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
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Two Giants Merge - Que Pasa?
With the news of Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt merging to form Towers Watson, tongues are wagging about what this means for the employee benefits consulting business in general. According to the June 28, 2009…
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Interview With Susan Mangiero About Pension Risk Management
Photo Source: University of Michigan Pension risk management has always been important but is arguably receiving more focus now than ever before. The reason for that is straightforward. Lose billions of dollars and people pay attention.…
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Does Your Plan Have an Effective Travel Policy?
According to "Detroit pension trustees take flight on funds' tab" (June 14, 2009), Detroit Free Press journalist Jennifer Dixon ponders how much is too much when it comes to trustee travel. I agreed to speak…
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I'm Back and Raring to Blog
According to "Blogs Falling in an Empty Forest" by Douglas Quenqua (New York Times, June 5, 2009), statistics suggest that blogging might be considered a passing fancy for many individuals. Citing a 2008 survey,…
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Gordon Gekko and Over Funded Pensions
Talk about a blast from the past. As I prepared dinner this weekend, I caught bits and pieces of Wall Street. According to this film that won Michael Douglas an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko,…
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Employee Benefit Plans Built to Last
As I strolled around the ancient ruins of Rome last week (one of the reasons I did not blog for a few days), I was struck by the reality that so little seems built to last.…
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Are Pensions the New Power Players In Hedge Fund Land?
According to "Hedge Fund Power Shift Could Be A Good Thing," Securities Industry News reporter Carol Curtis (May 18, 2009) posits that hedge funds will benefit from a recent push to lower fees. Say what?…
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Have Recent Pension Probes Opened the Door to Better Practices?
In 1905, poet George Santayana wrote that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Was he prescient or practical, acknowledging that human behavior sometimes tends towards inertia if the challenge is…
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PBS Frontline Documentary About Madoff
If you haven't watched the 55 minute PBS Frontline documentary about the Madoff fraud (originally aired on May 12, 2009), click here. As I watched the video, I kept asking myself. How could this…
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Welcome xtremErisa.com to the pension blogroll
Though he prefers to remain anonymous, the creator of a new blog takes delight in being ever so slightly irreverent. An ERISA attorney by trade, the creator of xtremERISA is a big fan of pop…