Pension, to most people, implies a regular payment from a specific age-such as retirement-until death. Individual … retirement accounts are a vehicle for retirement savings but they do not become a pension in the conventional sense of the word … expectancy is normally uncertain. So people would have to spend accumulated wealth slowly after retirement to ensure an adequate …

This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries …, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to … between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more …

1990s transformed the landscape for retirement products in Sweden. First, banking and insurance were extensively …. It examines the performance of providers of retirement products, including the PPM, and reviews the increasing focus on …

scheme should aim to provide a reasonable level of retirement income. Secondly, the benefit level must be consistent with …

The adequacy of retirement incomes is a central goal of all types of pension system. In defined contribution pension …

savings'. The note compares funded and pay-as-you-go finance of retirement incomes, highlighting the transition double burden …