Downstate firemen's pension funds, digest of governing act and summary of financial operations.

Mode of access: Internet.

Report of examination [of] public employees' pension funds.

No reports were published between 1930 and 1939 or for 1941.

Summary of financial operations, public employees' pension funds /

Description based on: 1982; title from cover.

Alternative investing by state and local pension funds : case studies /

"Prepared for the Urban Institute as part of the project, 'Economic Issues of State and Local Pension Plans,' U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Grant No. H-2921-RG."

Non-traditional investment of pension funds : a brief overview of the antitrust question /

"December 1980."

The Impact of ERISA on the investment policies of private pension funds and capital market efficiency /

"Prepared for the U.S. Department of Labor under research grant J-P-P-6-0209."

Financing state and city pensions : receipts, payments, and assets of pension funds of states and of cities over 100,000 population, 1938 /

Tables.

Magánnyugdíj-járadékok közötti választás (Choice amongst Hungarian pension funds' annuities )

Ebben a cikkben a magánnyugdíj-járadékok közötti választást vizsgálom. Arra vagyok kíváncsi, hogy a racionális döntéshozó hogyan választ a lehetséges járadékokból. A döntéshozó a várható hasznosságátmaximalizálja. A cikkben megvizsgálom azt az esetet is, ha a döntéshozó számára fontos, hogy gondoskodjék az utódairól, és megvizsgálom a házaspárok optimális döntését is. Felhívom a figyelmet, hogy a nemek közötti differenciálás tilalmának az lehet a következménye, hogy a döntéshozók olyan járadékokat választanak, amely a szolgáltatónak összességében veszteséget okoz. Bemutatom, hogy a halasztott járadékkal kombinált ütemezett pénzkivonás a vizsgált környezetben nem rosszabb, mint a többi lehet}oség, a döntéshozó viszont ebben az esetben a befektetési lehet}oségeket maga választhatja meg. _____________ This paper investigates the decision-maker's choice amongst the pension fund's life annuities in Hungary. Hungarian pension funds have not started providing annuities yet, and the environment requires further regulation. The most significant problems is that the annuity providers must not differentiate between sexes. Pension fund members can choose among different types of life annuities (e.g. they can choose guarantee period or joint life annutity), and the member's choice may cause loss to the annuity provider in general. Since differentation between sexes is not allowed member's opportunities may shrink (e.g. they can not choose guarantee period or joint life annuity).

Beneficios económicos periódicos (BEP)como sistema complementario de seguridad social en pensiones

34 p.

El empleo en el sector financiero en Chile. Nuevas oportunidades, conocidas discriminaciones

Incluye Bibliografía

Pension system reform in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Gestión de Riesgo Operacional en El Salvador.

En el país el tema de la gestión de riesgos, es un tema que está incorporado desde la Ley de Bancos y Financieras, aprobada mediante Decreto Legislativo No. 697 del 02 de septiembre de 1999, publicado en el Diario Oficial No. 181, Tomo 344, del 30 de septiembre de 1999. Que incorpora en antepenúltimo inciso, previa opinión favorable del Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador, el requerimiento de hasta dos puntos porcentuales adicionales de Fondo Patrimonial con relación al riesgo operacional, riesgo de mercado, riesgos derivados de operaciones crediticias en otros países. Del mismo modo, la Ley de Supervisión y Regulación del Sistema Financiero, aprobado por medio de Decreto Legislativo No. 592 de fecha 14 de enero de 2011, en el inciso primero del artículo 7, determina que entidades están dentro del perímetro de actuación de la oficina que ejerce la vigilancia por parte del Estado, en materia de Instituciones y Entidades Bancarias, Bancos Cooperativos, Sociedades de Ahorro y Crédito, Compañías de Seguros, Mercados de Valores, Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones, Etc. Estableciendo la obligatoriedad, en el literal d) del artículo 35 de la Ley en comento; la adopción y actualización de políticas y mecanismos para la gestión de riesgos, debiendo entre otras, identificarlos, evaluarlos, mitigarlos y revelarlos acordes a las mejores prácticas internacionales. En ese contexto, se puede apreciar que el tema de la gestión prudente de riesgos en el Sistema Financiero de El Salvador, es un tema de interés nacional y el contar con mecanismos adecuados para la gestión coadyuvará al desarrollo económico del país; en virtud de lo anterior, se realizó el presente trabajo de investigación.

The performance and persistence of exchange-traded funds: evidence for iShares MSCI country-specific ETFs

The aim of this paper is to investigate the performance and persistence of 20 iShares MSCI country-specific exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in comparison with S&P 500 index over the period July 2001 to June 2006. There are several studies analysing mutual funds performance in past years, but very little is known about ETFs. In our analysis the Sharpe, Treynor and Sortino ratios are used as risk-adjusted performance measures. To evaluate performance persistence and therefore if there is any relationship among past performance and future performance, we apply to the Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient and the Winner-loser Contingency Table. The main findings are at two levels. First, ETFs can beat the U.S. market index based on risk-adjusted performance measures. Second, there is evidence of ETFs performance persistence based on annual return.

Pricing of exchange traded funds

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Tracking error of exchange-traded funds: Evidence from the UK

This paper is mainly concerned with the tracking accuracy of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) but also evaluates their performance and pricing efficiency. The findings show that ETFs offer virtually the same return but exhibit higher volatility than their benchmark. It seems that the pricing efficiency, which should come from the creation and redemption process, does not fully hold as equity ETFs show consistent price premiums. The tracking error of the funds is generally small and is decreasing over time. The risk of the ETF, daily price volatility and the total expense ratio explain a large part of the tracking error. Trading volume, fund size, bid-ask spread and average price premium or discount did not have an impact on the tracking error. Finally, it is concluded that market volatility and the tracking error are positively correlated.