This volume reviews the publicly available sources of statistical information on finance, covering the UK monetary sector, banks, finance houses, building societies and other financial institutions. It also deals with pensions, life insurance, government statistics and professional and trade...

The paper evaluates the economics of foreign investment regulation for pension funds, with a focus on developing countries, where fully-funded pension systems are being started de novo. The analysis produces three observations. First, the benefits of global portfolio diversification apply...

This books explores the international aspects of pension reform, private savings and volatile capital markets and clarifies how they relate to each other. Building the case for the pension-improving benefits of global asset diversification, analysing the implications of financial reform for...