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Pension Doctor: Specialist or Generalist?
Pension Doctor: Generalist or Specialist When a person gets sick or has an injurythey go see a doctor. Usually, they prefer to see a Specialist who is the recognized expert...
Pension Strategy to Reduce Funding Costs by 20%+
The true objective of a pension is to secure and fully fund benefits in a cost-efficient manner with prudent risk . It is a liability and cost objective… it is...
The Evolution of Asset/Liability Management
CEO, Ryan ALM, Inc. What Is Asset/Liability Management (ALM)? The objective of most institutions in the United States with assets to invest is to fund some sort of liability, (banks,...
Greatest Asset of a Pension… TIME!
I recently spoke at the FPPTA conference in Orlando on pension risk management. One of the speakers was Mike Welker, CEO of AndCo Consulting, who I thought had the most...
The Smartest Beta
The term “beta” is credited to William F. Sharpe, Ph.D. in his 1964 work in development of the “Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)”. It means (1) the covariance of the...