The trustee guide to investment
By: Andrew Clare, Chris Wagstaff
Contributors: Wagstaff, Chris, 1965-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230244245
Subjects: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Investments & Securities; Investments; Pension trusts; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Retirement Planning
Description: "It is not easy to have the confidence and competence to manage a pension scheme successfully. In this book, Andrew Clare and Chris Wagstaff provide a uniquely objective and practical guide to the range of markets, investments, tools and techniques to which trustees are regularly exposed. They indicate how best to get to grips with investments, carefully navigating through the mystifying jargon. This is a book no pension fund trustee should be without"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Why Investment, Investment Knowledge and Investment Governance is Important; title: The Main Players in the Pensions Investment Arena: Fund Managers, Investment Consultants, Investment Bankers; title: The Valuation of Pension Scheme Assets and Liabilities; title: The Fathom Pension Scheme Model: The Many and Various Problems Pension Schemes Face; title: Macroeconomics; title: Risk; title: Traditional Asset Classes; title: Asset Allocation; title: Alternative Asset Classes: Hedge Funds, Commodities, Private Equity, Infrastructure, Currency; title: Derivatives; title: Liability Driven Investment (LDI); title: Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG); title: Behavioral Finance: How Investors Really Make Investment Decisions; title: Manager Selection and Multi-Manager: What Makes a Good Fund Manager?; title: Basic Glossary of Investment Terms; title: Appendices.