Pension Finance

Pension Finance

by David Blake (Author)

Synopsis

This book provides a secure grounding in the theory and practice of finance insofar as it deals with pension matters. By using it, the reader will understand the various types of investment assets; the allocation of personal wealth to different asset classes corporate pension finance the financial aspects of defined contribution pension plans during both the accumulation and distribution phases the financial aspects of defined benefit pension plans the role of pension funds and pension fund management pension fund performance measurement and attribution risk management in pension funds

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 484
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 20 Oct 2006

ISBN 10: 0470058439
ISBN 13: 9780470058435

Media Reviews
a What makes this book unique is the discussion of many pension specific subjects that are not covered in other books.a (Investments & Pensions Europe, March 2007) ...this book provides a comprehensive and secure grounding in the theory and practice of finance. (Pensions World, July 2007)
Author Bio
Dr DAVID BLAKE is Professor of Pension Economics and Director of the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School, London, and Chairman of Square Mile Consultants, a training and research consultancy. He was formerly Director of the Securities Industry Programme at City University Business School, Research Fellow at both the London Business School and the London School of Economics and Professor of Financial Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is consultant to many organisations, including Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Union Bank of Switzerland, Paribas Capital Markets, McKinsey & Co., the Office of Fair Trading, the Office for National Statistics, the Government Actuary's Department, the National Audit Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, the Bank of England, the Prime Minister's Policy Directorate and the World Bank. In June 1996, he established the Pensions Institute, which undertakes high-quality research on all pension-related issues and publishes details of its research activities on the internet (http://www.pensions-institute.org.