GREG BRIGHT, Author at Top1000funds.com

Great year for Ontario Teachers still not good enough

Pity the folks at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. They shot the lights out with investment performance last year and the fund is still in the red.

GREG BRIGHTApril 13, 2011

It’s all good: the lessons of the past three years

The positions have changed, over the past three years, in the food chain of professional funds management, away from the manager and towards the fiduciary. And it is not just the large fiduciary funds which can benefit from the trend.

GREG BRIGHTApril 13, 2011

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Long-term risks and the human factor for fiduciaries

While risk for investment portfolios has been well-studied in the light of the financial crisis – if insufficiently before – the notion of long-term risk is still underexplored, according to Roger Urwin.

GREG BRIGHTApril 6, 2011

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Deepwater execs strike oil with safety bonuses

As incongruous as it sounds, executives at Transocean Ltd – the company that owns the Deepwater Horizon oil rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last year killing 11 people – have been paid bonuses for their improved safety performance.

GREG BRIGHTApril 6, 2011

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The cult of transparency has a price

You have to feel sorry for the investment professionals at large public sector pension funds around the world. They must pay a big price for the transparency of their funds.

GREG BRIGHTApril 6, 2011