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November 13, 2008

Quote du Jour: PBGC's Circular Insurance Stategy

I'm working on something longer about the troubles at pension insurer Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, but this P&I quote from Jeffrey Brown at the University of Urbana-Champaign was just too good not to share:

Why would an insurance company invest in the same asset that they're insuring?

Why indeed.

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