World’s Best-Funded Pension Market Shows Dark Side of New Rules

No country on the planet has a better-funded pension system than Denmark. So when its life insurance industry encounters some hurdles, it’s worth paying attention. Because of a challenging cocktail of record-low interest rates and stricter capital requirements, pension funds have been transferring risk to customers instead of keeping it on their own books. Given the developments, the head of Denmark’s financial supervisor wants a regulatory rethink to reflect the new world order he says many pension clients don’t yet understand....