The Future of Pensions: Navigating Demographics, Economics, and Sustainability
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Economics and Finance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editors
Interests: financial markets; applied econometrics; risk management; investment management
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Interests: pension funds; endowments; sovereign wealth funds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to explore the role of pension funds in an era characterized by an aging population, climate change, and new economic paradigms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Demographic shifts and pension sustainability;
- Risk management of pension funds amidst climate change;
- The role of pension funds in economic growth;
- Regulatory innovations and pension welfare;
- Time diversification and pension fund performance;
- Comparative analyses of pension schemes;
- Pension valuation methods.
Contributors are invited to submit original research, case studies, and review articles that bridge theory and practice, offering insights that can help shape effective pension fund provisions in the current era of change and transformation. We encourage submissions from both academics and practitioners in the pension industry.
Dr. Woon Wong
Dr. Con Keating
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pension fund
- pension schemes
- pension sustainability
- pension valuation methods
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