Description
SUITABLE FOR:
Any professional working with or for a pension fund including:Actuaries, Asset, Managers, Attorneys, Auditors, Consultants, Human Resource Managers, Investor Relations Specialists, Plan Administrators, Treasury Professionals, Trustees.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, delegates will:
- Understand investment fund management process
- Identify the various categories of risk associated with pension fund investments
- Learn about best practices in developing risk management, environment, appetite and policies.
SUMMARY:
As we invest pension funds for the long term, we strive to add value year-to-year relative to our performance indexes (benchmarks). Controlling risk is a key part of pension fund investment strategy, and is critical to achieving performance equal to or above comparable funds over time. This control does not mean avoiding risk altogether, as all investing involves risk. Instead, it means understanding investment risks and aggressively limiting exposure to risks that are not rewarded with higher returns in the markets.The topics covered will include:-
- Types of Risks
- The Need for Risk Management Measuring Financial Risk
- Forecasting Risks and Correlations Operational Risk Management
- Steps in the Management of Financial Risk VAR &
- Corporate Hedging
- LRCM’s Returns
- Market & Credit Risk
- Financial Market
- Pension
- Investment Fund Management
- Pension Credit
