Optimizing the aging, retirement, and pensions dilemma / / Marida Bertocchi, Sandra L. Schwartz, William T. Ziemba

• Autore: Bertocchi Marida
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, NJ, : John Wiley & Sons, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.252; 332.024; 332.024/014
• Soggetto topico: Retirement - Economic aspects; Retirement income - Planning; Pensions
• Altri autori: SchwartzS. L <1943-> (Sandra L.) ZiembaW. T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Optimizing the Aging, Retirement, and Pensions Dilemma; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: The Aging Population: Issues for Retirement; Chapter 1: Issues in Retirement; 1.1 LONGEVITY AND CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS THE WORLD; 1.2 THE EVOLUTION OF RETIREMENT; 1.3 PROVISION FOR RETIREMENT; Chapter 2: The Various Costs of Pensions: Macro and Micro; 2.1 GOVERNMENTAL COST OF RETIREMENT; 2.2 PENSIONS AND CAPITAL FORMATION; 2.3 REGULATING CORPORATE PENSIONS; 2.4 DC VS. DB: SHIFTING THE RISKS; 2.5 FREEZING PENSION PLANS; 2.6 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ; Chapter 3: The Various Pillars of Retirement: Social Security, Company Pensions, Supplementary Pensions, and Private Savings3.1 PILLARS OF RETIREMENT; 3.2 REFORMING OECD PENSIONS; 3.3 CHANGING ROLE OF PRIVATE PENSIONS; 3.4 PLANS FOR REFORMING SOCIAL PENSIONS; 3.5 RETHINKING PENSION PROMISES: BREAKING THE FIXED LINK TO A MONETARY VALUE; 3.6 INTERGENERATIONAL RISK-SHARING; Chapter 4: Asset Classes: Historical Performance and Risk; 4.1 EQUITIES; 4.2 ETFS: EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS; 4.3 BONDS AND FIXED INCOME; 4.4 THE BOND-STOCK MEASURE FOR MEDIUM-TERM LARGE CRASH PREDICTION; 4.5 HEDGE FUNDS ; 4.6 REAL ASSETS4.7 HOUSING AS AN ASSET CLASS; 4.8 GOLD AND OTHER COMMODITIES; 4.9 PRIVATE EQUITY AND RELATED ASSETS; 4.10 CURRENCIES; 4.11 EVALUATION OF GREAT INVESTORS; 4.12 FUNDAMENTAL AND SEASONAL ANOMALIES OF ASSET RETURNS; Chapter 5: The Current Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Retirement Decisions; 5.1 HOUSEHOLD AND GOVERNMENT DEBT; 5.2 WERE THE CRASH MODELS HELPFUL INSIGNALING THE US AND WORLDWIDE 2007-2009 CRASH?; 5.3 THE SUBPRIME CRISIS AND HOW IT EVOLVED; 5.4 IMPACT ON RETIREMENT EXPECTATIONS; 5.5 PENSIONS IN TROUBLE; 5.6 STATE PENSIONS; 5.7 FUTURE ERP ; 5.8 FUTURE INFLATION AND PENSIONSPart II: Special Issues and Models; Chapter 6: The Impact of Population Aging on Household Portfolios and Asset Returns; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; 6.3 MODELS FOR PORTFOLIO CHOICES AND LIFE-CYCLE ASSET ALLOCATIONS; 6.4 CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 7: A Continuous Time Approach to Asset-Liability Surplus Management; 7.1 THE RUDOLF-ZIEMBA (2004) INTERGENERATIONAL SURPLUS MANAGEMENT MODEL; 7.2 A CASE STUDY APPLICATION OF THE RUDOLF-ZIEMBA MODEL; Chapter 8: Should Defined Benefit Pension Schemes Be Career Average or Final Salary?; 8.1 INTRODUCTION ; 8.2 CAREER AVERAGE DEFINED BENEFIT SCHEMES8.3 COST NEUTRALITY; 8.4 CHOOSING THE REVALUATION RATE; 8.5 THE ADOPTION OF CAREER AVERAGE PENSION SCHEMES; 8.6 ADVANTAGES OF A SWITCH TO A CAREER AVERAGE SCHEME; 8.7 DISADVANTAGES OF A SWITCH TO A CAREER AVERAGE SCHEME; 8.8 REDISTRIBUTION EFFECTS OF A SWITCH TO CAREER AVERAGE PENSIONS; 8.9 CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9: Applying Stochastic Programming to the US Defined Benefit Pension System; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 INTEGRATED CORPORATE/PENSION PLANNING MODEL; 9.3 ASSISTING THE DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION SYSTEM; 9.4 CONCLUSIONS ; Chapter 10: Mortality-Linked Securities and Derivatives
• Sommario/riassunto: A straightforward guide focused on life cycle investing-namely aging, retirement, and pensions Life cycle investing and the implications of aging, retirement, and pensions continues to grow in importance. With people living longer, the relative and absolute number of retirees is growing while the number of workers contributing to pension funds is declining. This reliable resource develops a detailed economic analysis-at the micro (individual) and macro (economy wide) levels-which addresses issues regarding the economics of an aging population. Topics touched upon include retirement
• Titolo autorizzato: Optimizing the aging, retirement, and pensions dilemma
• ISBN: 1-282-49090-7; 9786612490903; 1-118-26638-2; 0-470-58566-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813260403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley finance series.