Alistair Byrne

University of Edinburgh - Business School

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University of Edinburgh

29 Buccleuch Place

Edinburgh, EH8 9JS

United Kingdom

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1.

Fair Value Accounting and Managerial Discretion

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 06 Mar 2008
Alistair Byrne, Iain Clacher, David Hillier and Allan Hodgson
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Leeds - Faculty of Business, University of Strathclyde - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Queensland - Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
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Accounting Standards, FRS-17, Pensions, Managerial Discretion, Capital Markets, Fair Value Accounting

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Employee Saving and Investment Decisions in Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Survey Evidence from the UK

Financial Services Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Alistair Byrne
University of Edinburgh - Business School
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pensions, defined contribution, behavioural economics, survey data

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Default Funds in UK Defined Contribution Pension Plans

Financial Analysts Journal, July/August 2007
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Alistair Byrne, Kevin Dowd, David P. Blake and Andrew J. G. Cairns
University of Edinburgh - Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), City, University of London and Heriot-Watt University - Department of Actuarial Science & Statistics
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defined contribution, default funds, asset allocation, lifecycle investing

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Dealing With the Reluctant Investor: Innovation and Governance in DC Pension Investment

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Dealing With the Reluctant Investor: Innovation and Governance in DC Pension Investment

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Sep 2007
Alistair Byrne, Debbie Harrison and David P. Blake
University of Edinburgh - Business School, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School and City, University of London
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pensions, defined contribution, lifecycle funds, governance

Dealing With the Reluctant Investor: Innovation and Governance in DC Pension Investment

Pensions Institute, 2007
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jun 2020
Alistair Byrne, Debbie Harrison and David P. Blake
University of Edinburgh - Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and City, University of London
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There's No Time Like the Present: The Cost of Delaying Retirement Saving

Financial Services Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Alistair Byrne, Kevin Dowd, David P. Blake and Andrew J. G. Cairns
University of Edinburgh - Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), City, University of London and Heriot-Watt University - Department of Actuarial Science & Statistics
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retirement saving, defined contribution, stochastic simulation

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The Stakeholder Pension Lottery: An Analysis of the Default Funds in UK Stakeholder Pension Schemes

EFA 2005 Moscow Meetings Paper, Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jan 2005
Alistair Byrne, Kevin Dowd, David P. Blake and Andrew J. G. Cairns
University of Edinburgh - Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), City, University of London and Heriot-Watt University - Department of Actuarial Science & Statistics
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pension schemes, defined contribution, default funds, strategic asset allocation, lifestyle profile, stochastic simulation

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Financial Sophistication and Pension Plan Decisions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Feb 2009
Alistair Byrne, David P. Blake and Graham Mannion
University of Edinburgh - Business School, City, University of London and PensionDCisions
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Pensions, Defined Contribution, Contribution Rates, Investment Choice

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Dynamic Lifecycle Strategies for Target Date Retirement Funds

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Dynamic Lifecycle Strategies for Target Date Retirement Funds

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Feb 2009
Anup K. Basu, Alistair Byrne and Michael E. Drew
Queensland University of Technology, University of Edinburgh - Business School and Griffith University
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pension schemes, defined contribution, strategic asset allocation, lifecycle profile, stochastic simulation

Dynamic Lifecycle Strategies for Target Date Retirement Funds

https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2011.37.2.083
Posted: 21 May 2019
Anup K. Basu, Alistair Byrne and Michael E. Drew
Queensland University of Technology, University of Edinburgh - Business School and Griffith University

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Lifecycle, Target Date, Pensions

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Employee Attitudes to Pensions: Evidence from Focus Groups

Pensions, Vol. 11, No. 2, March 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Alistair Byrne and Bill Rhodes
University of Edinburgh - Business School and Pendragon PLC
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pensions, focus groups

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Annuities & Accessibilility: How the Industry Can Empower Consumers to Make Rational Choices

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne and David P. Blake
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of Edinburgh - Business School and City, University of London
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Pyrrhic Victory? The Unintended Consequences of the Pensions Act 2004

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne, Bill Rhodes and David P. Blake
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of Edinburgh - Business School, Pendragon PLC and City, University of London
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Delivering DC? Barriers to Participation in the Company-Sponsored Pensions Market

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 18 Feb 2009
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne and David P. Blake
City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, University of Edinburgh - Business School and City, University of London
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Pyrrhic Victory? The Unintended Consequence of the Pensions Act 2004

Economic Affairs, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 9-16, June 2006
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 May 2006
Alistair Byrne, Debbie Harrison, David P. Blake and Bill Rhodes
University of Edinburgh - Business School, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, City, University of London and Pendragon PLC
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Pension Plan Decisions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Jun 2020
Alistair Byrne, David P. Blake and Graham Mannion
University of Edinburgh - Business School, City, University of London and PensionDCisions
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Pensions; Defined Contribution; Contribution Rates; Investment Choice; Behavioural Biases

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An Exploration of the Conditional Timing Performance of UK Unit Trusts

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 33, No. 5-6, pp. 816-838, June/July 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Aug 2006
Alistair Byrne, Jonathan Fletcher and Patricia Ntozi
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Strathclyde - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Strathclyde - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Delivering DC? Barriers to Participation in the Company-Sponsored Pensions Market

Pensions Institute, 2004
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 18 Jun 2020
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne and David P. Blake
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Edinburgh - Business School and City, University of London
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Annuities and Accessibility – How the Industry Can Empower Consumers to Make Rational Choices

Harrison, Byrne, and Blake 2006, Pensions Institute
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Jun 2020
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne and David P. Blake
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Edinburgh - Business School and City, University of London
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Pyrrhic Victory? The Unintended Consequences of the UK Pensions Act 2004

Pensions Institute, 2005
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Jun 2020
Debbie Harrison, Alistair Byrne, Bill Rhodes and David P. Blake
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Edinburgh - Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and City, University of London
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Default Funds in U.K. Defined-Contribution Plans

Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 40-51, July/August 2007
Posted: 25 Jul 2007
Alistair Byrne, Kevin Dowd, David P. Blake and Andrew J. G. Cairns
University of Edinburgh - Business School, Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), City, University of London and Heriot-Watt University - Department of Actuarial Science & Statistics

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Private Wealth Management, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Management, Other