Five days a week, Kim Moske makes a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and brown-bags it to work. “I’ve been doing that for 30 years and saving what I would have spent eating my lunch out someplace,” she said. “That’s added up to a lot of money, and truthfully, I don’t care what I eat for lunch.” That is a small gesture, but it is indicative of the advantages of making daily choices to help save for a financially secure...
Rene Schaaf, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Principal International, is responsible for global business development, strategy and operations of the company in Latin America and Asia. She met Mint during a recent visit to India and discussed global trends in the pension industry. She also elaborated how India is in a unique position when it comes to the retirement market, thanks to the relatively younger population. Schaaf stresses the importance of defined contribution plans for sustainable evolution...
Four thousand one hundred and ninety four extreme poor persons in the Upper East Region have so far been supported by the Japan Social Development Fund Project (JSDF) to set up their own micro enterprises. Majority of the beneficiaries who are women and are drawn from the Bawku West , Talensi, Kassena-Nankana West, Garu –Tempane, Builsa North, South and the Nabdam Districts were trained in the areas of entrepreneurial skills, business advisory services among others in addition to receiving small...
Pensions are, in a sense, a necessary by-product of a rich economy. But what will it take to sell the idea to the rural poor? Especially when their income (never particularly substantial) is seasonal, increasing at harvest time and with demand in the cities for construction-related labor. What are the inducements that can convince them to invest for a future forced upon them by the changing social structure? Olivia S. Mitchell, a Wharton professor of business economics and public policy...
As Puerto Rico attempts to sort out its tangled financial web, retirees may face bigger cuts than those in past US municipal insolvencies, due in part to an unconventional debt structure that pits pensioners against the very lenders whose money was supposed to sustain them. The US territory is doing all it can to present itself as a reliable place to invest, but resolving the pensions issue will require a careful balance. Benefit structures are widely seen as unsustainable, but draconian...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to place "regulatory reform" task forces and officers within federal agencies in what may be the most far reaching effort to pare back US red tape in recent decades. Trump signed the directive in the Oval Office with chief executives of major US corporations standing behind him including Dow Chemical (DOW.N), Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and US Steel (X.N). The sweeping order directs every federal agency to establish a task force to...
Supreme Court issued a unanimous judgment in a case concerning a claim by the unmarried cohabiting partner of a member of a public service pension scheme that she should be entitled to receive a survivor's pension. In this Pensions Alert we provide an overview of the judgment and consider the possible implications for private sector occupational pension schemes. Facts of the case The scheme in this case was the Local Government Pension Scheme in Northern Ireland (Scheme). The regulations governing the...
At least 56 per cent of retirees in Kenya depend on their children for support or live in poverty despite making contributions to their pension schemes while in active employment, a study has disclosed. The study done by Lunar Odawa-Nguchu of Blossom Consulting Services reveals that the amount the retirees receive is inadequate to cater for their needs. He said while retirement planning needs to prepare individuals for life after paid work ends, not just financially, not all aspects such as...
Women receive substantially less in employer pension contributions than men, setting them up for a far poorer retirement, new research has found. It suggests the smaller contributions by firms mean female employees will end up with a pension pot worth an average £47,000 less than their male counterparts. Between 2013 and 2016, men benefited from employer pension contributions worth 7.8pc of their salary each year, compared with 7pc for women. Read More: HERE
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK has formed an agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). The deal is designed to simplify the process for fintech startups from one market to access that of the other. As part of this bond, the FCA and OSC will collaborate by sharing information on regulatory issues, as well as information on emerging trends in the market. The FCA set up an innovation hub in 2014 with the intention of supporting new firms in...
