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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Impavido, Gregorio (Autor), Tower, Ian (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Monetary and Capital Markets Dept., 2009.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/09/151.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51).
ISBN:1462394116
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