Investment Solutions For East Asia's Pension Savings

Two of the most commonplace stylised facts about East Asia have to do with pension issues: the region's population is ageing fast and its household sector has high savings rates. Both ideas are intuitively related: as demographic transitions occur, more individuals should save in preparation for their retirement. This paper examines the relationship between savings and retirement income in East Asia, defined as North-East Asia and Greater China (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Hong Kong).