ARE EXCESSIVE LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS OF PENSION FUND’S INVESTMENTS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THESE FUNDS’ OPERATIONAL STABILITY AND MINIMUM GUARANTED RETURN?

Tanja Markovic Hribernik and Igor Jakopanec
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Tanja Markovic Hribernik: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia
Igor Jakopanec: Portfolio Manager, Moja naložba, pension fund d.d – Group Nova KBM, Slovenia

Annals - Economy Series, 2013, vol. 1, 38-51

Abstract: In this paper, it is investigated whether government, when promises pension fund’s members a so-called minimum guaranteed return, to reduce the exposure of members to financial risks , should at the same time hinders portfolio diversification process of pension funds. We provide a detailed analysis of the connection between the requirements for providing a minimum guaranteed return and managing financial risks on the one hand and the investment structure of pension funds on the other. We intend to demonstrate with an illustrative case, using the simulation technique and a combination of actual data and some hypothetical one, that by precisely matching the investments' characteristics to the characteristics of the pension fund's liabilities, some important financial risks can even be hedged entirely. We also intend to demonstrate that with the implementation of a proper policy of risk measurement and management, complemented with stress testing practices, excessive legislative restrictions for investments are no longer necessary. At the very least, governments should avoid implementing legislation that hinders the portfolio diversification process and therefore makes pension fund risk management more difficult.

Keywords: pension funds; financial risks; minimum guaranteed return; asset-liability management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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