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Autor: Joanna Adamska 5
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TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL MARKET AS A METHOD OF MANAGING LONGEVITY RISK IN THE LIGHT OF THE GLOBAL PENSION PROBLEMS

Summary

Population ageing in the most important challenge that many countries around the world are going to face next few decades. The latest forecasts suggest that till the end of 2060 median age in European Union will be almost 50 years, what means, that half of the population in Europe will be 50 and over years old. Living longer is undoubtedly sign of improvements in science and medecine, but it also means a huge changes in demography which implications for social systems especially pensions programmes are considerable.