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Green Gilts and the Greenium: Value for money, virtue signalling or breach of trust? .
Philip Bennett, Visiting Professor of Pensions Law, Durham University. July 2021.
Lockboxes and Glide Paths .
Piet de Jong, February 2020
Pension reforms in post-socialist and other countries – comparison and evaluation – International Conference in Poznań
Tomasz Brzęczek, Marek Szczepanski, September 2013.
Longevity 7: Seventh International Longevity Risk and Capital Markets Solutions Conference
Marek Szczepanski, July 2012.
Longevity Bonds Risques
David Blake, Tom Boardman and Andrew Cairns, June 2011.
The case for Longevity Bonds
David Blake, Tom Boardman and Andrew Cairns, June 2010.
Longevity – A Role for the State
David Blake, Feb 2009.
Governance Clinic: Longevity Risk – Breathing Life Into Longevity
David Blake, June 2008.
Longevity Bonds – a Financial Market Instrument to Manage Longevity Risk
Governor Jens Thomsen and Jens Verner Andersen, 4th Quarter, 2007.
Prising Off the Lid
Debbie Harrison, Nov 2007.
Pensioenhervormingen in het VK
David Blake, Feb 2007.
The Grave Problem of Longevity Risk
Kevin Dowd, May/June 2006.
Best Practice for Annuity Distribution
Alistair Byrne and Debbie Harrison, Feb/Mar 2006
‘ABP World’
David Blake, 2005,
‘On Pensions, Politics and Reality’
Harry M. Kat, May 2004.
‘Care and attention deliver dividends’
William MacDougall, Investment & Pensions Europe, March 2004
‘In From the Cold’
William MacDougall, Global Pensions, January 2004.
‘There’s still a place for equities in pensions’
William MacDougall, Financial Times, Monday November 3 2003
‘Equities Still Beat Bonds’
William MacDougall, Wall Street Journal Europe, Monday August 25 2003
Proposed Product Specification for Sandler Stakeholder Products
Comments from Prof. David Blake, April 2003
UK Pensions
an article from Rie Sato, April 2003.
The Pensions Institute Director presents written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Economic Affairs’ Inquiry into Aspects of the Economics of an Ageing Population , February 2003
The Pensions Institute Director summarises the UK government’s two Green Papers on pension simplification and presents a written evaluation to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Future of UK Pensions , December 2002
Bond Theory Grabs Notice as Pension Debate Swells By Kaja Whitehouse
The UK Pension System: The Current System and the Reforms since 1980 by David Blake, Pensions Institute, September 2002
Securitization of Hedge Funds: Creating a More Efficient Market by Clark Cheng, CFA.
The Pensions Institute Director presents written evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into the Future of UK Pensions , August 2002.
Pensions for life? The rise of pensions as a development issue
An article from id21 insights – communicating development research
Cognitive Dissonance
An article for The Actuary Magazine by John Shuttleworth
Business Pensions and Investments
Accountancy, May 2002 by John Shuttleworth
Business Pensions and Investments
Accountancy, Jan-Apr 2002 by John Shuttleworth
GLOBAL INVESTING: Long view turns out to be risky business
Zvi Bodie
Performance Benchmarks for Institutional Investors
Measuring, Monitoring and Modifying Investment Behaviour, David Blake
Enhancing Annuities with Equity
David Blake, Andrew Cairns and Kevin Dowd
How Does Pension Wealth Affect Asset Composition, Savings and Retirement Behaviour?
David Blake
The Ideal Pension Scheme
David Blake (From: Pension Schemes and Pension Funds in the United Kingdom, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, forthcoming)
UK Pension Fund Management: How is Asset Allocation Influenced by the Valuation of Liabilities?
David Blake
Does it Matter What Type of Pension Scheme you have?
David Blake (published in the February 2000 issue of the Economic Journal)
Annuities in Pension Plans
David Blake (text of talk for World Bank Annuities Workshop 7-8 June 1999)