In this paper we consider the choice that retirees might make between drawing down from their pension pot and the purchase of an annuity. A key finding of our research that in a world of ‘loss aversion’, across a very wide range of assumptions, there is almost always a ‘crossover point’...

"It is not easy to have the confidence and competence to manage a pension scheme successfully. In this book, Andrew Clare and Chris Wagstaff provide a uniquely objective and practical guide to the range of markets, investments, tools and techniques to which trustees are regularly exposed. They...

Using a multi-stage stochastic programming method, we suggest an optimal liability-driven investment(LDI) strategy for a closed defined-benefit pension fund including real assets. The objective is to jointly optimize contribution, funding ratio, and buyout cost, subject to a constraint on...