Risk Management and the Pension Fund industry

October 14, 2004

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Risk Management and the Pension Fund industry, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 25, 2024

Summary

This paper looks at the longer-term challenges pension funds face as population age and key issues to address to enhance their risk management practices and their role as long-term investors. The paper focuses primarily on Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where funded pension plans are most developed. The size of pension savings in these countries, their projected growth, and the recent development of funded pension schemes in other countries highlight the fast-growing importance of pension funds for international capital markets and to financial stability.

Subject: Aging, Bonds, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Labor, Pension spending, Pensions, Population and demographics, Stocks

Keywords: Aging, Asset allocation, Bonds, Europe, Fair value, Fixed income, GFSR, Global, Investment strategy, Liability matching, North America, Pension assets, Pension spending, Pensions, Sponsor company, Stocks

Publication Details

Pages:

41
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Global Financial Stability Report No. 2004/004
Stock No:

GFSREA2004101
ISBN:

9781451939293
ISSN:

1729-701X

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