In the last decades, pension funds and other institutional investors have significantly
increased their allocations to alternative assets: however, until today, there is no empirical …

Contemporary pension systems face a major fiscal challenge. In China, whose population
has been aging rapidly, such a challenge is of extreme importance. This article finds that, in …

This paper presents new empirical evidence on the role of plan and sponsor characteristics
in pension funds' investment decisions. In this research, we analyzed the portfolio allocation …

This paper investigates the main determinants of pension funds investment in private equity
funds, and particularly in venture capital and leverage buyouts in the US and Canada over …

We investigate the cause of the increase in mortgage investments by pension funds after the
financial crisis. We show that, after the introduction of the new financial assessment …

We investigate the cause of the increase in mortgage investments by pension funds after the
financial crisis. We show that, after the introduction of the new financial assessment …

Abstract Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, the percentage of alternative assets held by
institutional investors has increased dramatically. The current study analyzes both the …

Os planos de Previdência Aberta têm sido bastante discutidos no Brasil desde os aspectos
econômico-sociais até os aspectos jurídicos e regulatórios que envolvem esse produto tão …

While the attention to safe haven studies increased steadily over the last 10 years,
households have been neglected so far by other studies. The majority of related research …

In this study, we have first investigated how Swedish corporate pension funds have
responded to the prolonged low-interest rate environment by analyzing the annual reports of …