Abstract
Malaysia will be an ageing population by 2030 as the number of those aged 60 years and above has increased drastically from 6.2 percent in 2000 and is expected to reach 13.6 percent by 2030. There are many challenges that will be faced due to the ageing population, one of which is the increasing cost of pensions in the future. In view of that, it is necessary to investigate the effect of actuarial assumptions on pension liabilities under the perspective of ageing. To estimate the pension liabilities, the Projected Unit Credit method is used in the study and commutation functions are employed in the process. Demographic risk and salary risk have been identified as major risks in analyzing pension liabilities in this study. The sensitivity analyses will be conducted in the study to investigate how the pension liabilities will be affected when these major risks changes. This study analyzes nine scenarios under assumptions in the actuarial model, namely age of retirement, rate of mortality and rate of salary growth. The result of this study indicates that the implied mortality experience and salary growth rate assumptions have a significant impact on pension liabilities.
Highlights
Many countries including Malaysia are facing a rapidly ageing population as the proportion of those aged 60 years and above has increased from 5.2 percent in year 1970 to 5.7 percent in year 1990, and it is expected to increase about 9.8 percent by 2020 and 13.6 percent by 2030
The ageing population has a significant impact on the survival of the public pension system and it is a serious problem when associated with the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension schemes
By changing the mortality rate variable and holding the salary growth rate at 6%, the percentage reduction in Pension Liabilities are computed
Summary
Many countries including Malaysia are facing a rapidly ageing population as the proportion of those aged 60 years and above has increased from 5.2 percent in year 1970 to 5.7 percent in year 1990, and it is expected to increase about 9.8 percent by 2020 and 13.6 percent by 2030. There are many challenges that come with an ageing population, one of which is the increasing cost of pensions in the future. The ageing population has a significant impact on the survival of the public pension system and it is a serious problem when associated with the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension schemes. Many countries including Malaysia have a public pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension system. In this sense, PAYG pension schemes are the most sensitive pension schemes to longevity and ageing effects. According to previous studies [6, 7], they point out that the PAYG pension schemes in East-Asian region countries are expected to face fiscal imbalances in the near future
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