TY - BOOK ID - 33212653 TI - Evaluating the financial performance of pension funds AU - Hinz, Richard P. AU - World Bank. PY - 2010 SN - 128246258X 9786612462580 0821381601 0821381598 PB - Washington, DC : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Pension trusts KW - Rate of return KW - Investment return KW - Investment yield KW - Return on equity KW - Return on investment KW - ROI (Rate of return) KW - Capital investments KW - Profit KW - Ratio analysis KW - Risk-return relationships KW - Evaluation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33212653 AB - Countries throughout the world are increasingly relying on individual pension savings accounts to provide income replacement in old age for their citizens. Although these have now been in place for several decades, the metrics for the measurement of their performance has not always meaningful from the perspective the long term objectives of pension funds. The recent financial crisis has highlighted the need to establish meaningful performance measures that consider pension funds in relation to the ability to effectively provide income replacement at retirement age. The book discusses the theor ER -