Keith Ambachtsheer
- Special Report
IPE at 15: Pension funds can shape the future of capitalism
Keith Ambachtsheer argues that pension funds are in a unique position to move capitalism in a direction that is more wealth-creating, more sustainable, less crisis-prone, and more legitimate than it is today
- Features
The power of the 'case method'
If you felt some tremors on 25 October, the cause may have been the animated debate at the University of Toronto’s Rotman school of management about the right financial policies for the Public Sector Employee Retirement System (PERS). The participants in the debate were the 55 attendees to a colloquium ...
- Special Report
Down with pension silos
Peter Drucker was in town recently. Well, at least electronically, as at a ripe 93 years of age, the world-renowned business philosopher doesn’t fly anymore. He was the final speaker in a series on ‘integrative thinking’ at the University of Toronto. Drucker observed that in both higher business education, and ...
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The seven habits of highly effective pension funds
It seems like Steven Covey’s personal improvement bible “The 7 habits of highly effective people” has been on best-selling book lists forever. What if we changed the ‘people’ word in the book title to ‘pension funds’? What would become of Covey’s effective people habits like ‘be proactive’, ‘begin with the ...
- Features
Part of funds' win-win strategies
Should pension scheme sponsors implement their pension promise through dedicated, internal ‘subsidiaries’? Or should they outsource the implementation function to external service providers? There is no simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer here. However, we can build a strategic framework to explore the pros and cons of outsourcing all or part ...
