Issue detail | Issue | 42. Retained earnings of mutual funds, insurance companies, and pension funds |
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| Issue description and recommendation | In the 1993 SNA, retained earnings of an entity are generally treated as the income and saving of the entity, rather than the owner. However, exceptions are made for life insurance companies, pension funds and foreign direct investment companies, where there is an imputed outflow to the policyholders, beneficiaries, or owners (respectively), with an equal financial account inflow from them. The ESA 95 introduces a similar treatment for mutual funds by imputing a distribution of retained earnings to the investors and a subsequent reinvestment in the fund. Should the SNA follow this treatment to have a more consistent treatment of various forms of collective investment schemes? | | Click icon to see the provisional recommendation for this issue | | Click icon to see background information for this issue (AEG papers, meetings, comments, etc.) | (For the links above use your browser's back button to return to this page) |
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