Conference_Board_of_Canada_-_2010_Summit_David_Denison_-_FINAL_(April_13).pdf).

    If you have not come across this speech, David suggests the following preconditions to being a long-term investor. The list is not exhaustive.
    • an appropriate business model
    • a tolerance for volatility
    • rigour around portfolio construction
    • an enabling governance model
    • the design of the investment process

    How many funds are capable of meeting these?

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