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Evaluating risk sharing in private pensions plans

Title
Evaluating risk sharing in private pensions plans [electronic resource] / Hans J. Blommestein ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.

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  • Blommestein, Hans J.
  • Janssen, Pascal.
  • Kortleve, Niels.
  • Yermo, Juan.
Found In
OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends Vol. 2009, no. 1, p. 163-184 1995-2872
Description
22 p.
Summary
The principal purpose of this article is to analyse the trade-off between the (un)certainty in contributions on the one hand and benefits on the other that is embedded in different pension arrangements. The article employs the funding ratio (ratio of assets to liabilities) and the replacement rate (ratio of benefits to salaries) as key criteria for evaluating the risk sharing characteristics of a private pension plan from the perspective of the plan member. The stochastic simulations performed show that hybrid plans (those in between traditional DB and individual DC) appear to be more efficient and sustainable forms of risk sharing than either of the other two. Of the three main hybrid plans analysed, conditional indexation plans appear to have the greatest potential as sustainable forms of risk sharing.
Subject
Finance and Investment
LCCN
10.1787/fmt-v2009-art7-en
OCLC
oecd-lib
Title
Evaluating risk sharing in private pensions plans [electronic resource] / Hans J. Blommestein ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2009.
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Full text online available onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Finance and Investment
Added Author
Blommestein, Hans J.
Janssen, Pascal.
Kortleve, Niels.
Yermo, Juan.
Found In:
OECD Journal: Financial Market Trends Vol. 2009, no. 1, p. 163-184 2009:1<163 1995-2872
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/fmt-v2009-art7-en doi
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