Pension Funds and the Yield Curve: The Role of Preference for Maturity

Rodrigo Alfaro and Mauricio Calani

Working Papers Central Bank of Chile from Central Bank of Chile

Abstract: What is the effect on the yield curve of an increase in market participation of a large institutional investor? To answer this question, we introduce a simplification of the model with heterogeneity of preference for maturity first proposed by Vayanos and Vila (2009). We show that our simplification entails little loss in fit and interpretation, while it provides greater simplicity and tractability. We take Chilean data of the sovereign fixed income market, and conclude that; for an additional one percent of higher market share of Pension Funds Administrators in said market, interest rates of the 10-year (5-year) associated instruments, are reduced by 6bp (4bp).

Date: 2018-06
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