Books in the Pension Research Council Series series

Around the world, people nearing and entering retirement are holding ever-greater levels of debt. This volume explores key aspects of the rise in debt across older cohorts, drills down into the types of debt and reasons for debt incurred, and reviews policies to remedy some of the financial problems facing older persons, in the US and elsewhere.

The global financial crisis had immediate and profound impacts on pension and insurance company assets intended to finance millions of peoples' retirement. This volume illustrates several ways in which retirement risk management should be conceived of differently from bank practice.

This book offers cutting-edge research and recommendations regarding the impact of financial technology, or FinTech, to disrupt retirement planning and retirement system design.

This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the threats to private and public pensions around the world including capital market shocks, surprises to longevity, regulatory/political risk, and errors in modelling. By examining how to manage such risks, this book has important implications for pension designers, fiduciaries, and policy makers.

This volume will explore how financial decision-making changes at older ages, how and when financial advice can be useful for the older population, and what solutions and opportunities are needed to resolve the likely problems that will arise.

This book explores how the weak capital market performance predicted for the next several years will shape pension saving, investment, and decumulation plans. Academics, policymakers, and industry leaders debate alternative strategies to cope with these challenges globally, as economic growth remains slow and low returns become the 'new normal.'

Longevity at older ages is likely to continue to rise in the medium and longer term. This volume explores how the private and public sectors can collaborate via public-private partnerships (PPPs) to develop new mechanisms to reduce older people's risk of outliving their assets in later life.