How the financial crisis affects pensions and insurance and why the impacts matter /
This paper discusses the key sources of vulnerabilities for pension plans and insurance companies in light of the global financial crisis of 2008. It also discusses how these institutional investors transit shocks to the rest of the financial sector and economy. The crisis has re-ignited the policy...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund, Monetary and Capital Markets Dept.,
2009.
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Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/09/151. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This paper discusses the key sources of vulnerabilities for pension plans and insurance companies in light of the global financial crisis of 2008. It also discusses how these institutional investors transit shocks to the rest of the financial sector and economy. The crisis has re-ignited the policy debate on key issues such as: 1) the need for countercyclical funding and solvency rules; 2) the tradeoffs implied in marked based valuation rules; 3) the need to protect contributors towards retirement from excessive market volatility; 4) the need to strengthen group supervision for large complex f. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51). |
ISBN: | 1462394116 9781462394111 1452739978 9781452739977 1451872984 9781451872989 1282843656 9781282843653 9786612843655 6612843659 |