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  Wealth - Journal Vol. 15

•  Letter from Rob Heyvaert
•  Letter from Shahin Shojai, Editor

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR

•   Adam Smiths relevance today
  
  Eamonn Butler, Director, Adam Smith Institute

THE NOBLE LAUREATE VIEW

•   A perspective on the reliability of economic and financial predictive models
  
  Prof. Sir Clive W. J. Granger, Professor Emeritus, University of California at San Diego Joint Winner of The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2003
•   Helping to manage, if not eliminate, the nuclear threat facing our world
  
  Michael Christ, Executive Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985

PRESERVATION

•   Switzerland and trusts (Opinion)
  
  Robert Danon, Tax Counsel, Baker & McKenzie Geneva
  Richard Gassmann, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Zurich
  Stephanie Jarrett, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Geneva
  Philip Marcovici, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Zurich
•   From reform to crisis Re examining the pension system in Argentina (Opinion)
  
  Rafael Rofman, Senior Economist, The World Bank
  Fabio Bertranou, Senior Social Security Specialist, International Labour Office
  Carlos Grushka, Head of Statistics and Pension Research, Superintendency of Pension Funds, Argentina
•   Financial terrorism in America (Opinion)
  
  Mark Faulk, Editor, The Faulking Truth
•   Wealth and charity Financial techniques and modern philanthropy (Opinion)
  
  David Clark,Chairman, Charity Bank, and Member of the Board of Editors, Journal of Financial Transformation
•   The effect of wealth and ownership on firm performance
  
  Kenneth R. Spong, Senior Policy Economist, Banking Studies and Structure, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
  Richard J. Sullivan, Senior Economist, Payments System Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
•   New guidance on structuring hedge fund investments within variable life and annuity contracts
  
  Deborah M. Beers, Esquire Attorney, Buchanan Ingersoll, P.C., Including the Law Firm of Silverstein and Mullens, Washington, D.C.
•   The importance of wealth for subjective well-being
  
  Bruce Headey, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne
  Mark Wooden, Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

MANAGEMENT

•   From regulation to over-regulation and back How to break the vicious circle
  
  Michel Y. Dèrobert, Secretary General, Swiss Private Bankers Association (SPBA)
•   The family office Fleeting trend or lasting values (Opinion)
  
  Myriam Burri, Head of Marketing And Communications, Pictet Family Office
  Olivier Reymond, CIO, Pictet Family Office
•   Momentum and index investing Implications for market efficiency (Opinion)
  
  Rond Bird, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University, and currently Associate Professor, University of Technology, Sydney
  Xue-Zhong (Tony) He, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney
  Satish Thosar, Associate Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, and the University of Redlands
  Paul Woolley, Chairman of GMO (Europe) and Honorary Fellow at the University of York
•   Reporting value to the private equity fund investor
  
  Andreas Kemmerer, Chair of Banking, University of Frankfurt (Main)
  Tom Weidig, CEO, QuantExperts
•   The municipal bond market in South Africa
  
  Andrea Saayman, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Risk Management and International Trade, North-West University
  Adelia Horn, School of Economics, Risk Management and International Trade, North-West University
•   Private equity funds Return characteristics, return drivers and consequences for investors
  
  Christoph Kaserer, Professor of the Department of Financial Management and Capital Markets, and Scientific Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS) Technische Universitàt MÙnchen
  Christian Diller, Research Assistant at the Department of Financial Management and Capital Market, and CEFS, Technische Universitàt MÙnchen

RELEASE

•   A new era for commodity investments (Opinion)
  
  Hugh R. Lamle, President, M.D. Sass Investors Services, Inc.
  Terrence F. Martell, Saxe Distinguished Professor of Finance, and Director, Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College, City University of New York
•   The growth of global wealth until 2020 (Opinion)
  
  Stefan Bergheim, Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank Research
•   Opinion Residential property what role in individual wealth and investment
  
  John Smullen, Greenwich Business School
  Keith MacDonald, Partner, Capco
•   The development of the reverse mortgage market
  
  Bill Irving, President, Capco
  Tom Roughan, Principal Consultant, Capco
•   Banks default risk and regulatory factors in emerging market economies
  
  Christophe J. Godlewski, Research Fellow, Large, Universitè Robert Schuman
•   Saving and the effectiveness of financial education
  
  Annamaria Lusardi, Associate Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College and NBER