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Znaczenie otwartych funduszy emerytalnych dla polskiego rynku finansowego
The Significance of Open Pension Funds for the Polish Financial Market

Author(s): Wojciech Wyszyński
Subject(s): Economy, Financial Markets
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: open pension funds; pension system; fully-funded pension funds; financial market; pension reform;stock exchange;

Summary/Abstract: Open Pension Funds (OFE) operating for the last two decades are part of both social security and financial market. During that time they were subject to many amendments, of which the reform of 2014 was the most crucial. They had substantive and positive influence on the development of the whole financial market and in particular contributed to the strengthening of the Warsaw Stock Exchange position and joint-stock companies listed there. Since the reform introduced in 2014 OFE are not allowed to invest in debt instruments issued or guaranteed by the government and that is the main reason for the engagement in the shares of the domestic companies at the level of 75-80% of assets under management. Unfortunately the OFEs did not contributed so significantly to the development of the markets for the other classes of financial instruments.

  • Issue Year: 46/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 109-122
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish
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