Pension Risk Matters

This blawg serves as a resource for trustees, board members, consultants, money managers, attorneys and regulators who want to explore important ideas about pension risk issues and best practices. Topics include hedge funds, private equity, valuation, derivatives, fees, fiduciary risk, governance, litigation, consultants and trading controls.

Author: Susan M. Mangiero is president and CEO of Pension Governance in Trumbull, Conn. Her book, Risk Management for Pensions, Endowments, and Foundations, looks at risk management and valuation issues, with an emphasis on fiduciary responsibility and best practices.

Blawg Related Categories: Benefits/ERISA • Consultant • Economics

Recent Posts from Pension Risk Matters

Pension Crisis: Fact or Fiction?
Investment Governance, Inc. wants to hear what you think about the current state of retirement readiness. Click here to answer a short survey of six questions. The survey is identical to one we ran a…
Investment Governance, Inc. Announces Advisory Board to Help Shape Fiduciary Excellence Initiatives
IMPORTANT: If you are a buy side executive and would like to be part of the FiduciaryX User Group and thereby receive a complimentary one-year subscription, please contact Dr. Susan Mangiero at (203) 929-0011 or email…
A Halloween Trick or a Halloween Trick from the Eighth Circuit?
ERISA legal expert and Ropes & Gray LLP partner, Attorney Andrew L. Oringer provides an interesting insight into a recent case about the investment of excess assets and prudence. The case he cites can be downloaded by clicking…
Investment Ethics, Balloon Boy and Sizzle
A colleague called me the other day, after attending a recent Connecticut event that addressed "too big to fail" concerns on the part of state regulators. In response to her comment about the large crowd…
Investment Governance Rebrands and Adds New Directors
Investment Governance, Inc. (formerly known as Pension Governance, Incorporated) just unveiled the company’s new brand identity to include a redesigned logo, tagline and name. According to Dr. Susan Mangiero, CEO and founder, the changes reflect…
Hamsters and Investment Governance
The plight of the hamster is simple. He is cute, furry and going nowhere fast. Sure he gets exercise but, measured in inches and miles, he's stuck in the same place, treading the same pattern…
Investment Governance, Inc. CEO Keynotes Pension Risk Event
Please join me for a November 9, 2009 keynote presentation entitled "The Financial Crisis And The New Paradigm For Pension Plan Risk Management: How Can We Avoid Being Here Again?" Part of the IQPC's…
Trust, Institutional Investors and Their Service Providers
Financial scandals, decimated 401(k) plans and significant fallout on Wall Street are only a few of the pain points that leave one longing for halcyon days of yore. There is a lot of talk…
Do Institutional Investors Have More Clout Now?
This week has been an eye opener in terms of customer service. As I've been signing off on more than a few big purchases related to the opening of a new office, I've noticed…
Can Risk Management Be Deemed Strategic?
As a veteran risk manager, I was encouraged to read that risk management is starting to receive the attention that I've long advocated as mission critical. In "Risk becomes focus for trustees trying to…