Pension funds
Legal lethargy
Constraining buy-side institutions to hold only investment-grade securities uses a nearly century-old metric with limited contemporary relevance. David Rowe supports one modest proposed reform
Pensions & life insurance
Introduction
Defending pensions
Profile
A liability defined
Pension indexes
In for the duration
Liability-driven investment
Getting the balance right
Inflation
CDS boost for pension funds
Pension fund managers have traditionally shied away from using credit derivatives. But in the current climate of ultra-narrow spreads, trying to outperform the market without using credit default swaps could prove to be a major handicap, as Sarfraz Thind…
No quick fix for US pensions
US Pension Reform
A false sense of security for pension fund trustees?
Pension funds
Understanding variations in the risk of multi-strategy portfolios
Investors spend a great deal of time and effort setting a thoughtful risk budget for their portfolio,only to see all too frequently that the targeted risk will be missed by a wide margin when theinvestment process gets started. In this article, Gang…
Increasing returns through managing risk at source
The world's largest pension fund, Calpers, has adopted an aggressive approach to corporate governance. Can this policy decrease risk and increase returns in its equity portfolio? Rachel Wolcott speaks to Christy Wood, who runs the fund's corporate…
Hedging of corporate pension liabilities
Bernd Scherer here proposes a normative theory of asset/liability management that views externally funded pension funds exclusively from a corporate finance point. Standard asset management solutions are derived after the corporate finance problem has…
Basel Committee announces "no action" on accounting issues
On Tuesday the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a press release on the potential impact on regulatory capital of the implementation of certain International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Trema survey highlights poor operational risk controls
Trema, the Sophia Antipolis-based provider of asset management technology, has released the results of its Asset Management STP Survey conducted between June and August this year.
Asset manager technology hinders op risk management
Less than 40% of global asset managers believe they have the necessary technology to manage operational risk and automation issues effectively, according to a survey released last week.
Pension fund risk systems advance
Vendors seeking to cater to pension fund clients are rolling out a new breed of asset/liability risk analysis tools to complement risk reporting and benchmarking systems, all tailored to the unique needs of these institutions.
New disclosure rule boosts pension risks
New UK accounting rule FRS 17 will force companies to disclose pensions liabilities on corporate balance sheets. The risk management issues are wide-ranging, and experts have few easy answers. Furthermore, the new rule could soon be adopted in a number…
Merrill Lynch Sets Up Global Risk Service
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