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Tristram Lett

Why the Fed Is Watching China Closely

Why the Fed Is Watching China Closely

The real reason the U.S. avoided a rate hike.

  • October 7, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:50
  • 2015-10-07

A spoonful of sugar

How the EU could help the medicine go down in Greece.

  • July 15, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 18:10

What is so smart about smart beta?

Hint: it's not about style or factors.

  • June 4, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 15:31

Why Greece Must Go

Leaving the Eurozone would solve a lot of problems, both now and in the future.

  • February 13, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 17:05
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Andrew Spence

Inflation To Hit 3%: Spence Argues

Inflation To Hit 3%: Spence Argues

Severe inflation is on the horizon and plan sponsors should be prepared.

  • March 16, 2010 February 5, 2021
  • 09:35
  • 2010-03-16
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Brent Simmons

Expert panel: Inflation risk — to hedge or not to hedge?

With October inflation hitting an 18-year high, inflation risk is back on the radar of plan sponsors providing inflation-linked defined benefit pensions. In the past,…

  • November 25, 2021 November 26, 2021
  • 12:30
  • 2021-11-25

Looking under the hood of jumbo transactions

The recent announcement that General Motors of Canada Co. purchased $1.8 billion of annuities for its salaried pension plan is creating a lot of excitement.…

  • May 11, 2021 May 12, 2021
  • 09:53

Expert panel: How DB plan sponsors can get back into the driver’s seat

Much has been written about how 2020 was unprecedented, challenging and exhausting — take your pick of adjectives. It was also a white-knuckle ride for…

  • March 11, 2021 April 13, 2021
  • 12:00

Plan hibernation: a sleeping bear can still bite

Defined benefit pension plan sponsors who are interested in better pension risk management for their retirees have two main strategies to consider: They can either…

  • November 11, 2020 February 5, 2021
  • 10:54
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Michael Hunstad

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