FT.com / Capital markets - Pension funds switch to swaps
But derivatives such as inflation-linked swaps are not for everyone, he adds. Pension fund trustees need to have strong governance and risk management
FT Mandate: DERIVATIVES
But some careful playing with derivatives can close embarrassing holes in Dutch and UK pension funds are now following in the footsteps of UK life
Cass Business School | Solving the pension fund crisis
It seems not more than prudent to first investigate whether pension fund 'In our paper we study the impact of a number of derivatives strategies on the
Watson Wyatt - News, Press Releases
UK, June 30 2006 - The use of derivatives by UK pension funds continues to grow rapidly, fuelling the inflation-linked market, which is expected to double
LP: Pension funds switch to derivatives (UK)
Liberty Post: Pension funds switch to derivatives (UK)
The National Association of Pension Funds
to both OTC and market traded derivatives covering a wide range of assets,. whose use by pension funds should be recognised by reference to the prudent
RiskMetrics Group - Pension Funds
means that pension plans are increasing the use of sophisticated derivatives. RiskMetrics Group services give pension funds access to the latest
SSRN-How Derivatives Can Help Solve the Pension Fund Crisis by
SSRN-How Derivatives Can Help Solve the Pension Fund Crisis by Harry Kat, Theo Kocken, Huub van Capelleveen.
How Derivatives Can Help Solve the Pension Fund Crisis, from
This paper uses a scenario-based ALM model to study the effects on the risk-return profile of defined benefit pension funds from including options in the
Pension Funds
Presentation: Pension Fund Investment in Derivatives and Hedge Funds, September 9, 2005. Presentation to the annual ASSA convention in Philadelphia, 2005.

What Dangers Lurk in Today's Financial World? SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance
Michael Panzner submits: When cheerleaders and apologists for today's masters of the universe are questioned about the dangers inherent in new age finance, one rebuttal tactic is to narrow the focus.
Investing: A hedge is no longer alpha dog of funds International Herald Tribune
Mark Gilbert
Asset Managers Push Custodians to Offer Independent Pricing Services for OTC Derivatives Wall Street and Technology
The exponential growth of OTC derivatives is forcing custodians to provide independent valuation services to their institutional clients.
Asset Managers Push Custodians to Offer Independent Pricing Services for OTC Derivatives The exponential growth of OTC Finance Technology Network
Asset managers that enter into over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts and structured products with sell-side trading desks are demanding independent valuation services from their custodians, according to several sources.
Hedge-Fund Critics Suggest Sending in the Clones: Mark Gilbert Bloomberg.com
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Five minutes ago, advisers barnacled to the investment industry were championing hedge funds as balm for the swollen deficits afflicting pension funds.
Chilean Stocks Drop, Led by Retailers: World's Biggest Mover Bloomberg.com
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's IPSA had the biggest drop of the world's main equity indexes on speculation that the congress may spur selling of local stocks by speeding up a plan to ease restrictions on the amount Chilean pension funds can invest abroad.
Current Hedge Fund Rules Work, Regulators Say New York Times
Market discipline will protect investors and the economy from problems with hedge funds, regulators said today.
SATURDAY, February 24, 2007 GoldSeek.com
An international financial, economic, political and social commentary.
Hedge Fund Investors: Caveat Emptor Forbes
That's the word from a top government working group that failed to recommend new regs for the $1.4 trillion industry.
U.S. Says Hedge Fund Regulation Is `Working Well' Update4 Bloomberg.com
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. presidential panel said the current system of hedge-fund regulation is ``working well'' and market discipline remains the best way to protect investors and guard against risks to the financial system.derivatives+pension+funds: derivatives+pension+funds