Best-practice pension fund governance

GL Clark, R Urwin - Journal of Asset Management, 2008 - Springer
Good governance by institutional asset owners makes a significant incremental difference
to value creation as measured by their long-term risk-adjusted rate of return. Drawing upon …

Putting sustainable investing into practice: A governance framework for pension funds

C Woods, R Urwin - Journal of business ethics, 2010 - Springer
This article presents a framework intended to provide pension funds with practical guidance
for the successful implementation of a sustainable investing strategy. The framework is …

The concept of investment efficiency and its application to investment management structures

…, CL Ford, MP Streatfield, RC Urwin - British Actuarial …, 2000 - cambridge.org
Investment efficiency is a function of the risk, return and total cost of an investment management
structure, subject to the fiduciary and other constraints within which investors must …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative models of pension fund governance in the context of the global financial crisis

GL Clark, R Urwin - Pensions: An International Journal, 2010 - Springer
The global financial crisis has posed profound threats to pension welfare worldwide. This is
particularly so in the United Kingdom with the closure of private defined benefit plans, and …

Pension funds as universal owners: Opportunity beckons and leadership calls

R Urwin - Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, 2011 - papers.ssrn.com
Universal owners are asset owners who recognize that through their portfolios they own a
slice of the whole economy and the market. They adapt their actions to enhance the return …

Making pension boards work: the critical role of leadership

GL Clark, R Urwin - Rotman International Journal of Pension …, 2008 - papers.ssrn.com
Understanding human behavior and cognitive biases are important elements in designing
effective governance structures. The authors are guided by this reality in proposing a …

[PDF][PDF] Integrating ESG into the investment process

R Briand, R Urwin, CP Chia - … , New York, NY, available at: www …, 2011 - top1000funds.com
In recent years, many institutional investors have been increasingly recognizing that the long-term
sustainability of their investments matters. Environmental, Social and Governance (…

Best-practice investment management: Lessons for asset owners from the Oxford-Watson Wyatt Project on governance

GL Clark, R Urwin - Available at SSRN 1019212, 2007 - papers.ssrn.com
Good governance by institutional fund asset owners makes a significant incremental difference
to value creation as measured by their long-term risk-adjusted rate of return. Drawing …

DC pension fund best-practice design and governance

GL Clark, R Urwin - Available at SSRN 1652680, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
The design and governance of pension funds is an important topic of academic research and
public policy and has significant implications for the welfare of participants. Here we focus …

Allocations to sustainable investing

R Urwin - Towers Watson Technical Paper, 2010 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper presents a framework intended to provide pension funds and other institutional
funds with practical guidance to their specific allocations to strategies in the fields of …