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Cracks in the Facade
Canada's trust services market is opening up. For pensions the results are competition, lower fees, and lots of new products.
Magazine Articles
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Rethinking Market Efficiency and Active/Passive Management
No question is more central to plan sponsors than whether to assume an active or a passive investment stance.
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Are Public Funds Demanding Guaranteed Performance for Their Restricted Porfolios?
The trick: to ensure that a South Africa-free fund performs as well as an unrestricted fund
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Public Fund Trustees Get a League of Their Own
Us public pension fund trustees have the last word on investment decisions for the $1.1 trillion in retirement assets that they manage-in theory.
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Frank Borges, leaving Hartford for Wall Street, reflects on public sponsors’ dual role
Now that Francisco Borges has left elected office as Connecticut state treasurer to begin an investment banking career in New York, what does he consider the biggest challenge...
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Defining Europe’s Pension Lobby
Europe's pension lobby has been around for ten years. But its biggest challenge is still to define itself
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Doing Due Diligence
Trading costs-and what plan sponsors can do about them
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Head Start
With FAS 106 now in effect, health benefit accounting is an urgent issue for US companies. The best approach is to start planning early. Very early.
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The Cost of Going Green Again
Their future still in question, nuclear decommissioning trusts are not rushing to take advantage of lower tax rates and new, looser investment restrictions.
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Hope for the Little Guy
With or without Washington's help, the first tax-advantaged, pooled funds for small foundations is expected to be launched this year.