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Risk management is the cornerstone of investing February 2010 Bruce Curwood Director Investment Strategy The root cause of many failures in pension risk management is poor governance. Many fiduciaries place too much emphasis on return without spending the time it takes to understand and manage the risks in their funds. This paper is the second of a three-part series on risk and its management. It explores the major reasons many institutional investors have trouble managing risk and proposes a new way to think about risk management and governance. Request this research A note about our research Our proprietary research is made available to our institutional clients, and many of these published papers are available to other institutional investors as well. If you are not a Russell client, but are an institutional investor, we welcome you to request this research piece. We only require your contact information on a short request form. For more information about our research, please contact David or Gerry:     West Coast David Rothenberg Managing Director 866-926-5934 East Coast Gerry Lillis Director 866-459-4128 USI-12441			Related information There is nothing normal about risk By Bruce Curwood "Mostly brick" and "Not yet a bonfire" By Bruce Curwood & Don Ezra Request this research Printer friendly version of this page