(UBS Pensions series 8) UK Annuity Rates and Pension Replacement Ratios 1957 - 2002

Ian Tonks

FMG Discussion Papers from Financial Markets Group

Abstract: This paper constructs a time series of annuity rates in the UK for 1957-2002, and examines the pricing of UK annuities, and the relationship between the accumulation and decumulation phases of a defined contribution pension scheme by focusing on the properties of the pension replacement ratio. Using data on annuity returns and the returns on other financial assets, the paper simulates replacement ratios, to build up a frequency distribution of the pension replacement ratio for a UK individual. These frequency distributions illustrate the risk in the pension replacement ratio faced by an individual who saves in a typical defined contribution pension scheme.

Date: 2003-04
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