Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Current trends in performance and flows in the Spanish pension fund industry

MAP20260010717

Current trends in performance and flows in the Spanish pension fund industry / Ricardo Barahona. — Madrid : Banco de España, 2026

26 p. . — (Documentos ocasionales ; Nº 2606 ; March 2026)

Sumario: This paper analyses the financial performance and investor flows of individual pension funds in Spain. Using detailed fund-level data, it decomposes returns into risk exposure, risk-adjusted performance and fees, showing that average risk-adjusted returns are negative after fees. Evidence of managerial skill is found before fees, as well as persistence in relative fund performance. The study also shows that investors actively reallocate savings towards better-performing funds. Finally, the performance of pension funds is compared with that of mutual funds domiciled in Spain

1. Fondos de pensiones . 2. Planes de pensiones . 3. Rentabilidad ajustada al riesgo . 4. Gestión de activos . 5. Mercados financieros . 6. España . I. Banco de España . II. Título.