Financial Risks and the Pension Protection Fund:Can It Survive Them?

David Blake, John Cotter and Kevin Dowd
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Kevin Dowd: The University of Nottingham, UK

No 200615, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper discusses the financial risks faced by the UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and what, if anything, it can do about them. It draws lessons from the regulatory regimes under which other financial institutions, such as banks and insurance companies, operate and asks why pension funds are treated differently. It also reviews the experience with other government-sponsored insurance schemes, such as the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, upon which the PPF is modelled. We conclude that the PPF will live under the permanent risk of insolvency as a consequence of the moral hazard, adverse selection, and, especially, systemic risks that it faces.

Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2011-06-24
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Working Paper: Financial Risks and the Pension Protection Fund: Can it Survive Them? (2011)
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