This conversation covers some examples of the techniques deployed for thinking about decumulation using data from Hong Kong, Singapore and France.
Speaker: Raphael Sobotka, global head of flexible, risk premia and retirement solutions, Amundi
Moderator: Alex Proimos, head of institutional content, Investment Magazine
Length: 11 mins
French pension organisation UMR has launched a multi-asset thematic program that will target opportunities in Europe’s ageing economy. It’s part of a broader strategy to increase diversification in private markets where it sees secondary markets as an increasingly important tool.
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Governor of California, Edmund G Brown Jr, has announced proposed legislation that outlines sweeping reforms to the state’s pension system, but appears to have stepped back from a proposal to create a hybrid pension plan. The hybrid defined-contribution/defined-benefit plan was proposed last year when Brown launched a 12-point reform package. It was widely opposed by
The funded status of US defined-benefit corporate-pension plans continued to worsen last year, despite plan sponsors increasing contributions by $70 billion, a new Mercer study reveals. Mercer found funding levels have slipped to 2009 levels, with the outlook for 2012 likely to extend the bleak news for plan sponsors. The funded status of pension plans
Australian superannuation funds are now required to disclose a measurement of risk to fund members, with trustees encouraged to use a standardised measurement backed by regulators and industry peak bodies. The Standard Risk Measure will provide a rating of a fund’s investment option based on the likely number of negative returns this option is predicted
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