The Republic of Ireland: A young country, but is it young enough to avoid future problems in public pensions?Pensions: An International Journal - Tập 15 - Trang 259-267 - 2010
Luis Ferruz Agudo, Mercedes Alda García
In this article, we intend to analyze the future of public pensions in the Republic of Ireland. This country presents a significant young population, and is experiencing population growth because of an increase in birth rate and positive migration flows. This may suggest that there will not be any problems with population aging in its public pension system in the future, as occurs in most Western ...... hiện toàn bộ
‘LBO bubble, what bubble?’Pensions: An International Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 97-100 - 2008
Katharina Lichtner
The media suggests there is an LBO bubble: too much money is chasing too few deals; increased leverage has increased risk too much and there is an unsustainable private equity bubble forming. We classify a ‘bubble’ as an increase in prices of certain goods, a disconnect of prices from any fundamental valuations and a large increase in market participants with many newcomers and unusually high liqu...... hiện toàn bộ
The Hungarian Pensions Guarantee FundPensions: An International Journal - Tập 5 - Trang 335-344 - 2000
John Kenworthy
During 1997, and following World Bank advice, the Republic of Hungary introduced ‘second pillar’ compulsory private pensions for new entrants to the Hungarian labour market from June, 1998; voluntary entry was available before that date. The European Commission offered advice under the PHARE Programme, and in respect of Hungary's status as an applicant country to the European Union. This paper rev...... hiện toàn bộ
Re-framing ‘The Annuity Problem’: Can we afford retirement?Pensions: An International Journal - Tập 5 - Trang 285-291 - 2000
Ian Neale
This paper seeks to widen the debate about the annuity problem, arguing that whether or not annuities offer a bad deal is not the crucial issue. No adequate solution for the gilt supply crisis (a key factor in determining annuity rates) is in sight, but nor is any present alternative means of drawing income in retirement likely to solve the problem, except for a few. As the trend towards DC pensio...... hiện toàn bộ
Options under annuity, a choice of values — The Indian experiencePensions: An International Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 49-53 - 2008
V N S Pillai
Annuity plans are purchased based on the returns they provide on funds invested. Yet the options given under annuity plans need not be exercised by annuitants on the basis of returns they are more influenced by societal values.
The Japanese pensions scandalsPensions: An International Journal - Tập 14 - Trang 191-201 - 2009
Ali M El-Agraa
Japan has for a very long time been fretting over the serious implications of the rapid ageing of its population on the future viability of its pension provisions. It is therefore not surprising to learn that the worry has been compounded by the revelation of very serious scandals relating to both the pension system itself and to how it is operated. One of these scandals was the discovery during t...... hiện toàn bộ
Annuities: No longer the healthy option? The implications of segmentationPensions: An International Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 201-206 - 2008
Mike Fuller
Mike Fuller of Just Retirement argues that, despite increased flexibility available to retirees, annuities still offer good value for money for most people in the UK, provided that simple steps are taken to obtain the most appropriate rate and that full account of health is taken at retirement.