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With Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) sponsors constantly making new types of ETFs available, there is now a variety of ETFs that provide investors with an... 
Exchange traded funds | Corporations-Finance | Financial Engineering | Corporate Finance | Investments and Securities | Finance | Banking | Investment Appraisal | Personal Finance/Wealth Management/Pension Planning

The book covers a wide range of topics of relevance to policymakers in countries that have sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and those that receive SWF... 

Institutional investments | Corporate governance | Investments | Pension trusts | Social responsibility of business | Management | Social aspects | Institutional investors | Electronic books | Régimes privés de retraite | Investissements

Coping with the ageing of the population without major economic disruption is undoubtedly one of the major challenges facing the global economy and world... 
Pension trusts | Finance | Capital market | financial markets

Pension trusts

InNo Small Change, Tessa Hebb examines the ability of pension funds, now the largest single driver of financial markets around the world, to use their... 
Pension trusts | Investments | Moral and ethical aspects | United States | Business

Pension trusts

Tells the story of the Australian superannuation revolution led by trade unions in the 1980s. After a series of hard-fought industrial campaigns, an enormous... 
Old age pensions | Social security | Finance

And key messages -- Key principles of governance and investment management -- Governance of public pension assets -- Governance structures and accountabilities... 
Pension trusts | Investments | Financial crises | 21st century | INVESTMENT DECISIONS | INVESTMENT FUND | GLOBAL MARKETS | PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS | AUDIT COMMITTEE | INVESTMENT STRATEGY | INVESTMENT RISK | EQUITY MARKET VOLATILITY | OPPORTUNITY COSTS | FOREIGN CURRENCY | LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT | MACROECONOMIC STABILITY | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | TRANSITION ECONOMIES | FISCAL BURDENS | INVESTMENT POLICY | GOOD GOVERNANCE | SAFER ASSETS | INTEREST RATES | HEDGES | LIABILITY | PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY | TRADING | RESERVE FUND | REPLACEMENT RATE | POLICY RESPONSES | FOREIGN EXCHANGE | HEDGE FUNDS | EQUITY INVESTMENTS | INVESTMENT CAPABILITIES | MUTUAL FUND | AUDITS | REGULATORY STANDARDS | EQUITY INDEX | LIQUIDITY | INVESTING | INVESTMENT CORPORATION | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | EXPOSURE TO RISKS | CASH FLOWS | RISK AVERSION | CURRENCY HEDGING | DISCOUNT RATES | GLOBAL PENSIONS | GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS | MARKET VALUES | POLITICAL RISKS | RETIREMENT AGE | TURNOVER | LOCAL CURRENCY | HEDGE FUND | CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS | PENSION SYSTEM | INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS | RISK MANAGEMENT | HEDGE RATIOS | PURCHASING POWER | INTERNATIONAL BANK | INVESTMENT HORIZON | INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES | FAIR VALUE | REAL ESTATE | RISK POOLING | PENSION FUND ASSETS | PENSION FUND | PENSION ASSET | DOMESTIC CAPITAL | FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKETS | INVENTORY | TRUSTEE | DEMOGRAPHIC | ILLIQUIDITY | ASSET CLASSES | GOVERNMENT BONDS | OUTPUT | REFORM PROGRAM | FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY | PENSION FUNDS | RESERVE FUNDS | RETIREMENT SYSTEM | REPLACEMENT RATES | RESERVE | RETIREMENT SAVINGS | BENEFICIARIES | FINANCIAL ASSETS | INSURANCE | CODE OF CONDUCT | CONFLICT OF INTEREST | PENSION PRODUCT | ASSET-LIABILITY MANAGEMENT | REGULATORY AGENCIES | RETURN | PRIVATE PENSIONS | PENSIONS | PORTFOLIO RISK | EXPOSURE | CURRENCY | FOREIGN CURRENCY EXPOSURES | PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT | REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT | INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT | PENSION SYSTEMS | FINANCIAL CRISES | PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS | FUND MANAGERS | HOME CURRENCY | PENSION PROVISION | RESERVES | SAVINGS | EQUITY MARKET | PRUDENTIAL REGULATION | COLLATERAL | GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY | RATES OF RETURN | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | PENSION | INVESTMENT MARKETS | INVESTMENT RISKS | COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE | MONETARY AUTHORITIES | PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION | HEDGE RATIO | ASSET MANAGERS | CREDIT RISK | DEFICITS | RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES | DERIVATIVES | TRUSTEES | PROVIDENT FUND | FINANCIAL MARKETS | FINANCIAL STABILITY | FINANCIAL SYSTEM | INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRY | FLEXIBLE EXCHANGE RATE | INFLATION RATE | INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS | RISK PREMIUMS | EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT | OLD-AGE INCOME | RISK PROFILE | RISK FACTORS | INVESTMENT MANAGER | PENSION ASSETS | TRANSACTION | DOMESTIC CURRENCY | CAPITAL MARKET | PUBLIC COMPANY | RISKY ASSETS | INVESTMENT FUNCTIONS | EMPLOYEES PENSION | RISK DIVERSIFICATION | CURRENCY RISK | SOLVENCY | OUTSOURCING | SECURITIES | RETURNS | INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS | COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE CENTER | REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS | FINANCIAL CRISIS | INTERNATIONAL DIVERSIFICATION | CORPORATE BONDS | ASSET MANAGEMENT | EQUITY RETURNS | INFLATION | EQUITY MARKETS | ALTERNATIVE ASSET | DEGREE OF TRANSPARENCY | HOLDING | PRICE DISCOVERY | SAFETY NETS | RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | SAVINGS ACCOUNTS | ACCOUNTING STANDARDS | PORTFOLIOS | INVESTMENT CHOICES | TAX | FUND MANAGEMENT | PRIVATE EQUITY | VALUATIONS | SWAPS | DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKETS | FOREIGN MARKETS | ACCOUNTING | INVESTMENT STRATEGIES | TRANSACTION COSTS | TRADING COSTS | PENSION FUND ASSET | VALUATION | INTERNAL CONTROLS | ASSET CLASS | SWAP | INTEREST RATE | LOCAL CURRENCIES | TRADING VOLUME | INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS | INVESTMENT PROCESS | INVESTMENT GOVERNANCE | HUMAN CAPITAL | INVESTMENT POLICIES | USE OF DERIVATIVES | INVESTMENT CAPITAL | PUBLIC PENSION | PENSION PRODUCTS | TRANSPARENCY | ASSET VALUES | TREASURY | REGULATORS | BASIS POINTS | PORTFOLIO | PENSION LIABILITIES | HOLDINGS | INVESTMENT MANAGERS | EQUITIES | FOREIGN INVESTMENT | BANKING SECTOR | ASSET GROWTH | OPTIMAL INVESTMENT | INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS | LEVEL OF RISK

Pension trusts | Bibliography

Examining innovative ways to address Africa?s infrastructure deficit is at the heart of this analysis. Africa?s infrastructure stock and quality is among the... 
INVESTMENT FUND | SECURITY STRUCTURES | REGULATORY BARRIERS | WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS | MATURITIES | NATIONAL INVESTMENT | PRIVATE INVESTORS | ISSUANCE | FOREIGN CURRENCY | SHORT-TERM DEPOSITS | LOCAL MARKET | PRIVATE CREDIT | TRANSITION ECONOMIES | LIABILITY | BONDS | CENTRAL BANK | CREDIT ENHANCEMENT | FOREIGN EXCHANGE | PENSION FUND INVESTMENTS | INVESTING | INVESTMENT CORPORATION | PRIVATE INVESTMENT | BALANCE SHEET | CASH FLOWS | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT | LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES | STOCK EXCHANGES | INFRASTRUCTURE BOND | BOURSE | LONG-TERM DEBT | POLITICAL RISKS | ISSUANCE OF BONDS | LOCAL CURRENCY | LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES | CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS | INTERNATIONAL FINANCE | BANK CREDIT | LENDING LIMIT | INVESTMENT GUIDELINES | PENSION FUND INVESTMENT | CREDIT AGENCY | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS | RISK MANAGEMENT | CORPORATE BOND | ASSET-LIABILITY MISMATCH | STOCKS | BANK LENDING | GOVERNMENT GRANTS | SOVEREIGN LENDING | GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET | INTERNATIONAL BANK | INVESTMENT BANK | FINANCING REQUIREMENTS | COMPETITIVE BIDDING | CREDIT RATING | PENSION FUND | INSURANCE POLICIES | MORAL HAZARD | LONG-TERM YIELDS | ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS | FINANCIAL RISKS | ILLIQUIDITY | SOVEREIGN RATING | CREDIT LINES | BOND ISSUANCES | ASSET CLASSES | GOVERNMENT BONDS | PRIVATE FINANCE | RESERVE BANK | MEZZANINE DEBT | PUBLIC INVESTMENT | PENSION FUNDS | LOCAL DEBT | CAPITAL MOVEMENTS | INVESTMENT ASSET | INVESTMENT REGULATIONS | INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS | RESERVE | BOND ISSUANCE | DIRECT INVESTMENT | EQUITY FUNDS | DEVELOPMENT BANK | MONEY MARKET | DIRECT INVESTMENTS | ENABLING ENVIRONMENT | POTENTIAL INVESTOR | GOVERNMENT SUPPORT | INSURANCE | MATURITY | LONG-TERM INVESTMENT | BORROWER | CENTRAL BANKS | PRIVATE FINANCING | LONG-TERM DEBT MARKET | RETURN | DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS | LOAN | INSURANCE MARKET | EXPENDITURES | PRIVATE PARTIES | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | INSURANCE INDUSTRY | BOND | PENSIONS | BOND MARKETS | CURRENCY | FOREIGN FINANCING | PENSION SYSTEMS | MORTGAGE | STOCK EXCHANGE | GOVERNMENT BOND | FUND MANAGERS | COUPON | FIXED INTEREST RATE | MONEY MARKET INSTRUMENTS | PARTIAL RISK | FIXED INCOME | FOREIGN BANKS | MARKET FAILURES | YIELD CURVE | MARKET MAKER | IMMOVABLE PROPERTY | DEPOSIT | LONG TERM DEBT | PENSION | DEBT FINANCING | GUARANTEE FUND | CAPITAL INVESTMENT | LONG-TERM COST | FIXED INTEREST | CREDIT RISK | BOND RATING | TOTAL DEBT | COUPON RATE | BANK LOANS | INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | DUE DILIGENCE | RISK SHARING | BOND HOLDERS | RISK PREMIUMS | LONG-TERM FINANCE | RISK PROFILE | LOCAL MARKETS | REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING | PENSION ASSETS | TRANSACTION | INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT | SECONDARY BOND MARKETS | CAPITAL MARKET | TRANSFER RISKS | RISK DIVERSIFICATION | GRACE PERIODS | BALANCE SHEETS | SECURITIES | RETURNS | GOVERNMENT BUDGET | FINANCIAL CRISIS | GROUP BORROWER | MUNICIPAL BONDS | PUBLIC FUNDS | MUTUAL FUNDS | CORPORATE BONDS | LONG-TERM LOANS | ASSET MANAGEMENT | INFLATION | EQUITY MARKETS | ALTERNATIVE ASSET | GOVERNMENT SECURITIES | WITHDRAWAL | INSURANCE CORPORATION | POLITICAL RISK | COUNTRY RISK | COMMERCIAL BANKS | INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSION | CAPACITY BUILDING | TAX | PRIVATE EQUITY | LIFE INSURANCE | SUBORDINATED DEBT | ACCOUNTING | PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS | GUARANTEE PRODUCTS | CORPORATE BOND MARKET | LOAN EXPOSURE | PENSION FUND ASSET | LONG-TERM RESOURCE | TELECOMMUNICATIONS | GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES | RECOURSE FINANCING | CREDIT RATINGS | ASSET CLASS | MARKET CONSTRAINTS | FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK | CREDIT GUARANTEE | CREDIT RATING AGENCY | INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS | INVESTMENT PROCESS | INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE | CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT | CREDITOR | TRANSPARENCY | TREASURY | LOCAL BANKS | RISK MEASUREMENT | PORTFOLIO | INSURANCE INDUSTRIES | MONETARY FUND | REGULATORY AUTHORITY | HOLDINGS | INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS | BANKING SECTOR | PARTIAL CREDIT | SOVEREIGN DEBT | CAPITAL MARKETS | LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKETS | LONG-TERM RESOURCES

Quantitative finance has become these last years a extraordinary field of research and interest as well from an academic point of view as for practical... 
Pension trusts | Financial risk management | Mathematics | Mathematical models | Stochastic models | Management | Applied

