Download or read book Global Aging and Financial Markets written by Robert Stowe England and published by CSIS. This book was released on 2002 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The retirement of the baby boom generation poses a challenge to the world's financial markets. This book examines the prospect that, after 2020, pension funds will have to pay out more in benefits than employers will be contributing, and it considers the extent to which individuals will liquidate equity holdings, or switch to bond holdings, or do both to sustain their living standards. The book examines the possibility that these changes will drive down equity values and bond returns.