Abstract

As Professor Blair has pointed out, modern portfolio theory suggests a multitude of irrationalities in common law standards for trustees managing investment funds. In elaborating the statutory standards for the “prudent expert” established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,1 these perversities are certainly to be avoided. Using portfolio theory to criticize the current standards, however, is a different and much simpler task than using the theory to promulgate new standards that courts can use effectively.

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