Who's who
Besley, Tim (Prof.) - Programme Director Director, STICERD and EOPP; Professor of Economics, LSE; Program Director, CEPR Public Policy Programme. Specific research: Governance of pension schemes; the future of the Third Pillar. Other research interests: Development economics; political economy; public economics. More information: Economics Department , STICERD . Contact details: Room R530, 020 7955 6702, t.besley@lse.ac.uk .
Webb, David C. (Prof.) - Programme Director Director, FMG; Professor of Finance, LSE. Specific research: Analysis of the switch from DB to DC schemes. Other research interests: The economics of information. More information: Department of Finance , Financial Markets Group , LSE Experts. Contact details: Room R413, 020 7955 6301, d.c.webb@lse.ac.uk .
Blake, David (Prof.) - Senior Programme Consultant Senior Associate, FMG. Professor of Pension Economics, Cass Business School. Director of the Pension Institute. Specific research: Design and working of DB and DC schemes. Other research interests: Pension Economics and policy; pension fund investment management and performance. More information: The Pensions Institute . Contact details: Room 5068, 020 70405143, D.Blake@city.ac.uk
Tonks, Ian (Prof.) - Senior Programme Consultant Programme Director, FMG; Professor of Finance, University of Exeter. Director of Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment. Specific research: Performance measurement; accounting standards; market impact of pension fund behaviour. Other research interests: Market microstructure, directors' trading, new issue markets, asset pricing, accounting. More information: University of Exeter. Contact details: School of Business and Economics, Room F1 Xfi Building 01392 263461, I.Tonks@ex.ac.uk.
Anderson, Ron (Prof.) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Professor of Finance, LSE. Specific research: Pension transition problems, annuities markets. Other research interests: Dynamic corporate finance, contingent claims analysis, credit risk, financial market structure and regulation; structuring financial contracts and institutions. More information: Department of Finance , LSE Experts . Contact details: Room A375, 020 7955 7291, r.w.anderson@lse.ac.uk .
Inderst, Roman (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Staff member, FMG; Joint Lecturer in Economics and Finance, LSE. Specific research: Agency problems and pension fund financing. Other research interests: Corporate finance, industrial organization, search theory, bargaining theory. More information: personal web page . Contact details: Room S480, 020 7955 7291, r.inderst@lse.ac.uk .
Inkmann, Joachim (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Lecturer, Tilburg University Specific research: Strategic Asset Allocation; Asset Liability Modelling; Pension Fund Management. Other research interests: Pension Accounting; Financial and Panel Data Econometrics. More information: Tilburg University Contact details: Room B 940, +31134663545, J.Inkmann@uvt.nl .
Kosowski, Robert (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Research Officer, FMG; Assistant Professor of Finance, INSEAD. Specific research: Pension fund performance measurement; asset-liability management. Other research interests: Portfolio performance measurement; mutual, hedge and pension fund performance; investment management, asset pricing, financial econometrics. More information: Financial Markets Group. Contact details: Room R409, +33 (0)1 60 72 42 27, robert.kosowski@insead.edu .
Michaelides, Alex (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Lecturer in Economics, LSE; Consultant, FMG Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management Programme. Specific research: Dynamics of saving and portfolio choice in general equilibrium; simulation of transition paths. Other research interests: Empirical macroeconomics and finance, optimal asset allocation, determination of equity premia in economies with market frictions. More information: Economics Department . Contact details: Room S483, 020 7955 6857, a.michaelides@lse.ac.uk
Lopes, Paula (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Research Officer, FMG;. Specific research: Retirement Saving and Investments; Annuities; Pension Choice. Other research interests: Macroeconomics and Finance; Household Consumption; Personal Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit. More information: Financial Markets Group. Contact details: Room R411, 020 7955 7890, p.lopes@lse.ac.uk .
Prat, Andrea (Dr) - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Professor in Economics, LSE; Staff member, STICERD. Specific research: The governance of private pension plans; delegated portfolio management. Other research interests: Political economy, game theory, public economics More information: Economics Department , STICERD . Contact details: Room R522, 020 7955 6992, a.prat@lse.ac.uk .
Smith, Sarah - Programme Associate (Research Staff) Senior Research Fellow, CMPO (University of Bristol); Research Staff, FMG; Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies. Specific research: DB/ DC schemes and the impact on retirement incomes and timing of retirement. Other research interests: Applied micro analysis of pensions, retirement and household saving. More information: CMPO Contact details: Room 1.6, 0117 33 10798, sarah.smith@bristol.ac.uk.
Mohabeer, Sooraya (Ms) - Programme Administrator Administrator, FMG. Contact details: 020 7955 6301, S.B.Mohabeer@lse.ac.uk .
Deane, Sandie - Director, Communication, UBS Global Asset Management Contact details: 020 7901 5155; sandie.deane@ubs.com . ^
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