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This 13 page paper considers different aspects of risk that will help understanding of risk and reward to an interested party, such as a pension fund trustee. The paper begins with a discussion on risk and reward and the role of risk in an investment, the paper then looks at the role of Arbitrage Pricing Theory(APT) and Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and how they compare. The bibliography cites 25 sources.
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of cases where pension funds have been wound up, and those who are not yet claiming a pension finding that they may not gain anything, despite many years of payment,
due to the priority system that is in place under current legislation. The concerns have also focused on the role of the pension trustee, a role that is complex and
many trustees did not receive any training. To judge the trustees is a misrepresentation of the blame, which is much broader and can be seen within the entire pensions environment.
However, the trustee now need to understand the way in which they need to monitor risk and assess the risks that a fund may have to face. For a pension
fund to meet the obligations there will be a need for the fund managers to generate real growth. This means that the fund will need to grow at a rate
greater than inflation. This is real growth. To do this there will usually need to be the investment in equalities. The reason is that these are some of the only
investments that are able to grow at a rate greater than inflation, usually due to the potential for duel income, both capital growth and also dividend income. The same may
be said of property, where there is capital growth and income from rent or leases. However, many pension funds will access the property market though equities rather than directly.
There are different scales of risk, and these may be used for different purposes, but the role of the risk and reward equation needs to be understood before assessment of
the risks can take place. In general terms the greater the risk the greater the required reward by the investor to justify the investment. This means that there is a
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