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April 23, 2007

Pension Fund Risk Management

On April 19, Eric Friedman from Watson Wyatt and Aaron Meder from UBS addressed the Chicago chapters of PRMIA and QWAFAFEW in a joint meeting on pension fund risk management. The meeting was well-attended and very well-received.

Their presentations are available online.

Friedman presentation.

Meder presentation.

Posted by tgok at 08:44 PM

April 11, 2007

Intelligent Commodity Investing

On April 5, 2007, PRMIA and QWAFAFEW co-sponsored a luncheon panel discussion at the Union League Club with Chicago authors of Intelligent Commodity Investing. The luncheon was hosted by the CFA Society of Chicago's Luncheon Programs Advisory Group.

The presenters at the luncheon and the topics that they discussed were as follows:
- Hilary Till, Co-Founder - Premia Capital Management, LLC; and Research Associate, EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. Topic: "Structural Sources of Return & Risk in Commodity Futures Investments"
- Rian Akey, Vice President and COO - Cole Partners. Topic: "Can your Commodities Investment be BOTH a High Risk-Adjusted Return Source and a Portfolio Hedge?"
- Thomas Idzorek, CFA, Vice President, Research and Product Development - Ibbotson Associates. Topic: "Strategic Asset Allocation and Commodities"

The Akey and Till presentations are now available online.

Posted by tgok at 10:39 AM