Management and Regulation of Pension Schemes

Australia a Cautionary Tale

Nicholas Morris (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-28779-2 (ISBN)

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Perhaps the greatest long-term challenge facing modern economies is how to pay for the living expenses and care costs of the elderly. Following policy decisions made in Australia in the 1990s, a substantial part of the pension requirements of the next cohort of retirees will be met from savings accumulated during working years. The effective management of these savings is crucial. If they are invested wisely, the assets available to fund pensions and care will grow; if not, available funds may turn out to be insufficient. Unfortunately, there is considerable evidence worldwide that the management of funds attracts rent-seeking behaviour by the financial services industry which erodes much of the potential return.

Australia introduced compulsory superannuation contributions for its working population in 1991, leading to a proliferation of funded schemes that are largely run by the private sector. Complexity, and many degrees of separation between fund members and those who manage their funds, have emerged as serious problems. Combined with weak competitive pressures and governance systems, and insufficient legal and regulatory constraints, the result is a system that does not serve its members well.

This book provides a detailed evaluation of the Australian experience, highlights the extent to which the financial services industry has extracted rents from Australian pensioners, and how and why this occurred. Based on original empirical research, and examination of industry reviews and relevant literature, the book demonstrates the numerous principal–agent, conflict of interest and rent extraction problems that have emerged in Australia. The book makes suggestions for how these problems can be addressed in Australia, and also provides lessons for other countries wishing to enact pension reform.

Dr. Nicholas Morris is an adjunct professor in the law faculties of UNSW, Sydney, and Latrobe, Melbourne; a visiting fellow at the Martin School, Oxford; and a guest professor at the China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong, China. He has been Deputy Director of the UK Institute for Fiscal Studies; Chief Executive and Chairman of various economic consultancies including London Economics; a visiting fellow at Balliol and St Anthony’s Colleges in Oxford, and at Melbourne University; and has led numerous projects in developing countries.

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: System Design and Problems

Chapter 3: The Evolution of the Australian Pension System

Chapter 4: Empirical evidence on costs and performance

Chapter 5: Lessons from Australia

Chapter 6: What can be done now

Chapter 7: Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	08.05.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law
Zusatzinfo	13 Tables, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	1-138-28779-2 / 1138287792
ISBN-13	978-1-138-28779-2 / 9781138287792
Zustand	Neuware