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Inside the pension crisis
Managing director for Rogerscasey and former CIO of the Kentucky Retirement Systems, Adam Tosh, looks at the pension challenges facing state and local governments.
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Climate change: addressing the major skeptic arguments
This paper by the Columbia Climate Center at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, and commissioned by DB Climate Change Advisors, examines the claims being made about climate change science. It higlights the importance of understanding the science in the context of a climate change investment thesis.
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The oil spill from an investor’s perspective – not as bad
The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not only the most devastating environmental disaster ever in the US, it raises issues around energy policies which continue to evolve. A client note from Russell Investments says energy stocks will continue to reflect the impact of the disaster and investors may well look at […]
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EDHEC award-winning paper on dynamic allocation decisions
The Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (Inquire) Europe has recognised research by Professor Lionel Martellini, scientific director of EDHEC-Risk Institute developed in conjunction with Vincent Milhau, research engineer with EDHEC-Risk Institute. The paper, Dynamic Allocation Decisions in the Presence of Funding Ratio Constraints, can be accessed here. Inquire_Europe_Autumn_2009
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Towards a better benchmark for market valuations
Taking a three-year view of recent company earnings compared with price may be a more logical benchmark for market valuations, according to a paper from Wainwright Economics in the US. Wainright.pdf
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Global regulation: not the time to lose interest
This paper by Pantheon Ventures argues there is an excellent case for appropriate global regulatory reform, but warns it must be proportionate and non-discriminatory, and it must acknowledge that the financial system is global.