Este documento evalúa la regulación vigente relacionada con la inversión de losrecursos de los Fondos de Pensiones Obligatorios (FPO), para lo cual se analiza el perfilde eficiencia del sistema dadas sus actuales restricciones. De acuerdo con los resultadosobtenidos, se observa que el marco...

Este documento evalúa la eficiencia financiera de los portafolios de inversión de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) durante el periodo 2006-2011. Se encuentra que un portafolio es más eficiente, en el sentido financiero, cuando se minimiza la diferencia entre el ratio de Sharpe...

Many college and university 403(b) plans restrict the menu of investment choices to funds offered by TIAA-CREF, the current manager of over half of all 403(b) contributions. Further, in the face of Internal Revenue Code changes that will take effect in 2006 and will make 403(b) plan ERISA...

Co-investment, often seen as a remedy for agency problems, may incentivize managers to cater to own preferences. We provide evidence that mutual fund managers with considerable co-investment stakes alter risk-taking decisions to prioritize their own tax interests. By exploiting the enactment of...

The present SUERF Study includes a selection of papers based on the authors’ contributions to the Vienna conference, jointly organized by SUERF, the OeNB and the Austrian Society for Bank Research. In reply to the financial crisis, the Great Recession and sovereign debt crisis, many central...

Public financial institutions (PFIs) are well-positioned to act as a key leverage point for governments’ efforts to mobilise private investment in low-carbon projects and infrastructure. The study identifies the tools, instruments and approaches used by five PFIs to directly support and...