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How Pension Funds Are Betting on Longevity
As life expectancy climbs past eighty in developed nations, pension funds face a structural crisis that has nothing to do with stock market volatility and everything to do with time. We examine how major European and North American pension schemes are shifting their asset allocation toward longevity bonds and healthcare infrastructure to match liabilities that keep growing longer. The conversation explores the specific mechanics of hedging against the risk that people simply live too long for traditional fixed-income models to survive. We look at real-world adjustments in portfolio…
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