TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume 13, Issue 1-2 (January–April 2008)

Special Focus: Alternative Assets

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Editorial

What's the alternative? Investment strategy and the pension fund decision process FREE

Guy Fraser-Sampson

Pensions Int J 13: 1-6; doi:10.1057/palgrave.pm.5950062

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Articles

Cost structures in defined contribution systems: The case of Singapore's central provident fund

Benedict S K Koh, Olivia S Mitchell and Joelle H Y Fong

Pensions Int J 13: 7-14; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.3

For how long will defined benefit liabilities continue to grow?

Santiago Caballero

Pensions Int J 13: 15-23; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.2

Public pension provision: A comparison of the British and Japanese systems, based on their university arrangements FREE

Ali M El-Agraa

Pensions Int J 13: 25-48; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.5

Options under annuity, a choice of values — The Indian experience

V N S Pillai

Pensions Int J 13: 49-53; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.7

The relationship between target date and target risk funds

Nigel D Lewis

Pensions Int J 13: 55-60; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.10

How many fund managers does a fund-of-funds need?

Kartik Patel

Pensions Int J 13: 61-69; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.9

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Focus Section: Alternative Assets

Incorporating uncertainty about alternative assets in strategic pension fund asset allocation

Wilma de Groot and Laurens Swinkels

Pensions Int J 13: 71-77; doi:10.1057/palgrave.pm.5950063

Diversity in asset allocation

Robert Brown

Pensions Int J 13: 79-81; doi:10.1057/palgrave.pm.5950064

Building the case for direct infrastructure

Danny Latham

Pensions Int J 13: 83-87; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.8

Fine violins as an alternative investment: Strings attached?

R A J Campbell

Pensions Int J 13: 89-96; doi:10.1057/palgrave.pm.5950065

'LBO bubble, what bubble?'

Katharina Lichtner

Pensions Int J 13: 97-100; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.1

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Academic Section

Interaction of defined benefit pension plans and social security FREE

Pierre Pestieau and Uri M Possen

Pensions Int J 13: 101-117; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.6

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Book Reviews

Multi Asset Class Investment Strategy

Rebecca Meijlink

Pensions Int J 13: 119-120; doi:10.1057/palgrave.pm.5950066

Pension Scheme Deficits

Robin Ellison

Pensions Int J 13: 121-122; doi:10.1057/pm.2008.4