Pension funds carry the responsibility of providing a means to a comfortable retirement for their members. To fulfil this responsibility, pension fund trustees must make appropriate allocations to...
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Investors had a rough start to 2009, with many pundits in January and February prophesising the “end of the world” for almost all companies in all industries glob- ally.Times were certainly...
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The investment industry is fixated with performance numbers.Trustees are bom- barded each month by numerous surveys listing the performance numbers for each manager.The press provide comparisons...
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The active versus passive investment management debate is an ongoing one for trustees making investment decisions for their funds. It was raised earlier in 2008 by Rob Rusconi in his paper “Whose...
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RisCura has set itself up as an expert in identifying and protecting investment port- folios from risk, particularly in the pension fund industry. It goes beyond the traditional asset-based...
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n a recent Personal Finance article (What Your Chances Are, Personal Finance, 2nd Quarter 2008), Bruce Cameron lifted the lid on the stochastic modeling techniques and explained how this seemingly...
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2008 is going to be a challenge and we expect more conservative returns from the market, but we also think great oppor- tunities will exist for flexible, disciplined investors. 2010 is around the...
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Many of the latest scandals in the retire- ment fund industry like Fidentia, bulking etc. have stemmed from a failure in gover- nance. The Financial Services Board (FSB) believes these scandals...
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RisCura is often asked to pitch to retire- ment funds that are considering using the servicesofaninvestmentconsultant.Small funds in particular, see investment consul- tants as an expensive luxury...
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We've been in the thrust of a great bull market and pension funds with clever asset strategies should be smiling. It's a hard market to stay sane in. Pension funds will do well to keep rebalancing...