Collective investments for pension savings: Lessons from Singapore's central provident fund scheme

• Main Authors: KOH, Benedict S., Mitchell, Olivia S., FONG, Joelle H. Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: pension; retirement; investment; portfolio; investment choice; return and risk; Singapore; Asian Studies; Finance and Financial Management; Portfolio and Security Analysis
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3006; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4005/viewcontent/SSRN_id1539021.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Singapore's mandatory national defined contribution pension system permits participants to invest their retirement savings in a wide range of investment instruments if they wish, rather than leaving their savings in Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts to earn interest rates by default. This a...