Pension trusts | United States | Investments

Risk-Based Supervision of Pension Funds provides a review of the design and experience of risk-based pension fund supervision in countries that have been... 
Pension trusts | Risk | Management | Cross-cultural studies | ASSET ALLOCATION | SUPERVISION OF BANKS | PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS | INVESTMENT RISK | SUPERVISION OF PENSION FUNDS | LONG-TERM INTEREST RATE | FOREIGN CURRENCY | MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS | BUSINESS PLAN | INCOME INSTRUMENTS | MARKET CONDITIONS | DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS | GOVERNMENT BOND YIELDS | SUPERVISION OF PENSION FUND | INTEREST RATES | PENSION PLAN | EARNINGS | LIABILITY | ADVERSE PRICE MOVEMENTS | MARKET DISCIPLINE | CONTRIBUTION | OTHER ASSETS | CALCULATION | FINANCIAL INSTITUTION | RESPONSIBILITIES | CENTRAL BANK | INTEREST RATE SWAPS | EQUITY INVESTMENTS | PENSION FUND ADMINISTRATORS | ASSET BASE | REGULATORY STANDARDS | LIQUIDITY | DISCOUNT RATE | INTEREST RATE RISKS | PENSION SECTORS | PENSION PLANS | FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | BALANCE SHEET | INVESTMENT PATTERNS | LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES | RISK CONTROLS | VALUABLE | MARKET VALUES | SUPERVISORY AGENCIES | PENSION COMPANIES | RESEARCH ASSISTANCE | STAKEHOLDERS | CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS | PENSION SYSTEM | CONTRIBUTIONS | INFORMATION SYSTEM | RISK MANAGEMENT | CAPITAL ALLOCATION | PORTFOLIO VALUATION | MARKET YIELD | FINANCIAL SERVICES | INVESTMENT REGIME | INTERNATIONAL BANK | DOMESTIC EQUITIES | RISK FACTOR | RISK EXPOSURE | MARKET DEVELOPMENTS | PENSION FUND | CALL OPTIONS | EURO MARKET | RISK EXPOSURES | MORTGAGE LOANS | FINANCIAL RISKS | CAPITAL ADEQUACY | RATE OF RETURN | ASSET CLASSES | LONG-TERM INTEREST | GOVERNMENT BONDS | MARKET ANALYSTS | RETIREMENT | MARKET VALUE | PENSION FUNDS | BOND PORTFOLIO | LABOR MARKET | INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE | FOREIGN EQUITIES | PENSION PROVIDERS | RETIREMENT SAVINGS | DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS | INSURANCE | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | MATURITY | SOCIAL INSURANCE | ASSET-LIABILITY MANAGEMENT | RETURN | MORTGAGE BONDS | INFORMATION SYSTEMS | INSURANCE INDUSTRY | PENSIONS | CURRENCY | TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS | PENSION SYSTEMS | MORTGAGE | GOVERNMENT BOND | FUND MANAGERS | PENSIONERS | TAX LAWS | INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS | REGULATORY STRUCTURE | RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES | SUPERVISORY AGENCY | PRIVATE PENSION | FIXED INCOME | EQUITY MARKET | PRUDENTIAL REGULATION | YIELD CURVE | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | RISK SCORES | PENSION | SPECIAL SAVINGS | MORTGAGES | CREDIT RISK | DERIVATIVES | RISK CAPITAL | FINANCIAL MARKETS | ASSET-LIABILITY MISMATCHES | CREDIT STANDING | DEFINED-BENEFIT PENSION | FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY | FINANCIAL STABILITY | FINANCIAL SYSTEM | FINANCIAL SECTOR | PENSION POLICY | RISK PROFILE | MARKET LIQUIDITY | REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | RISK FACTORS | PENSION ASSETS | INTEREST RATE RISK | RISK ASSESSMENT PROCESS | RISK CONTROL | INVESTMENT REGULATION | RISK ASSESSMENT | RETIREMENT INCOME | LEGAL OBLIGATION | SOLVENCY | BALANCE SHEETS | SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS | COMPLIANCE · REPORTING | RETURNS | SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY | FINANCIAL CRISIS | INVESTMENT RETURNS | PRIVATE PENSION PLANS | PROBABILITY | CONTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | DEPOSITS | EQUITY RETURNS | GOVERNMENT SECURITIES | OCCUPATIONAL FUNDS | WITHDRAWAL | RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | ACCOUNTING STANDARDS | PORTFOLIOS | ASSET QUALITY | TAX | ASSET PORTFOLIOS | EFFICIENT INVESTMENT | MARKET RISK | PENSION SCHEMES | INSURANCE COMPANIES | PRIVATE PENSION FUNDS | FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES | LIFE INSURANCE | ACCOUNTING | PRIVATE LOANS | LIFE EXPECTANCY | SWAP CURVE | INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS | INVESTMENT STRATEGIES | SENIOR | PENSION FUND ASSET | VALUATION | FAIR VALUATION | DERIVATIVE | ASSET CLASS | SWAP | ASSET LIABILITY MANAGEMENT | DEFINED-CONTRIBUTION PENSION | LABOR FORCE | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS | BANKING SYSTEM | INTEREST RATE | RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SMALLER FUNDS | CREDIT RISKS | ASSET PRICES | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | INVESTMENT POLICIES | USE OF DERIVATIVES | MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT | TRANSPARENCY | FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES | FINANCIAL SERVICE | MARKET PARTICIPANTS | PUBLIC DEBT | PORTFOLIO | REGULATORY AUTHORITY | HOLDINGS | EQUITIES | INTERNAL AUDITS | DOMESTIC BONDS | FINANCIAL RISK | LIQUID ASSETS | PENSION FUND SUPERVISION | MARGIN REQUIREMENTS | CAPITAL REQUIREMENT

" Empire of the Fund is an exposé and examination of the way we save now. With the rise of the 401(k) and demise of the pension, the United States has embarked... 
LAW / Business & Financial | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / General | United States | Mutual funds | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Investments & Securities | Saving and investment | History | Finance & Accounting | Financial Markets

Provident funds | Postemployment benefits | Pension trusts

States | Civil service | Local officials and employees | Pensions