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The Economy Edition is perfect for people who value a well constructed, reasonably priced prayer book. It is also suitable for mass distribution in schools and for use as a pew prayer book. Black hardcover binding, gold cross, Presentation Page, square corners.
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Great Prayers For Ecumenical Services.......2007-06-02
I have found this book to be of great value in my Ecumenical relations with other faiths.
I have also found for myself a deep spiritual renewal in reading this book.
I recommend this Book of Common Prayer to all that value the wisdom within other faiths.
Very Good!.......2007-05-14
Well, I can't rate the BCP anything but positive. My only concern was I failed to read the size of the book and it was smaller then I would have liked, the pages are thin, but at the same time feel very "strong." It has the Daily Office and the complete Psalter. If only I had read the dimensions, I am sure I would have opted for a larger addition. If you don't have problems with smaller print, then by all means purchase this copy, you can't be the price. Also the binding it very good, the book while small, lays flat, whch is a really nice in a hardcover book of this size.
Review of BCP.......2007-03-25
I was pleased with this book, as well as for the speed of delivery. Thanks.
the other good book.......2007-03-24
This book was so good, I used it in my wedding!
Book of Uncommon prayer.......2007-03-23
A wonderful size to tuck in a backpack or purse, I love the language of the liturgy and the realm of spiritual union they create between the reader and God. Nicely bound, delicate paper.
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Praise for The Independent Fiduciary "Rusty Olson is a pioneer and leader in wise investing for pension funds. Institutional executives in all nations should study his experienced advice." —John M. Templeton Founder, Templeton Investment Counsel "Rusty Olson has provided a reader-friendly tour through the complex jungle of investing, pointing out both the opportunities and pitfalls that lie before the independent fiduciary. At once constructive and skeptical, his common sense—particularly the wit and wisdom of Chapter 18, `Aphorisms'—shows through this thoughtful book." —John C. Bogle Founder, The Vanguard Group "Rusty Olson is one of the best managers the fund sponsor side has ever produced. He understands the risk and reward of diverse asset classes and has the stomach to follow his convictions. He is in every sense a professional investor." —William Crerend Founder, Evaluation Associates, Inc. "I can highly recommend Rusty Olson's new book on the basis of almost twenty years' experience with him. He touches on all the bases of possible intelligent investment, by no means limiting his responsibilities to the active market of the stock exchange, NASDAQ, etc. It would seem essential that every library in the country should want to own this volume." —Roy R. Neuberger Founder, Neuberger Berman "Rusty Olson is a wise fiduciary. Drawing on his vast experience he introduces the language, concepts, and issues that every fiduciary must understand and suggests solutions to many thorny problems." —Barr Rosenberg Chairman, AXA Rosenberg Group LLC "Rusty Olson has been one of the most intense students and brilliant executors of investment opportunities and risk assessment for retirement funds. BARRA RogersCasey has had the honor to serve Rusty and Eastman Kodak for over twenty years—always learning from him. The Independent Fiduciary will evolve into Retirement Fund Investing 101 for newcomers and experienced practitioners alike." —John F. Casey Chairman, BARRA RogersCasey
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The Pension Fund Revolution
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The unseen revolution.......2000-07-02
Obviously, I liked the book. Drucker describes the pension fund industry and it's growing importance in the capital markets. But remember this is just a new edition of the 1976 classic "The unseen revolution" by Harper & Row (with a new preface)...
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"For more than 20 years I have admired the diligence and resourcefulness of Rusty Olson in the wise management of fiduciary investments. Institutional executives in all nations may want to study his experienced advice."-John M. Templeton, founder, Templeton Investment Counsel
"Rusty Olson has provided a reader-friendly tour through the complex jungle of investing, pointing out both the opportunities and pitfalls that lie before those responsible for Other People's Money. At once constructive and skeptical, his reputation as the consummate investment professional shines through on every page."-John C. Bogle, founder, The Vanguard Group
On the heels of Enron and other high-profile debacles, the performance of pension fund managers is one of today's hot-button topics. Investing in Pension Funds and Endowments provides tools and guidance for managers to operate prudently while achieving the high rates of return required for successful longterm asset growth. This accessible how-to reference covers all aspects of tax-free investing for pension funds, endowments, trusts, and foundations.
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Until recently, "public pension fund management" is an area that received little attention by policymakers, practitioners, and development agencies. Even though there is growing interest in the public pension fund reform both in emerging and developed countries, there are not many resources available in the market in this area.
The World Bank decided to actively contribute to the international debate over the public pension fund management in order to better advise its clients and design its programs in this area. One of the most important aspects of this effort, and one in which the World Bank has some comparative advantage, is in bringing together country experiences in order to learn which policies have been working and which policies have failed.
Public Pension Fund Management highlights the key themes and findings of the Second Public Pension Fund Management Conference which was organized by the Bank and took place in May 2003. This book addresses issues of governance, accountability, and investment policies and aims to foster ongoing dialogue and exchange of experiences across regions and between emerging and developed economies.
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Until recently, 'public pension fund management" is an area that received little attention by policymakers, practitioners, and development agencies. Even though there is growing interest in the public pension fund reform both in emerging and developed countries, there are not many resources available in the market in this area. The World Bank decided to actively contribute to the international debate over the public pension fund management in order to better advise its clients and design its programs in this area. One of the most important aspects of this effort, and one in which the World Bank has some comparative advantage, is in bringing together country experiences in order to learn which policies have been working and which policies have failed. Public Pension Fund Management highlights the key themes and findings of the Second Public Pension Fund Management Conference which was organized by the Bank and took place in May 2003. This book addresses issues of governance, accountability, and investment policies and aims to foster ongoing dialogue and exchange of experiences across regions and between emerging and developed economies.
