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Pension fund members across OECD countries have seen the loss or reduction of pension benefits in recent years. This has been associated with declining assets and increasing liabilities, with accounting and regulation changes crystallising these problems. Consequently, the issue of how to protect pension benefits has returned as a major topic of policy debate for many governments and for the pension industry worldwide. OECD countries have responded in different ways: Re-examining and altering accounting and funding rules; Strengthening or introducing pension benefit guarantee schemes; and Looking at the related issue of whether pension benefits should receive protection in bankruptcy and insolvency procedures. Finally, debate has also focused on whether pension fund related risks can or should be shared, with guarantees for insured or pension products attracting renewed attention. This volume looks at various methods of protecting pension benefits. It provides in-depth information on the application of these methods in OECD countries and analyses their advantages and drawbacks. Methods of risk sharing amongst pension fund beneficiaries, providers and sponsors are discussed through an analysis of insured pension contracts and of the pension systems in place in Denmark and Iceland. This publication offers unique international comparative and analytical data for policy makers and pension industry participants globally.

OECD countries. --- Pensions -- Law and legislation -- OECD countries. --- Pensions -- OECD countries. --- Pensions. --- Pensions --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Law and legislation --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits --- Droit

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This paper provides an assessment of the Polish funded pension system and the quality of the regulatory framework for the accumulation phase. There are two elements that distinguish the Polish pension fund portfolios from other reforming countries': the relatively high component of domestic equity, and the negligible component on international securities. Although this asset allocation has provided relatively high real rates of return in the past, it may not be the case in the future, as further portfolio diversification to other instruments will become necessary to ensure sustainable rates of return. The paper provides a number of recommendations to expand the opportunities of investments to pension funds. The paper finds that pension fund management companies have been able to exploit scale economies in certain areas of the business, such as collection of revenues, and proposes to study mechanisms to enhance them even more by centralizing also the account management system, which may also help to increase portfolio efficiency and competition. The paper suggests that, with the payout phase starting in 2009, broad definitions in areas such as the role of the public and private sector need to be established. The paper examines the products and options that authorities may consider for the design of the payout phase.

Pension trusts -- Poland. --- Pensions -- Poland. --- Pensions. --- Pensions --- Pension trusts --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Business & Economics --- Employee pension trusts --- Pension funds --- Pension plans --- Compensation --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Trusts and trustees --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits

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This book provides a much-needed introductory guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide, and offers a critique of some of the dominant ideas and assumptions. Noting the intense debate that currently surrounds the subject, the book explores a wider view of the continuing issues about pension policy. It draws attention to an ideological 'fault-line' running through pensions policy, between a dominant view of pensions as deferred earnings on the one hand and a view of them as providers of an adequate income to enable elderly people to participate fully in society on the other. It argues for more attention to that second perspective, as an aspect of the search for a satisfactory work/ life balance. Critical of the many 'quick fix' approaches to the topic, the author attacks 'the demographic time bomb thesis' for its crude assumptions about the future burden of the old and exposes naïve assumptions about what can be achieved by pension funding. This book offers an excellent analysis for the general reader and provides an authoritative supplementary text for courses in social policy. Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century This exciting series offers a guide through some of today's most hotly contested policy issues by distinguished leaders in the field. Each book untangles current policy debates, looking behind the rhetoric and spin to discover what is at the core of contemporary political agendas. Authors present their own perspectives and make recommendations for what could - or should - be our priorities for future policy reform.

Sociale politiek. --- Pensioen. --- Pensions. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS --- Gerontology. --- Personal Finance --- Retirement Planning. --- OESO-landen. --- Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits

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Government-mandated pension and retirement policies have changed dramatically during the past decade. Pensions at a Glance presents a consistent framework for comparing public-pension policies across OECD countries, as well as reliable data. The report thus provides the basis for not only evaluating existing pension systems, but also designing and implementing future reforms. This second edition updates in-depth information on the key features of mandatory pension systems-both public and private--in the 30 OECD countries, including projections of retirement income for today's workers. Two new and important sections have been added to this edition: 1) description and analysis of pension reform in OECD countries during the past decade; and 2) a closer look at the complex range of private, voluntary retirement plans now playing a greater role in pension provision in many OECD countries, including an analysis of the private savings effort required to maintain standards of living during retirement.

Old age pensions -- Government policy -- OECD countries. --- Old age pensions. --- Pensions -- Government policy -- OECD countries. --- Pensions. --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics --- Old age pensions --- Pensions --- Government policy --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Employees --- OASI (Old age and survivors insurance) --- Old age and survivors insurance --- Older people --- Survivors' benefits (Old age pensions) --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits

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The Handbook of West European Pension Politics provides scholars, policy-makers and students with the definitive overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, and well as case studies of contemporary pension politics in 16 countries. - ;The Handbook of West European Pension Politics provides scholars, policy-makers and students with a complete overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, and well as case studies of contemporary pension politics (1980 to present) in 16 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ir

351.84*4 <4> --- Pensioenwetgeving--Europa --- 351.84*4 <4> Pensioenwetgeving--Europa --- Pensions --- #SBIB:316.8H40 --- 368.43 --- CH / Switzerland - Zwitserland - Suisse --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits --- Government policy --- Sociaal beleid: social policy, sociale zekerheid, verzorgingsstaat --- Ouderdomsverzekering. Voorbarige dood. Weduwen en wezen --- Social policy --- Europe --- E-books --- Pensions. --- Business & Economics --- Labor & Workers' Economics