TIME SCHEDULE, UNITS AND READING MATERIALS:
Pension Schemes
TIME SCHEDULE, LIST OF UNITS AND READING MATERIALS
 
Time and venue:
  • Lectures are held in the winter semester on Tuesdays, from 15:00 to 16:30 in Gunduliceva 10, lecture room no. III.

 

Time and venue

Course units and reading materials 

9th Oct 2018

Introduction and basic terms

 

 

Historical development of public and private pension schemes

 

 

 

Demographic changes and non-standard forms of work: challenges for new reforms

 

 

Classification and main features of the different forms of pension schemes

 

 

Risk exposure

 

 

 

Social objectives and criteria for assessing pension system’s performance

 

 

EU acquis for sustainable and adequate pensions

 

 

The factors that determine pension amount

 

 

Investment risk management

 

 

Lifecycle portfolio modeling

 

 

Guarantees in funded pension schemes

 

 

Pension indexation

 

 

Administrative costs 

 

 

Features, problems and possible solutions for your country’s pension system (presentation of student essays)