Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2015, 63(6), 1987-1993 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201563061987

The Influence of the Sharpe Ratio on Appreciation Savings Intended for the Payment of Lifetime Pensions

Petr Kupčík, Pavel Gottwald
Department of Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The paper focuses on the payment of lifetime pensions paid by pension companies based on the selected mortality table of the Czech Statistical Office. We assume different input values depending on the size of the Sharpe ratio pension companies from selected countries. This paper aims to identify and assess the impact of the Sharpe ratio on the payment of lifetime pensions in postproduction period. We used data of nominal appreciation of pension companies from the Visegrad countries and Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands in the period 2005-2013. In the empirical analysis we additionally distinguished between guaranteed and non-guaranteed pension funds. For the purpose of calculating lifetime pensions, we used the formula early paid pension by the pension company on the Czech market down in its her pension plan with an expected median payment period of r years. We found link between the value of the Sharpe ratio and the size of lifetime pensions. Conclusion of the paper shows the effects of low performance of pension funds on lifetime pension with a focus on the Czech Republic. The scientific paper describes partial results reached within the project no. 54/2014 of the Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Mendel University in Brno following the aims and methodology of the given project.

Keywords: sharpe ratio, efficiency, pension fund, lifetime pensions
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The scientific paper describes partial results reached within the project No. 54/2014 of the Internal Grant Agency of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Mendel University in Brno following the aims and methodology of the given project.

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Kupčík, P., & Gottwald, P. (2015). The Influence of the Sharpe Ratio on Appreciation Savings Intended for the Payment of Lifetime Pensions. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 63(6), 1987-1993. doi: 10.11118/actaun201563061987
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