
Delivering relevant and valuable pension research is central to ICPM’s mandate
ICPM funds pension and investment-related research that supports effective management in pension and investment organizations. It identifies relevant research topics, interacts with researchers and collaborates with top international pension research institutes, think tanks and like-minded organizations on applicable pension and investment research opportunities.
Published research is listed below as a resource for Research Partners.
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Published Research: Pension Design and Implementation
A value-based Approach to the Redesign of US State Pension Plans
Principles, Principals and Agents
How Accurately does 70% Final Earnings Replacement Measure Retirement Income (In)Adequacy?
An Internal Swap Market between Equity Returns and Wage Growth: Can it Enhance the Welfare of Defined Contribution Plan Participants?
The Freezing of Corporate Pension Plans
Fee Disclosure to Pension Participants: Establishing Minimum Requirements
The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Create Shareholder Value? The Importance of Long-Term Investors
A Protocol for Factor Identification
Asset Allocation and Bad Habits
Pension Fund Asset Allocation And Liability Discount Rates
When Do Derivatives Add Value in Asset Allocation Problems for Pension Funds?
Pension Plan Solvency and Extreme Market Movements: A Regime Switching Approach
Investment Beliefs that Matter: New Insights into the Value Drivers of Pension Funds
International diversification and labor income risk
Connections and Conflicts of Interest: Investment Consultants Recommendations
Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?
Attitudes Towards An Extended Fiduciary Duty
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Partisan Politics and Bureaucratic Encroachment: The Principles and Policies of Pension Reserve Fund Design and Governance
Pension Fund Performance and Risk-Taking Under Decentalized Investment Management
Optimal decentralized ALM
Board of trustee composition and investment performance of US public pension plans
Pension reform, ownership structure and corporate governance: evidence from Sweden
Identifying and mobilizing win-win opportunities for collaboration among pension fund Institutions and their agents
The Pension Governance Deficit: Still With Us
The performance of US pension funds: new insights into the agency costs debate
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Why Do Investors Favor Active Management … To the Extent They Do?
Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management
Ten Strategies for Pension Funds to Better Serve Their Beneficiaries
Pension Fund Performance and Costs: Small is Beautiful
Published Research: Investing
A value-based Approach to the Redesign of US State Pension Plans
Principles, Principals and Agents
How Accurately does 70% Final Earnings Replacement Measure Retirement Income (In)Adequacy?
An Internal Swap Market between Equity Returns and Wage Growth: Can it Enhance the Welfare of Defined Contribution Plan Participants?
The Freezing of Corporate Pension Plans
Fee Disclosure to Pension Participants: Establishing Minimum Requirements
The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Create Shareholder Value? The Importance of Long-Term Investors
A Protocol for Factor Identification
Asset Allocation and Bad Habits
Pension Fund Asset Allocation And Liability Discount Rates
When Do Derivatives Add Value in Asset Allocation Problems for Pension Funds?
Pension Plan Solvency and Extreme Market Movements: A Regime Switching Approach
Investment Beliefs that Matter: New Insights into the Value Drivers of Pension Funds
International diversification and labor income risk
Connections and Conflicts of Interest: Investment Consultants Recommendations
Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?
Attitudes Towards An Extended Fiduciary Duty
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Partisan Politics and Bureaucratic Encroachment: The Principles and Policies of Pension Reserve Fund Design and Governance
Pension Fund Performance and Risk-Taking Under Decentalized Investment Management
Optimal decentralized ALM
Board of trustee composition and investment performance of US public pension plans
Pension reform, ownership structure and corporate governance: evidence from Sweden
Identifying and mobilizing win-win opportunities for collaboration among pension fund Institutions and their agents
The Pension Governance Deficit: Still With Us
The performance of US pension funds: new insights into the agency costs debate
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Why Do Investors Favor Active Management … To the Extent They Do?
Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management
Ten Strategies for Pension Funds to Better Serve Their Beneficiaries
Pension Fund Performance and Costs: Small is Beautiful
Published Research: Organizational Governance/Management
A value-based Approach to the Redesign of US State Pension Plans
Principles, Principals and Agents
How Accurately does 70% Final Earnings Replacement Measure Retirement Income (In)Adequacy?
An Internal Swap Market between Equity Returns and Wage Growth: Can it Enhance the Welfare of Defined Contribution Plan Participants?
The Freezing of Corporate Pension Plans
Fee Disclosure to Pension Participants: Establishing Minimum Requirements
The Canada Supplementary Pension Plan (CSPP): Towards an Adequate, Affordable Pension for All Canadians
Does Corporate Social Responsibility Create Shareholder Value? The Importance of Long-Term Investors
A Protocol for Factor Identification
Asset Allocation and Bad Habits
Pension Fund Asset Allocation And Liability Discount Rates
When Do Derivatives Add Value in Asset Allocation Problems for Pension Funds?
Pension Plan Solvency and Extreme Market Movements: A Regime Switching Approach
Investment Beliefs that Matter: New Insights into the Value Drivers of Pension Funds
International diversification and labor income risk
Connections and Conflicts of Interest: Investment Consultants Recommendations
Can Institutional Investors Improve Corporate Governance Through Collective Action?
Attitudes Towards An Extended Fiduciary Duty
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Partisan Politics and Bureaucratic Encroachment: The Principles and Policies of Pension Reserve Fund Design and Governance
Pension Fund Performance and Risk-Taking Under Decentalized Investment Management
Optimal decentralized ALM
Board of trustee composition and investment performance of US public pension plans
Pension reform, ownership structure and corporate governance: evidence from Sweden
Identifying and mobilizing win-win opportunities for collaboration among pension fund Institutions and their agents
The Pension Governance Deficit: Still With Us
The performance of US pension funds: new insights into the agency costs debate
Institutional Investor Collaboration: Enhancing Effectiveness
Why Do Investors Favor Active Management … To the Extent They Do?
Is Bigger Better? Size and Performance in Pension Plan Management
Ten Strategies for Pension Funds to Better Serve Their Beneficiaries
Pension Fund Performance and Costs: Small is Beautiful