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Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117
With the issuing of Pension Funds circular PF117 in 2004 in South Africa, regulation required valuation assumptions for defined benefit pension funds to be on a best-estimate basis. Allowance for prudence was to be made through explicit contingency reserves, in order to increase reporting transparen...
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| author | Mahmood, Ra'ees |
| author2 | Kendal, Shannon |
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| description | With the issuing of Pension Funds circular PF117 in 2004 in South Africa, regulation required valuation assumptions for defined benefit pension funds to be on a best-estimate basis. Allowance for prudence was to be made through explicit contingency reserves, in order to increase reporting transparency. These reserves for prudence, however, were not permitted to put the fund into deficit (the no-deficit clause). Analysis is conducted to understand the risk that PF117 poses to pension fund sponsors and members under two key measures: contribution rate risk and solvency risk. A stochastic model of a typical South African defined benefit fund is constructed with simulations run to determine the impact of the PF117 requirements. Findings show that a best-estimate funding basis, coupled with the no-deficit clause, results in significant risk under both contribution rate and solvency risk measures, particularly in the short-term. To mitigate these risks, alternative ways of introducing conservatism into the funding basis are required, with possible options including incorporating margins into investment return assumptions or the removal of the no-deficit clause. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/27342 Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 Mahmood, Ra'ees Kendal, Shannon Dorrington, Rob Actuarial Science best-estimate assumptions stochastic simulation pension fund With the issuing of Pension Funds circular PF117 in 2004 in South Africa, regulation required valuation assumptions for defined benefit pension funds to be on a best-estimate basis. Allowance for prudence was to be made through explicit contingency reserves, in order to increase reporting transparency. These reserves for prudence, however, were not permitted to put the fund into deficit (the no-deficit clause). Analysis is conducted to understand the risk that PF117 poses to pension fund sponsors and members under two key measures: contribution rate risk and solvency risk. A stochastic model of a typical South African defined benefit fund is constructed with simulations run to determine the impact of the PF117 requirements. Findings show that a best-estimate funding basis, coupled with the no-deficit clause, results in significant risk under both contribution rate and solvency risk measures, particularly in the short-term. To mitigate these risks, alternative ways of introducing conservatism into the funding basis are required, with possible options including incorporating margins into investment return assumptions or the removal of the no-deficit clause. 2018-02-07T06:46:04Z 2018-02-07T06:46:04Z 2017 Master Thesis Masters MCom http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27342 eng application/pdf Division of Actuarial Science Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Actuarial Science best-estimate assumptions stochastic simulation pension fund Mahmood, Ra'ees Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
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| title | Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
| title_full | Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
| title_fullStr | Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
| title_short | Estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of PF117 |
| title_sort | estimating the risks in defined benefit pension funds under the constraints of pf117 |
| topic | Actuarial Science best-estimate assumptions stochastic simulation pension fund |
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