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Innovations in Pension Fund Management [Hardcover]

Arun Muralidhar (Author)

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December 1, 2002
Whether you are a pension plan sponsor rethinking investment objectives or conducting an asset allocation study, an investor interested in evaluating asset-liability value-at-risk, or an investor who wants the latest techniques to evaluate investment management skills, Innovations in Pension Fund Management gives state-of-the-art guidance on how to implement investment strategy with cutting-edge financial theory and current best practices of plan sponsors and investment managers.

All aspects of fund management will be seen in a fresh light, as professionals read about current practical and theoretical twists and turns in asset allocation, risk management, and performance evaluation and implementation. For example, they will understand why asset liability management decision-making must be fully integrated; have a framework for the use of derivatives in their fund and recognize the benefits of leverage; study unique insights on how to measure risk and techniques to manage it; and learn why plan sponsors worldwide are evaluating the M3 measure and the “luck or skill” measure as a result of research cited here.

These are only a few reasons why Innovations in Pension Fund Management is a must-read for any plan sponsor, investor, academic researcher, or student of the field who wants concepts explained non-technically, primarily by reliance on case studies. Readers who want coverage of analytic foundations are referred to appropriate technical appendices within the book.

The author also looks at advances in human financial resource management, and management control through performance attribution, performance evaluation, and peer comparison. In short, he describes how the management process of planning, implementing, staffing, and control applies to employees within a wide spectrum of financial institutions, including private and government pension systems, endowments, life and casualty insurance programs, and central banks.


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“A must-read for any investor who seeks to establish simple, yet rigorous processes to manage assets.”—From the Foreword by Franco Modigliani


“Not only does Arun Muralidhar know a lot about the implementation of pension fund investment strategy, he also knows the theory. And what he tells us in this new book is right at the frontier of our knowledge.”—David Blake, Director of the Pensions Institute, University of London


“This is a very welcome addition to the burgeoning asset-allocation literature that focuses squarely on one of the most pressing problems of pension fund sponsors today: asset liability management. Dr. Muralidhar strikes a perfect balance between quantitative rigor and practical insights, a rare achievement that will appeal to industry professionals and academics alike.”—Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management


“This book integrally treats the right models and procedures that confront fund managers and pension planners in all policy decisions. Required reading for my asset liability management students and pension fund clients.”—Guus Boender, Professor of Financial Economics, Free University of Amsterdam and Partner of the Econometric Consultancy firm Ortec


“This book shows sponsors, investors, academic researchers, and students of the field how to establish formal processes for efficient asset management in a wide range of financial institutions, including private and government pension systems, endowments, life and casualty insurance programs, and central banks.”—Reference and Research Book News

About the Author

Arun S. Muralidhar is Managing Director at FX Concepts and deals extensively with investment management clients. His prior jobs have been with JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management and the World Bank.

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Arun Muralidhar, Chairman and Founder of Mcube Investment Technologies LLC (www.mcubeit.com), has experience in and has written extensively on pension reform, asset allocation and currency management. He is also Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of AlphaEngine Global Investment Solutions (AEGIS), an SEC registered investment advisor, a subsidiary of Mcube. Both firms assist pension funds, foundations and sovereign funds in asset allocation, currency management and external manager oversight through customized investment advice and the award-winning AlphaEngine® technology.

Arun is the author of Innovations in Pension Fund Management, Stanford University Press, 2001 (translated into Japanese and Chinese). He is also co-author with the late Prof. Franco Modigliani on a book on reforming Social Security, titled, Rethinking Pension Reform, Cambridge University Press, 2004 and edited European Pension Reform, Luxembourg Institute of International Studies, 2007. His new book - A SMART Approach to Portfolio Management, Royal Fern Publishing - will be available in April 2011.

Arun has won awards for his articles in the Financial Analyst Journal and the Journal of Performance Measurement. Mcube was voted the best pension software provider by Global Pensions in 2008 and was nominated for the same award for 2010. Mcube has also been noted by Financial News in 2006 and was selected as one of the top 21 companies to influence the finance industry in the new millennium.

Arun has served as Managing Director at FX Concepts Inc (2001-2008), Managing Director/Head of Currency Research, at J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (1999-2001) and prior to that, he was Head of Research and member of the Investment Management Committee at The World Bank (1992-1999). He is currently assisting the Government of Azerbaijan in the reform of its Social Security System. Arun has also written a number of articles on investment finance and risk adjusted performance measurement and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences globally. He has taught courses/delivered seminars at the MIT Sloan School of Management (for Prof. Modigliani), University of Tokyo (Center for Advanced Research in Finance), George Washington University (Masters of Science in Finance), Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Nomura School of Advanced Management and EDHEC. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Journal of Performance Measurement and Journal for Investment Management Consulting, and has served on the Board of the Journal of Asset Management. He holds a PhD in Managerial Economics from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a B.S. from Wabash College.

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