Buy the book
“Koedijk and Slager did a great job in bridging the gap between academic research and everyday practice. "
- Prof. Jean Frijns, VU University Amsterdam"This is an impressive contribution to trustee knowledge and understanding"
- Professor Gordon L Clark University of Oxford
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Could sensible changes hurt the pension funds’ license to operate?
At a recent seminar of the Dutch Central Bank, organized for pension fund trustees, one workshop that I presented (in Dutch) dealt with the question of organisational changes in risk and investment management. There was a rather simple question to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Challenging Investment Beliefs
At the EPFIF (International Pension Fund Investment Forum) on September 4th, the theme of the seminar was challenging investment beliefs; critically questioning the conventional or self-evident truths. Challenging Investment Beliefs from aslager My presentation focused on the challenging part. Investment … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged decision-making, investment beliefs, investment debates, Investment Philosophy
Leave a comment
Working with investment beliefs
We regularly work with pension funds to clarify the investment philosophy, usually by debating the (existing) investment beliefs. This could be an interesting philosophical investment debate with no strings attached; but the relevancy to trigger such a debate is translating … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged Behavioral Finance, board meeting, decision-making, investment beliefs, investment governance
2 Comments
10 Tips for Crisis Management
Pension funds experienced an uncomfortable déjà-vu when financial markets appeared to be heading towards a new abyss last week. Somehow, markets rebounded but experts fear that there might be worse to come. Business leaders and investors increasingly voice their concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Blog, Management, Uncategorized
Tagged board meeting, checklist, decision-making, financial markets, risk management, stress test
Leave a comment
Mauboussin – the short version
An MBA student fortunate enough to follow Michael Maboussin’s lectures jotted down the key messages in this blog by Frederica Zaldua. To give a flavour: “Investment outcomes combine skill and luck. Acknowledge the substantial role of luck. We’re all aware of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Uncategorized
Tagged decision-making, governance, investment process, Michael Mauboussin
Leave a comment