Who's who

Programme Directors

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 .

Senior Programme Consultants

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.

Programme Associates (Research Staff)

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.

Programme Secretary

Mohabeer, Sooraya (Ms) - Programme Administrator
Administrator, FMG.
Contact details:  020 7955 6301, S.B.Mohabeer@lse.ac.uk

UBS Global Asset Management

Deane, Sandie - Director, Communication, UBS Global Asset Management
Contact details: 020 7901 5155; sandie.deane@ubs.com

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