You shouldn’t worry about black-swan events, says Nassim Taleb. You should worry about an investment’s vulnerability to those events—in other words, its fragility.
Plus, taxpayers should have a say in how much bankers are paid.
With the announcement of J.P. Morgan’s recent trading missteps comes another round of financial sector (and overall market) angst.
Malcolm Hamilton's history of DB mistakes and why targeted benefit plans are a solution.
Research from U.K.-based Pension Corporation shows that trustees of the country’s DB pension funds could receive more than £100 billion in deficit reduction payments from their corporate sponsors over the next three years, or 13% of U.K. corporate cash holdings.
UK trustees concerned about market volatility but are under-hedged against longevity, investment and inflation.
Many DB pension plan sponsors in Canada are revising their investment strategies to focus more on risk management in order to better manage funded status, contributions and financial statement volatility.
How can investors achieve returns in a sideways market? At Legg Mason’s Global Investment Forum on May 1, 2012, Steven Bleiberg, president and CEO of Legg Mason Global Asset Allocation, provided a brief economic overview and suggested strategies for institutional investors.
It’s the crisis that won’t go away—roller coaster markets, lingering debt problems and frustratingly low economic growth have dogged the global economy since the 2008 financial crisis took hold.
When it comes to DC investment issues, plan sponsors need to think about their members first. That was the message Marcus Turner of Towers Watson stressed yesterday at the ACPM’s Ontario Regional Council spring session—The New Normal for Investments and Other Updates—in Toronto.