AlternativChronicle is a monthly e-newsletter that provides insights into the world of investments, risk management and capital markets. The articles provide alternative views on matters related to finance, economics and decision-making.

The contributors are experts and veteran professionals in the field of finance, each with several decades of executive level experience. The topics covered tend to be practical and timely in nature, but can also deal with theoretical subjects.

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Current Newsletter:

Moving Between the Dark Sides

By Special Guest Columnist….Paul Owens, Deputy Superintendent of Pensions, FRSP

Traditionally, movement in the pension and investment industry was between the plan sponsor, consulting and investment segments. Moves towards the consulting or investments parts were often characterized as heading to the “dark side.” On January 3, 2012, I started a new phase of my career, this time as Deputy Superintendent of Pensions for the Financial Sector Regulation and Policy (FSRP) division with the Ministry of Finance for the Government of Alberta. One long-term colleague referenced this as going to the “alternative dark side”..........(con't)

‘Investing is Easy! Isn’t It?’ (...redux)

by George M. Klar…..President, Alternativ Solution Inc.

Readers of this newsletter know that aside from consulting to pension plans, investment managers and financial institutions, I am an instructor at the Schulich School of Business at York University. For the past four years, I’ve been teaching an undergraduate course on investing for students with money management aspirations. The course is as ‘real’ as it gets! Classes are limited to 44 students. After forming into groups of four, the resulting 11 teams are each given $1 million dollars to develop and execute an investment strategy for 10 weeks........(con't)