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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Towers Watson

GLOBAL PENSIONS ASSET STUDY 2013 [January 2013]

http://towerswatson.com/united-kingdom/research/8991

or

http://towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/8991/Global-Pensions-Asset-Study-2013-Towers-Watson.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

This is a study of the 13 largest pension markets in the world and accounts for more than 85% of global pension assets. The countries included are Australia, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK and the US. The study also analyses seven countries in greater depth by excluding the six smallest markets (Brazil, France, Germany, Ireland, Hong Kong and South Africa).

The analysis includes:

·         Asset size, including growth statistics, comparison of asset size with GDP and liabilities

·         Asset allocation

·         Defined benefit and defined contribution share of pension assets

·         Public and private sector share of pension assets.

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