Showing 1 - 4 of 4
We portray the valuation of retirement savings in terms of a mental time travel journey in which a proposed contribution to a pension plan is projected forward to the plan member's retirement date and this projected value is then discounted back to today, thereby giving a present or personal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013201264
We establish 16 good practice principles for modelling defined contribution pension plans. These principles cover the following issues: model specification and calibration; modelling quantifiable uncertainty; modelling member choices; modelling member characteristics, such as occupation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013201411
Many people find it difficult to start and maintain a retirement savings plan. We show how nudges can be used both to encourage people to save enough to provide an acceptable standard of living in retirement and to draw down their accumulated pension fund to maximize retirement spending, without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332418
This article re-examines key explanations of the Global Financial Crisis-product complexity, behavioural biases in decision making, systemic risk, and regulatory arbitrage and capture-and finds a common underlying cause, namely gaming by personnel at all levels in the banking sector and its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332446