This paper investigates individual retirement savings investment choices of members of Malaysia's Employer Provident … Fund (EPF). The focus is on the option available to EPF members to invest part of their savings in approved unit trusts. A …

identify the impact of pension overhang on investment. We find that firms with large unfunded pension liabilities increase … investment by 13% after the MAP-21 induced decrease in pension liabilities. The effects are more pronounced for ex- ante … financially constrained firms, yet pension-related cash flows have a minimal impact on investment. Credit ratings of affected …

pension plan; for investors, increasing pension costs potentially decrease their investment returns. Originality/value: Some … increasing the pension contributions of a firm leads to inefficient investments. Design/methodology/approach: Based on the 26 135 … pension costs and inefficient investments. Findings/results: This study shows that Chinese listed firms' pension contribution …

savings and investment decisions grew much more rapidly than the use of financial planners for those decisions. A multivariate … investment decisions had a negative effect on the likelihood of using a financial planner for savings and investment decisions … analysis of the use of financial planners showed that all other things being equal, use of the internet for savings and …