Abstract

This paper studies the specific features of pension services and the impact on financial risk management for pension plans with defined pensions and pension plans with defined contributions. A special attention is paid to the scientific methodology to identify, measure and evaluate various risks, related to investments in pension assets. There is an analysis of the assessment indicators of different types of risks in pension plans with contributions fixed in advance, stating the financing requirements and some aspects of risk measurement approaches in case of defined pension plans. The trends are outlined for further development of the investment risk management methodology in capital-based pension systems.