This paper discusses the key sources of vulnerabilities for pension plans and insurance companies in light of the … towards retirement from excessive market volatility; 4) the need to strengthen group supervision for large complex financial … institutions including insurance and pensions; and 5) the need to revisit the resolution and crisis management framework for …

The Chinese pension system is highly fragmented and decentralized, with governance standards, pension fund management … practices, their regulation and supervision varying considerably both across the funded components of the Chinese pension system … identifies remaining weaknesses, in regard to information disclosure, the governance framework and pension fund management …

The present paper reviews key issues in pension design and pension reform encountered all across the world. The paper … heavily refers to the recent U.S. Social Security reform debate in general and to the Personal Retirement Accounts proposal in … retirement. …

performance and the macroeconomic implications of remittances. It then looks at the sustainability of pension systems, financial …

The recent crisis and interest rate declines have put the financial sustainability of the Dutch occupational pension … option inherent in the pension contracts. Adding to the strain on the pension funds is an unexpected increment in the … longevity of the Dutch population. The transparency and risk-sensitive framework of pension funds regulation has brought the …

This paper analyzes the performance of the Bulgarian private defined contribution pensions in the second and third … pillars of the pension system. …