Bloomberg
Taking a Peek Inside Los Angeles's $60B Pension Fund
Oct.29 -- Jonathan Grabel, CIO of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA), talks with Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz on "Bloomberg Money Undercover" about the allocation to private assets in pension funds, fees and...
Bloomberg
Bill Gross on Jobs, Fed, Bonds, and Negative Rates
Oct. 7 -- Bill Gross, fund manager at Janus Capital, examines the Federal Reserve's rate hike path following the U.S. September jobs report, low interest rates' risk to capitalism, and a potential increase in fiscal spending. He speaks...
Bloomberg
Main Street Is Getting Hooked on Leverage
Dec.17 -- Private credit has transformed the oldest game in banking: loans. In the decade since the crisis, investors have poured vast sums of money at companies that are generally too small or too risky for sober bankers. What began...
Bloomberg
Will Pension Funds Pay Internal Managers to Cut Costs?
Jan.12 -- Cammack Retirement Group Vice President and Senior Consultant Jeffrey Snyder discusses Calpers’ decision to shift as much as $30 billion from external to internal managers and attempts by pension funds to cut costs. He speaks...
Bloomberg
Pension Funds Reel From Falling Bond Yields
Aug.27 -- A once-unthinkable collapse in global bond yields is forcing pension funds to buy bonds that offer negative returns -- putting the financial security of future retirees in jeopardy. Bloomberg's Luke Kawa has more on "Bloomberg...
University of California
University of California Television: Revelle Forum: Pension Debts
A televised report by economic journalist and author Roger Lowenstein discussing his book, "While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Credit Default Swaps (Cds) Intro
Introduction to credit default swaps and why they can be dangerous.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: American Civics: Pension Obligations
A video thinking about pensions, defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans and how pensions tend to get underfunded. [10:07]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: American Civics: Illinois Pension Obligations
Using Illinois as an example of what happens when pension obligations are underfunded. [7:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Credit Default Swaps
This video is an introduction to credit default swaps. [10:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Credit Default Swaps (C Ds) Intro
Introduction to credit default swaps and why they can be dangerous. [3:19]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Credit Default Swaps 2
Sal Khan discusses the systemic risks of credit default swaps. [12:03]