Research Catalog

Title

Pension revolution : a solution to the pensions crisis / Keith P. Ambachtsheer.

Author

Ambachtsheer, Keith P.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2007], ©2007.

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Details

Description

xxxii, 336 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The Wiley finance series

Uniform Title

Wiley finance series.

Subjects

• Pension trusts > Investments
• Pension trusts > Management

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface : Peter Drucker's pension revolution : here at last -- Introduction : why a pension revolution now? -- Ch. 1. Are pension funds "irrelevant"? -- Ch. 2. The pension revolution - are you a believer yet? -- Ch. 3. After the perfect pension storm : what now? -- Ch. 4. Beyond portfolio theory : the next frontier -- Ch. 5. The United Airlines case : tipping point for U.S. pension system? -- Ch. 6. Peter Drucker's pension revolution after 30 years : not over yet -- Ch. 7. Winning the pension revolution : why the Dutch are leading the way -- Ch. 8. Pension reform : evolution or revolution? -- Ch. 9. Can game theory help build better pension plans? -- Ch. 10. If DB and DC plans are not the answers, what are the questions? -- Ch. 11. Human foibles and agency dysfunction : building pension plans for the real world -- Ch. 12. DB plans and bad science -- Ch. 13. Peter Drucker's pension legacy : a vision of what could be -- Ch. 14. Reinventing pension fund management : easier said than done -- Ch. 15. Should (could) you manage your fund like Harvard or Ontario teachers'? -- Ch. 16. "Beauty contest" investing : not dead yet -- Ch. 17. Eradicating "beauty contest" investing : what it will take -- Ch. 18. High-performance cultures : impossible dream for pension funds? -- Ch. 19. How much is good governance worth? -- Ch. 20. The 10 percent equity return illusion : possible consequences -- Ch. 21. Stocks for the long run? ... or not? -- Ch. 22. "Persistent investment regimes" or "random walk"? : even Shakespeare knew the answer -- Ch. 23. The fuss about policy portfolios : adrift in institutional Wonderland -- Ch. 24. Shifting the investment paradigm : a progress report -- Ch. 25. Whose "investment beliefs" do you believe? -- Ch. 26. Our 80-40 asset mix policy advice in 1987 : wise or foolish? -- Ch. 27. "But what does the turtle rest on?" : a further exploration of investment beliefs -- Ch. 28. Professor Malkiel and the new investment paradigm : raining on the parade? -- Ch. 28. The "post-bubble blues decade" : a progress report -- Ch. 30. Rethinking funding policy and regulation : how should pension plans be financed? -- Ch. 31. Funding policy and investment policy : how should they be integrated in DB pension plans? -- Ch. 32. Resurrecting Ranva : adjusting investment returns for risk -- Ch. 33. Adjusting investment returns for risk : what's the best way? -- Ch. 34. Pension plan organizations : measuring "competitiveness" -- Ch. 35. Measuring DC plans as "value propositions" : the new imperative for plan sponsors -- Ch. 36. Measuring pension fund behavior (1992 to 2004) : what can we learn? -- Ch. 37. Whither security analysis? -- Ch. 38. Pension funds and investment firms : redefining the relationship -- Ch. 39. The new pension fund management paradigm : feedback from financial analysts -- Ch. 40. Reconnecting GAAP and common sense : the cases of stock options and pensions -- Ch. 41. Is Sri bunk? -- Ch. 42. Alpha, beta, bafflegab : investment theory as marketing strategy -- Ch. 43. The turner pensions commission report : a blueprint for global pension reform -- Ch. 44. More pension wisdom from Europe : the Geneva report on pension reform -- Ch. 45. PERS and the pension revolution : active participant ... or passive bystander? -- Ch. 46. Advice for Alyson Green : how PERS can join the pension revolution -- In conclusion : a call to arms.

ISBN

• 0470087234 (cloth)
• 9780470087237 (cloth)

LCCN

• 2006024003
• 9780470087237

OCLC

• ocm70673259
• SCSB-5924655

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries