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Large pension funds do not invest more effectively than smaller pension funds

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  • Jacob Bikker
  • Jeroen Meringa

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One of the key missions of pension funds is to maximise returns on pension investments. The five largest pension funds in the Netherlands allocate their assets differently among possible investment products compared to the smaller pension funds. This allocation strategy has positively impacted their net returns over the past decade without significantly increasing their risk exposure. Additionally, they benefit from economies of scale when investing their assets. However, these large pension funds have lost their returns advantage due to less effective interest rate risk hedging strategies. Furthermore, performance fees – paid almost exclusively by the largest funds – negatively impact net returns, except for fees associated with private equity and hedge funds.

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  • Jacob Bikker & Jeroen Meringa, 2024. "Large pension funds do not invest more effectively than smaller pension funds," Working Papers 822, DNB.
    • Handle: RePEc:dnb:dnbwpp:822
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    Keywords

    Pension fund investment returns; scale economies; investment allocation; pension funds size-return relationship; performance fees; consolidation;
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    JEL classification:

    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors

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