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Regional exposures

Pension and reserve systems differ by region in their structure, from funded defined benefit plans to defined contribution systems and public reserve funds, and in the assets and hazards they face. This page compares regional systems from public records and the long-horizon questions each raises.

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01Contents

Regional exposures in four parts.

In this dossier4 parts
  1. 01ScopeRegions in Institutional Funds Nexus
  2. 02Regional viewPension systems by design
  3. 03StatusWork is shown as its record stands
  4. 04SourcesWhere this page’s references lead
02Scope

Regions in Institutional Funds Nexus.

  1. 01

    Pension system resilience

    Funding and longevity exposures.

  2. 02

    Long-term risk

    Climate, demographic and technology.

  3. 03

    Asset-liability management

    Investment and liability dependencies.

  4. 04

    Liquidity and private assets

    Market stress and private holdings.

  5. 05

    Fiduciary governance

    Mandates, controls and accountability.

  6. 06

    Institutional concentration

    Cross-portfolio exposures.

03Spatial finance

Assets on the grid, and the portfolio they make.

Where a portfolio’s assets sit, and how much of its value is most exposed. Hypothetical assets, not an assessment.

Sixteen assets at real towns, and the share of portfolio value in the most exposed places.Hypothetical assets and design scores, not advice.
04Regional view

Pension systems by design.

Funded systems dominate in some countries and pay-as-you-go in others, which changes who bears climate and market risk: members, sponsors or the state. Heat-related mortality and morbidity also vary by region, affecting liabilities. Health evidence at Health Nexus.

05Process

How the process runs.

Process explorer · Process

Regional exposures: Policy question to decision

9 steps5 stages1 gate

Process

Regional exposures: Policy question to decision

A priority becomes a question, evidence, a decision case and a limited publication; the competent authority decides, never the programme.

  1. 01 Question

    1. 01A priority becomes a questionStep · Universe; national counterpartsA priority becomes a researchable question with stated criteria. National counterparts own the agenda, data and decisions.
    2. 03Scientific and stakeholder challengeStep · the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI); the Global Risks Forum (GRF)Scientific and affected-stakeholder challenge informs mission selection and methods.

  2. 02 Evidence and options

    1. 04Assemble the evidenceStep · GCRIMethods, labelled data and uncertainty are assembled. Every finding carries one of nine evidence labels.
    2. 06Decision case with optionsRecord · The decision owner named in the caseA decision case binds owner, alternatives, evidence and deadline. It needs sensitivity and robustness.

  3. 03 Review and publication

    1. 07G6 · Publication authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises publication of results that have passed scientific and editorial review. It cannot publish personal data.
    2. 08Publish with method, uncertainty and limitsRecord · ReportsFindings are published with their method, uncertainty and limits. An edition is published after review, not to a calendar.

  4. 04 Outside the programme

    1. 02Competent authority decidesDecision · The competent authorityThe authority or institution decides under its own rules. The authority decides; the programme informs.
    2. 05Action and implementation stay with the ownersActor · The relevant government, operator or licensed institutionDecisions and execution stay with the relevant government, operator or licensed institution. The programme records one only if shared.

  5. 05 Learning

    1. 09Corrections and lessons feed the next agendaStep · UniverseCorrections and lessons feed the next annual agenda. The findings of one year set the mandate of the next.

The Nexus cycle · Decision rights · The programme yearDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation.

06Status

Work is shown as its record stands.

Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.

All programmes in Institutional Funds Nexus

07Sources

Where this page’s references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

08Questions

Questions and answers.

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