Other Views
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Court chastises indifference to conflicts of interest
On Feb. 29, Chancellor Leo Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a landmark ruling that promises to change the way Wall Street handles conflicts of interest.
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Search for auditors; don't rotate
In March, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board held hearings about whether to require public companies to change — or “rotate” — their external auditor periodically.
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Rethinking capital market expectationsThe financial crisis of 2007-'09 presented challenges to investors, but it was the official response to that crisis that has truly turned the world upside down.
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Hedge funds need more accountability
Some serious ethical lapses show that new rules are needed to help investors and guide managers.
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Needed: An objective-based approach to DC investing
Despite years of industry effort at investment education and retirement plan menu design, defined contribution plan participants remain undersubscribed and disengaged.
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Private equity buoys pension fund returnsPension plans are not able to consistently generate adequate returns from public markets to meet their needed return targets.
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Due diligence lessons from the Goldman Sachs resignation letterThere has been much attention paid to the recent resignation letter from former Goldman Sachs Executive Director Greg Smith in which he highlights his criticism of the culture at the financial giant.
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DC plans in uncertain times: Matching contributions and target-date fundsWhether the economy is improving or not, employees and defined contribution plan executives are keenly aware that we live in uncertain times — and financial prospects for many retirees are portraits of uncertainty.
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Time to integrate ESG into analysis
American institutional investors are woefully behind their European counterparts in incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment processes.
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Is it reform? Working to improve pension security, costsThere seems to be a rush to judgment relative to Gov. Bobby Jindal administration's far-reaching pension proposals that are aimed primarily at the rank-and-file members of the Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System.