Alpha/Beta Separation & Integration is #3 Trend for 2007: New Watson Wyatt Report
| Jan 26th, 2007 | Filed under: Academic Research, Today's Post | By: Alpha Male |
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“2007 Global Pension Assets Study”
By: Watson Wyatt
Published: January 24, 2007
“Alpha/Beta Separation” isn’t just another pretty face. This year it’s listed third on Watson Wyatt’s list of the “Six Faces of Change” for pension investing. The “six faces” include:
- Liability-driven investing
- Absolute return strategies / alternative assets
- Alpha / beta separation & integration
- Beta prime innovation / capturing systematic “alpha” in an index form
- Reducing defined benefits plans’ risk budgets
- Pension funds’ increasing power to influence pricing & product design
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