Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds
The goal of this research is to analyse the elements (corporate governance, regulatory framework, operational efficiency, investment strategy, and ethics) that affect pension funds and their ability to grow. The large asset base of the Egyptian financial sector can be better understood by reading this research.Principal component analysis was used to identify the key micro-factors that contributed to the increasing size of the pension fund. Later, the R2-change was examined as part of a hierarchical regression technique to examine the relative importance of each variable in the model. The examination of the data shows that all of the identified parameters, with the exception of fund restrictions in the final model, have a strong positive and substantial link with the growth of pension funds. Capital Market Board and Finance Ministry could benefit practically from the paper's methodology when making decisions about pension fund management and the fundamental factors underlying it. The study's micro-factors are drawn from a literature review of previous studies conducted in a variety of economies. This opens up the possibility of using the research as a basis for a comparative examination of pension fund growth across economies.
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Pension Funds’ Growth, Fund Governance, Fund Regulation, Operational Efficiency, Investment Strategy, Fund Ethics, Financial Sustainability
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(1) Arslan Qayyum
Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Aniqa Arslan
Assistant Professor, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
(3) Sharique Ayubi
Associate Professor, Institute of Business Management, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA : Qayyum, A., Arslan, A., & Ayubi, S. (2023). Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds. Global Economics Review, VIII(II), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).05
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CHICAGO : Qayyum, Arslan, Aniqa Arslan, and Sharique Ayubi. 2023. "Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds." Global Economics Review, VIII (II): 49-66 doi: 10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).05
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HARVARD : QAYYUM, A., ARSLAN, A. & AYUBI, S. 2023. Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds. Global Economics Review, VIII, 49-66.
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MHRA : Qayyum, Arslan, Aniqa Arslan, and Sharique Ayubi. 2023. "Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds." Global Economics Review, VIII: 49-66
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MLA : Qayyum, Arslan, Aniqa Arslan, and Sharique Ayubi. "Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds." Global Economics Review, VIII.II (2023): 49-66 Print.
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OXFORD : Qayyum, Arslan, Arslan, Aniqa, and Ayubi, Sharique (2023), "Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds", Global Economics Review, VIII (II), 49-66
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TURABIAN : Qayyum, Arslan, Aniqa Arslan, and Sharique Ayubi. "Factors of Pension Funds' Growth: An Empirical Analysis of Egyptian Pension Funds." Global Economics Review VIII, no. II (2023): 49-66. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2023(VIII-II).05