Richard A. Marin

Global Pension Crisis

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive look at the crisis of unfunded pension liabilities and what must be done to avoid the same problem in the future

As the generational bubble of the Baby Boomers begins to retire, it is increasingly evident that governments, corporations, and individuals have failed to adequately prepare for the obligations and needs of this giant cohort. Retirees are outliving actuarial life expectancies, pension liabilities are skyrocketing, pension plans are underfunded, and medical costs rise, the United States alone can expect unfunded liabilities to exceed $4 trillion.

Even while the American economy shows signs of sustained recovery, states and local governments will still experience sharp increases in pension fund payments through the next year or longer. Global Pension Crisis looks at this situation and offers practical advice for retirement plan managers and financial advisors, while also explaining how to strengthen pensions and prevent similar crises in the future.
Offers a clear and comprehensive explanation of the current pension crisis for retirement fund managers, financial advisors, and economists
Includes prescriptive guidance on how to strengthen the pension fund system and prevent another similar crisis
Written by venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and former senior Wall Street executive Rich Marin

Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance Series
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781118582367
• ISBN-10: 1118582365
• Artikelnr.: 37725741

Autorenporträt

Author Lou Marin was born and raised in the western hills of Maine, then spent 20 plus years wandering the country and world in the United States Air Force. He is a photographer and stringer for Sun Media, published poet and short story writer who pens faith-based devotionals. He lives in Rumford, Maine. His five poetry anthologies, published by Publish America and entitled, Awash With Words, Old Waves, New Beaches, Whisper of Waves, and Sea To Shining Sea, Version 1 and 2, are available in print and online. https://www.facebook.com/New-Spirit-Writings-and-Poetry-1037822689667106

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii About the Author xv Chapter 1 Your Worst
Nightmare 1 The Family 2 The Work 9 Where Does That Leave You? 15 Chapter 2
Dimensioning the Problem 17 Calculating the Sufficiency of Savings 18
Chapter 3 You Can't Build Your Walls High Enough 43 The Problem of
Retirement Income Security 43 Generational Warfare over the "Privilege Gap"
47 Feeding the World 51 Post-Crisis Policy Adjustments 58 The Demographic
Monster Stalking Us 61 Chapter 4 Money Matters 63 Enter Modern Portfolio
Theory 63 The Search for Alpha 65 The Age of Derivatives 67 The Birth of
Hedge Funds 72 Alpha/Beta Separation 73 The Origins of Alpha 75 Static
versus Dynamic Assets and Liabilities 75 Summing Up 78 Chapter 5
Reinventing Retirement 81 Defined Benefit Plans 81 Defined Contribution
Plans 82 Who's the Client After All? 84 The Changing Landscape 85 The
Perfect Storm 87 Chapter 6 Alternatives Are Not Only for the Rich and
Famous 93 Pension Assets and the Move Toward Alternative Assets 93 The
Great Hedge Fund Debate 95 The Institutionalization of Hedge Funds 103
Chapter 7 The Long and the Short of It . . . Trust Me 115 Alpha from
Operations 116 Operational Risk 117 Securities Lending History 119 The
Securities Lending Market 121 Securities Lending Flow, Process, and
Mechanics 124 Ratio Lending 131 The Rehypothecation Two-Step 132 Chapter 8
Liability-Driven Alpha 137 Painting the Recent Pension Landscape 139 Risks
140 Basic LDI Guidelines 142 Chapter 9 Power Tools for Pensions 145 Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation 146 Factors Affecting the PBGC Insurance
Programs 147 Plan Terminations 149 Pension Risk Transfer 150 Synthetic
Mutual Fund Notes 161 The Role for Pension Funds 165 The Yale Model (the
Illiquidity Premium) versus the All-Weather Model 167 Chapter 10 The
Poverty of Nations (Apologies to Adam Smith) 175 Is There a Path to
Salvation? 176 The Chilean Terrarium 179 Chapter 11 The Ultimate Solution
187 The Nation, State, Municipality, and Company 187 You as an Individual
191 Chapter 12 A Peaceful Night's Sleep 195 What Our Family Looks Like Now
198 Concluding Thoughts 201 Works Cited 203 Index 209