Risk management and UK defined benefit pension provision: A perspective from financial sociology
Abstract
This opinion piece draws on a tradition of sociological engagement with the fiscal and financial world to outline implications for risk management discipline. Risk management is considered through a sociological conception of economic agency. The emphasis is on the history of the management of defined benefit pension funds, reflecting empirical work conducted, but broader implications for financial institutions are also highlighted.
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Author's Biography
Yally Avrahampour is a Fellow at the Department of Management at the London School of Economics & Political Science. He has recently completed a PhD on the management of defined pension funds over the past sixty years in the UK at the University of Essex. He has been a visiting researcher at Columbia University (2003–2004). His work has been presented at annual conferences of the Academy of Management and American Sociological Association.
Citation
Avrahampour, Yally (2008, September 1). Risk management and UK defined benefit pension provision: A perspective from financial sociology. In the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions, Volume 1, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.69554/OVGZ3939.
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