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dc.contributor.author |
Buckner, D |
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dc.contributor.author |
Dowd, K |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hulley, H
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6684-8309
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dc.date.accessioned |
2024-06-21T06:30:46Z |
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dc.date.available |
2024-06-21T06:30:46Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2024 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 2024, 49, pp. 259-269 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1018-5895 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1468-0440 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179614
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dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article examines the claim that equity release mortgages, the U.K. equivalent of reverse mortgages in the U.S., are suitable investments for pension funds. We present valuation, stress test and scenario analysis results that suggest that equity release mortgages are unsuitable for pension funds because: (i) they bear returns that are typically below the risk-free rate; (ii) they are not hedges for annuity books, let alone good hedges; and (iii) they are heavily exposed to house price risk, which annuity books are not. Our results suggest that equity release mortgages meet none of these criteria to be suitable for pension funds and are almost entirely dominated by risk-free government bonds. We offer an explanation for why investors appear to be unaware of the low returns on equity release mortgages.</jats:p> |
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dc.language |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice |
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dc.relation.isbasedon |
10.1057/s41288-024-00316-1 |
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dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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dc.subject |
1402 Applied Economics, 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment |
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dc.subject.classification |
Finance |
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dc.subject.classification |
3502 Banking, finance and investment |
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dc.subject.classification |
3801 Applied economics |
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dc.title |
How suitable are equity release mortgages as investments for pension funds? |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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utslib.citation.volume |
49 |
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utslib.for |
1402 Applied Economics |
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utslib.for |
1502 Banking, Finance and Investment |
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pubs.organisational-group |
University of Technology Sydney |
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pubs.organisational-group |
University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business |
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pubs.organisational-group |
University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Finance Discipline |
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pubs.organisational-group |
University of Technology Sydney/Strength - QFRC - Quantitative Finance Research Centre |
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utslib.copyright.status |
open_access |
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pubs.consider-herdc |
true |
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dc.rights.license |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.date.updated |
2024-06-21T06:30:45Z |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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pubs.volume |
49 |
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