Sunday, March 11, 2007


New Look for Pension Risk Matters



We are going offline for a few days and will be back in business late next week. With users in mind, a newly designed www.pensionriskmatters.com will feature archived posts by both topic and date. If a reader wants only posts written about hedge funds let's say, he or she clicks on the hedge fund folder instead of having to comb through hundreds of archived items. Commenting on blog posts will likewise be much easier. As always, we welcome your feedback.

We continue to make the blog available for no charge. Steady growth in readership tells us we are on the right track. Our goal is to provide transparency about critical topics such as fees, risk management, valuation, accounting, disclosure and hedge funds. Always important but especially now, defined benefit and defined contribution plan sponsors are under significant pressure to demonstrate procedural prudence. Regulators in the U.S. and abroad, legislators, shareholders, plan participants and taxpayers are asking tough questions about the management of plans. The spotlight is not going away and is arguably shining more brightly than ever before.

For more information about the blog, please email Dr. Susan M. Mangiero, CFA, Accredited Valuation Analyst, Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst and certified Financial Risk Manager.

Here's to full sunshine about pension governance!
posted by Susan Mangiero at 3/11/2007 10:04:00 AM