Illiquid assets - opportunities and challenges for pension funds

Investors' Journal

June 2015

The last fifteen years have not been a smooth period for managers of corporate pension schemes. Plunging interest rates and significant equity market sell-offs at the end of the dotcom bubble and during the 2008 financial crisis put a divot in funding ratios that has still not been repaired. Over the same period, regulatory changes have made it increasingly difficult for pension sponsors to smooth the associated impacts on their financial statements.

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Investors' Journal: Illiquid Assets - opportunities and challenges for pensions funds

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Paul LaCoursiere

Global Head of Corporate Research

Main responsibilities

Paul was appointed the Global Head of Corporate Research, Liquid Markets in July 2016. He is responsible for leading, directing and managing the organization’s liquid market research activities globally.

Experience and qualifications

Paul has held senior portfolio manager, client portfolio manager, and senior fixed income strategist roles with Chicago Equity Partners, Aviva Investors North America, Barclays Global Investors, and Munder Capital Management. His career has focused on providing bespoke investment solutions to large institutional clients, and he has worked directly with many of the major pension and sovereign wealth platforms in North America and Asia. Paul holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MBA (Hons) in Finance and International Business from The University of Chicago. He is also a CFA® charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute.

Illiquid assets - opportunities and challenges for pension funds

Investors' Journal

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Paul LaCoursiere

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