or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
The Pension Challenge: Risk Transfers and Retirement Income Security (Pensions Research Council)
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

The Pension Challenge: Risk Transfers and Retirement Income Security (Pensions Research Council) [Hardcover]

Olivia S. Mitchell , Kent Smetters

RRP: £90.00
Price: £85.50 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £4.50 (5%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock but may require up to 2 additional days to deliver.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details.

Product details


Product Description

Product Description

This book, the first in a new series produced by the Pension Research Council of the Wharton School in collaboration with Oxford University Press, explores ways to enhance retirement security in a volatile financial environment. Mitchell and Smetters begin by assessing the myriad retirement risks confronting employees, retirees, employers, and governments, and it shows how stakeholders can work to reinvent pensions that perform well in a competitive global setting. Contributors then indicate how pension systems can be better designed to help protect against these risks. Of special interest is a discussion of new financial products and structures to meet and manage challenges to old-age security. Examples considered include pension investment guarantees and hedges, adapting catastrophe bonds to the pension context, and key regulatory structures and portfolio requirements designed to protect unwary or unwitting pension participants. The contributors draw important lessons for a wide range of countries, drawing from both developed and developing market experiences. Contributors include world-famous finance experts and risk management faculty, development economists, pension regulators, and pension consultants.

About the Author

Olivia S. Mitchell is the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, and Director of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and also a research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her academic research explores private and public insurance, risk management, public finance and labour markets, and compensation and pensions, with a US and an international focus.
Previously she taught at Cornell University, visited Harvard University and the University of New South Wales, served on the Us Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council, and served as a Board Member for Alexander and Alexander services, Inc. She recently served on President Bush's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
This volume evaluates advances in retirement risk management by exploring developments that hold out new promise for enhancing old-age income security. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Search inside this book:

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:  5 reviews
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Note for the poor 8 July 2004
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
A lot of the technical detail in this book can be obtained for free from the working papers on the Wharton School Pension Reasearch Council web site - http://prc.wharton.upenn/prc
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Pension Challenge 7 May 2004
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
The publication of this book is timely insofar as it explores ways of enhancing retirement security in the volatile financial environment many employees find themselves in. It is the first in a new series produced by the Pension Research Council of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with Oxford University Press.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Pension Challenge 7 May 2004
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
On the global side, there is a chapter on money-back guarantees in individual pension accounts, featuring Germany. There are also chapters on retirement guarantees in compulsory defined contribution systems and in voluntary defined contribution plans, with the latter covering:
-Belgium,
-Brazil,
-Denmark,
-Germany,
-Japan,
-New Zealand
-Sweden,
-the UK, and
-the USA.

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   


Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject


Feedback


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges