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The regulation on the Belgian occupational pension schemes has been recently changed. The new law allows for employers to choose between two different types of guarantees to offer to their affiliates. In this paper, we address the question arising naturally: which of the two guarantees is the...
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This paper analyzes how individuals value the two main payout options of retirement wealth accrued in a pension plan: a lifelong income stream offered via an annuity or as a lumpsum. A better knowledge of the drivers behind the financial valuation of pension options contributes to the...
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Chapter 1: How To Get Richer -- Chapter 2 Deciding What To Invest In -- Chapter 3: Understanding Risk -- Chapter 4: How Much to Hold In Fixed Income Investments -- Chapter 5: When to Exchange Equity for Fixed Income Investments -- Chapter 6: Calculating Spending -- Chapter 7: Insurance Mediates...
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escalation and inflation linked options), bond ladders, and investment portfolio. Assuming an annual decline in expenditure of 1 …, while a bond ladder provides the best solution when the baseline income is greater than about 20% of the initial portfolio …
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some probability of ruin in either case: the bond portfolio may be exhausted while the bettor is still alive, or the bettor … may die before the bond portfolio runs down. The paper applies a historical rather than mathematical lens to calculate the … bond yields are very low. However, if the annuity provider cannot harvest a spread over the safe government bond yield and …
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