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Global Pensions is a monthly publication that provides comprehensive coverage of the issues facing institutions seeking to maximize their investments. From reporting on key developments in the pensions industry to analyzing markets, services and products, and covering the major industry news stories, Global Pensions looks at the subject from a truly global perspective.

Each month, Gary Klopfenstein, senior managing director and head of Mesirow Financial's Currency Management group, contributes an article, Investment Outlook, to Global Pensions. With nearly two decades of experience in foreign exchange, Mr. Klopfenstein is one of the top practitioners in the world in the field of currency risk management. Below is an archive of his articles that have been published in the magazine.


December, 2006
In the December issue of Investment Outlook, Gary Klopfenstein, senior managing director, discusses how innovation can be seen both in terms of the types of investments made and the framework in which the investment decisions are analyzed.
(posted December 4, 2006)

 
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November, 2006
In the November issue of Investment Outlook, Gary Klopfenstein, senior managing director, explores how institutional investors are adding non-correlated beta and inflation protection to their portfolios through the use of commodities.
(posted November 6, 2006)

 
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October, 2006
In the October issue of Investment Outlook, Gary Klopfenstein, senior managing director, explores the trend toward using currency and global bonds to enhance yields in traditional core fixed income portfolios.
(posted October 2, 2006)

 
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September, 2006
In the September issue of Investment Outlook, Gary Klopfenstein, senior managing director, explores the reasons behind why accessing top-performing private equity firms is paramount to achieving superior investment returns.
(posted September 5, 2006)

 
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August, 2006
In the August issue of Investment Outlook, a regular column in Global Pensions, Gary Klopfenstein, discusses the increasing frequency of separation of alpha and beta, including definitions of both terms and examples of them in action.
(posted August 7, 2006)

 
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July, 2006
In the July issue of Global Pensions, Gary Klopfenstein, head of Mesirow Financial's Currency Management, explores how currency continues to evolve as a capital efficient, non-correlated investment that provides portable alpha to institutional investors' portfolios.
(posted July 3, 2006)

 
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June, 2006
Gary Klopfenstein, head of Currency Management, authors a monthly column for Global Pension Magazine. The inaugural issue addresses strategies for successful investment management in today's environment of globalization and product innovation.
(posted June 5, 2006)

 
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