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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tower, Ian
Other Authors: Impavido, Gregorio
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/151
Online Access:Full text available on IMF