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Dive into the compilation of pension data: background, state of play in Europe, funding types, key assumptions, and compilation needs. Explore how to measure unfunded public defined benefit pension entitlements effectively.
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ESA 2010: Recording of pension schemes in national accounts 7th Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group on National Accounts New York, 23-25 April 2012 Jens Gruetz
OUTLINE • BACKGROUND • STATE OF PLAY IN EUROPE • COMPILATION OF DATA ON PENSIONS: • Approach and • Assumptions
1 Background: Supplementary table on pensions • Funded vs. unfunded pension schemes • Defined contribution vs. defined benefit vs. notional defined contribution pension schemes • ABO vs. PBO
2 State of play – Time schedule • Task Force on pensions until 2008 • Final report to CMFB • Contact group on pensions from 2009 • Pension seminars in 2010 and 2011 • Joint ECB/Eurostat-Pension compilation guide 2012
2 State of play – Time schedule • On going discussions on practicalities of the supplementary table on European level • ONS: Pension conference London 2012 • Country visits in the course of 2012/2013 • Best practice: Gathering further country specific experience • Pension workshop and ESA 2010 training in first half 2013
3 COMPILATION – THE NEEDS Measuring unfunded public defined benefit pension entitlements Actuarial Model A) Calculation procedure B) Key assumptions C) Data requirements
3 COMPILATION – THE KEY ASSUMPTION • The discount rate – the single most important assumption • One additional percentage point lowers the pension entitlements by about 20% • How to ensure comparability between different countries? • Long-term Government bonds? • Corporate bonds? • A stable rate over time? • An average? • …