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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Perspectives: Why not trade pension claims?
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Bernard Dumas
  • Jürg Syz
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Financial Analysts Journal
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0015-198X
Volume 63
Number 1
Page Range 46 - 54
Date 2007
Abstract Text Trading pension claims would serve many purposes. Beneficiaries would be able to diversify the idiosyncratic credit risk of their plan sponsors. And systematic risk could be reallocated to comply with individual risk-return preferences. The result would be an alignment of companies' and pension fund managers' incentives to keep fund plans fully funded - in line with beneficiary interests - which would lower agency costs and costs of government bailouts of defined-benefit plans and would improve the general welfare. As an accurate valuation of pension liabilities, trading would provide a measurable yardstick for plan managers.
Digital Object Identifier 10.2469/faj.v63.n1.4406
Other Identification Number merlin-id:5893
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