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Phishing and ransomware risks on the rise for pension funds, says expert

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:30:11 +0000

Phishing and ransomware attacks are among the top threats to pension plan sponsors and institutional investors by cyber criminals, according to Jennifer Williams, director of information security at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. “A common approach by cyber criminals begins with a simple phishing email designed to cause an employee to mistakenly action the […]

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What are best practices for pensions investing in illiquid assets?

mschmit — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 02:26:23 +0000

Institutional investors have been rushing into the arms of alternative, less liquid, investments over the past two decades. But there is considerable variation in how major players approach these investments, according to a paper by Kristy Jansen a PhD-student at Tilburg University and Patrick Tuijp, a research affiliate at the University of Amsterdam. In examining […]

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