Roger Urwin
Special ReportShowing the way on governance
Roger Urwin advocates a greater focus on governance and internal investment resources for pension funds
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DC - a blueprint for the future
Streamlining DC decisions through an autopilot system would improve members’ retirement prospects and companies’ standing with their members, writes Roger Urwin
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Liabilities not checked by asset growth
Growth of institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets measured in local currencies reached around 17% in 2005 and assets now total $16.4trn (€12.8trn). However, despite this significant growth, up from around 7% in 2004, pension fund liabilities also increased by approximately 9% on average in local currency ...
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All absolutes are not created equal
During recent years, particularly since 2000, there has been substantial and growing interest in absolute return investing. We believe there are two types of approach to absolute return investing and it is critical to understand the differences. One form is the hedge fund style – an approach that targets relatively ...
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Risk management challenges facing global players
Risk in investment is getting into the news rather more in the present decade. The obvious stimulus to this attention is that investment markets are producing poor returns (risk is seen as dull in bull markets), but we can cite three new factors at work in addition to this. o ...
