September 24, 2008

Pension Finance: Asset Allocation and Asset Management

On Sep. 11, 2008 PRMIA Chicago presented (jointly with the Chicago chapter of QWAFAFEW) a meeting titled "Pension Finance: Asset Allocation and Asset Management." The event was hosted by the Center for Integrated Risk Management and Corporate Governance at Loyola University in Chicago.

PRESENTERS AND TOPICS

Ronald J. Ryan, CFA. CEO, Founder, Ryan ALM, Inc.
Topic: "Pension Scoreboard" (Download)

Ron is a well known index innovator and bond research gadfly. In 1974, he created the first Municipal Total Return Index. As the Director of Research at Lehman Brothers, he designed many of their popular bond indexes. In 1982, he started his initial firm The Ryan Financial Strategy Group where he created the 1st Daily Bond Index. Afterwards, he founded Ryan Labs, Inc. in 1988 and Ryan ALM, Inc. in 2004. In his 32 years as a bond index creator, Ron has designed over 100 generic bond indexes and over 1,000 custom indexes including the 1st Liability Index. In 2002, Ron won the MML Lifetime Achievement Award for money managers, in 2006 he won the William F. Sharpe Index Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2007 won the Most Innovative Bond Index Award by Capital Link. Ron has been a pension watchdog since 1991 and has numerous research papers on the Pension Crisis.

Keith H. Black, CFA, CAIA. Associate, Ennis Knupp + Associates.
Topic: "Alternative Investments: Exposures at Endowments and Foundations" (Download)

At Ennis Knupp + Associates, Keith leads consulting relationships for a select number of retainer and project clients. Keith is also a senior member of the firm's opportunistic strategies investment management research group. Prior to joining Ennis Knupp in 2007, Keith taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer for the past eight years on several subjects. He has also authored a book entitled, Managing a Hedge Fund: A Complete Guide to Trading, Business Strategies, Risk Management and Regulations, that was published by McGraw Hill in 2004, and has written several published research articles on issues facing hedge funds.

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