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Pension Power: Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada
Isla Carmichael
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Canadian pension fund assets are second in size only to the combined financial assets of the major banks and have become a critical source of capital for national and international markets. Given their tax-exempt status, pension funds can provide the long-term capital needed to build a new economy based on real productivity. The funds are controlled by an intricate web of financial and legal standards but, as deferred wages, are largely beyond the control of workers or their unions.
In Pension Power, Isla Carmichael argues that unions could - and should - have a new role to play in the economy by gaining control over their members' pension funds. She demonstrates how the financial industry's access to the capital goes against the interests of working people, and she provides convincing evidence that union management of pensions would better protect benefits and offer support in building infrastructure in communities and protecting the environment. This is a work of singular commitment to a fundamental shift in the structure of managing one of Canada's largest pools of capital.
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Internationally recognized experts in the field introduce their "business excellence paradigm".
In this book, two leading pension fund experts lay out a comprehensive plan for effective fund management. With the help of domestic and global case studies they critically assess current approaches to pension fund management and isolate what works and what doesn't using their unique critically acclaimed "run-it-like-a-business" model.
Keith P. Ambachtsheer (Toronto, Canada) is principle at KPA Advisory Service, Inc., a pension fund management consulting firm. He runs The Ambachtsheer Letter and cofounded Cost Effective Measurement, Inc., which monitors the performance of 300 of the world's largest asset funds. D. Don Ezra (Toronto, Canada) is Director of European Consulting at Frank Russell Co. His previous books include The Struggle for Pension Fund Wealth.
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This book shows that pension funds and mutual funds that screen investments according to social and ethical preferences frequently harm those people and causes (for example, the poor and the environment) that they are designed to help.
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Valuable information for anyone wanting to understand how Socially Responsible Investing impacts pension funds.......2006-01-13
The idea of corporate executives looting and mishandling pension funds (defined benefit programs) and harming their retiree's sickens all of us. Those that abuse these trusts (sacred trusts, in my book) should be punished. And if the law can't get them, they deserve every bit of public opprobrium we can send their way. However, it is vital to realize that the boardroom is not the only threat to pension fund well being. This book talks about the threat from those who would use the treasury of the funds they have been entrusted to administer for political and social engineering ends; too often at the cost of the people who depend on that money for their retirement.
This book consists of four essays; each discussing a different aspect of the ways in which the politicization of the administration and investing of pension funds puts the beneficiaries (actually, owners) of the funds at risk. While the book does not claim that pension funds are currently at risk of failing because of this activity, it does point out the ways in which such activities are costing retirees millions upon millions of dollars. That some claim this is small potatoes compared to the billions under management shows the danger of this collectivist mindset. If those millions are measured against each individual retiree, how many pensions are effectively squandered? That it might be claimed it is only pennies is beside the point. Whose pennies and dollars and tens of millions of dollars are being co-opted to indulge someone else's agenda?
The first essay by the editor, Jon Entine, lays out the nature and scope of the problem. While still small, the Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) movement is a disturbing trend. He does point out that that a CalPERS president had to be removed from the board because of his efforts to use the fund's great power to intervene in a dispute between Safeway and the union for which he was also executive director.
The second essay describes the different approaches to SRI and its financial realities. The approaches range from screening (hospital worker's funds not investing in tobacco stocks) to activist approaches to management (CalPERS) to transforming the corporation into a social entity with effects on its products and policies. The paper concludes that the amount of SRI is actually quite small and overstated. That its effects in the marketplace are nill and the purported benefits to investors is ambiguous at best. The paper concludes that screening is probably harmless because there are other investors to step in when the SRI fund pulls out. Screening makes sense when the members of the fund are like minded. However, in large funds with very diverse memberships, it is difficult to reconcile such deviations from the fiduciary responsibility maximum returns with such non-financial considerations.
The third essay lays out why the growth of these non-financial considerations and approaches threaten the property rights of the beneficiaries of the funds. The sheer volume of the money available attracts those who would use it for their own purposes. The author also compares the fiduciary responsibility required by these property rights versus the purely political Social Security program, which confers no property rights. The federal program versus state laws and regulations are also compared.
The fourth essay powerfully pulls together these threads to demonstrate the social agenda of many of these pension boards, how interconnected they are, and exposes their statements of these purposes. The seemingly benign but actually very radical notion of stakeholder ownership of corporations is also discussed. This popular doctrine is gaining ground in developed countries. The threats are not only to pensioners, but to the real owners of the firm, the shareholders, whose property is being disposed of by people who do not share their risk.
This is an interesting set of papers that I recommend to anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of this additional threat to the pensions of millions of Americans. As an aside, I think this book provides yet another reason to switch to defined contribution plans from these defined benefit programs that are failing at an ever increasing pace for a variety of reasons.
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The New World of Pension Fund Management looks at the traditional (defined-benefit) pension plan system in the United States. The authors in this conference proceedings (armed with their first-hand knowledge of the problems, and the solutions) address organizational issues, riskmanagement, return objectives, asset/liability management, and theregulatory environment. Proceedings of the Seminar "The New World of Pension Fund Management"
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Every investment professional involved with the management of pension funds will embrace this wide-ranging handbook. Consisting of articles by an esteemed panel of contributors, it covers the basics as well as the latest on pension fund governance, operations, and value creation.
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