How Persistent Low Returns Will Shape Saving and Retirement
Edited by Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert Clark, and Raimond Maurer
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Overview, Robert Clark, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell
Part I: Origins and Consequences of a Persistent Low Return Environment
2. Politics, Independence, and Retirees: Long-term Low Interest Rates at the US Federal Reserve, Peter Conti-Brown
3. Low Returns and Optimal Retirement Savings, David Blanchett, Michael Finke, and Wade Pfau
4. Getting More from Less in Defined Benefit Plans: Three Levers for a Low-Return World, Daniel B. Berkowitz, Andrew S. Clarke, Kevin J. DiCiurcio, Kimberly A. Stockton, and Daniel W. Wallick
5. Investing for Retirement in a Low Returns Environment: Making the Right Decisions to Make the Money Last, Alistair Byrne and Catherine Reilly
6. Intelligent Risk Taking: How to Secure Retirement in a Low Expected Return World, Antti Ilmanen and Matthew Rauseo
Part II: Whither Retirement Strategies?
7. Challenges and Opportunities for Living and Working Longer, Kevin E. Cahill and Joseph F. Quinn
8. How Persistent Low Expected Returns Alter Optimal Life Cycle Saving, Investment, and Retirement Behavior, Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell
9. Retirement Saving and Decumulation in a Persistent Low-Return Environment, Jason J. Fichtner and Jason S. Seligman
Part III: New Designs for Pension Plan Sponsors
10. Helping Employers Become Age-Ready, Yvonne Sonsino
11. State Sponsored Retirement Savings Plans: New Approaches to Boost Retirement Plan Coverage, William G. Gale and David C. John
12. Global Developments in Employee Benefits, Jonathan Gardner, Natalia Garabato, and Steve Nyce