Retirement

There is an interesting blog that appears to be affiliated with the British pension consulting firm Redington. The “Red Blog” offers pension-related content from a group of authors who are both formally and informally associated with Redington. Not surprisingly, longevity trends and longevity risk are prominent topics on the Red Blog. The design of the blog and the visual representation of dry and fairly abstract topics are unique. For example, this graphic provides an interesting...

Retail investors in the U.S. have been exiting in droves in light of the extreme market volatility . A Bloomberg article hits the nail on the head when questioning the psyche of the average U.S. fund investor. Mutual fund flows indicate that the damage to psyches is real and lasting: 33 straight weeks of fund withdrawals after May 10 2010 totaled $98 billion. Fund redemptions total $74 billion thus far in 2011 $23.5 billion has flown from U.S. equity funds in the week ending August 10, 2011. A...