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14JunJune 14, 2017

Turkey. Automatic enrolment in private pension plans system

Introduction A long-awaited legal arrangement on employees' automatic enrollment in private pension plans by their employers was introduced into Turkish law by way of an amendment law published on August 25 2016. The amendment law adds new provisions to the Private Pension Savings and Investment System Act 2001. Accordingly, employees (including public officials) under the age of 45 will be enrolled in a private pension plan with a pension agreement between the employer and a pension company, which is executed under...

June 14, 2017

NewsTurkey

14JunJune 14, 2017

US. Pennsylvania Pension Reform Bill Becomes Law

Pennsylvania’s Senate Bill 1, which moves employees with non-high-risk jobs into hybrid retirement plans, has graduated to a law. Gov. Tom Wolf gave the state pension reform bill the green light Monday. It was passed by the Senate on June 5 and the House of Representatives on June 8. “Today is yet another demonstration that by working across party lines and branches of government, we can address important issues,” Wolf said in a press release. “The common thread that runs through...

June 14, 2017

NewsUS

13JunJune 13, 2017

UK. BMW workers reject offer to end pensions dispute

BMW plans to link the value of a worker's pension to the pension fund's performance on the stock market, instead of final salary. 14:25, UK, Monday 12 June 2017 BMW logos are seen on an automobile wheel at the 2017 New York International Auto Show in New York City, U.S. April 13, 2017 Image: The long-running dispute at BMW is over changes to its pensions scheme Workers at three BMW plants in the UK have voted to reject a deal designed to end a long-running...

June 13, 2017

NewsUK

13JunJune 13, 2017

EU. Private pensions risk bigger gender pension gap

The gender pension gap could be getting wider due to the increasing importance of private (complementary) pension schemes, and their failure to credit women for periods of maternity and parental leave (or other types of care leave). The difference in pension payments for men and women across the EU is 40%, according to the most recent study which was carried out four years ago (in 2013). A survey of 44 trade unions in 29 countries published today by the European Trade...

June 13, 2017

NewsEU

13JunJune 13, 2017

UAE Pension landscape shows promise

The UAE and wider GCC’s pension landscape is, ultimately, a nascent one. Its youthfulness gives it room for improvement, but it shows a great deal of promise. In a period of low oil prices and slower fiscal growth in the region, the subject of pension reform should be brought to the forefront of the economic agenda. From an asset management perspective, pension reform will have an important impact on the regional investment landscape, bringing with it developments that will...

June 13, 2017

NewsUAE

13JunJune 13, 2017

India. PE/VC investments hit 10-year high at $3.1 bn in May

Private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments have recorded the highest monthly investments in the past 10 years at $3.1 billion in May 2017. For the third consecutive month in a year, the investment flow crossed the $2-billion mark. The financial services sector topped the table on account of the $1.4-billion investment by Softbank in Paytm. This deal accounted 46 per cent of aggregate deal value for the month. According to Ernst & Young (EY) data, the month recorded a 264...

June 13, 2017

NewsIndia

12JunJune 12, 2017

Regulator questions UK pension providers on use of offshore reinsurance.

The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority, a division of the Bank of England, is reported to have begun questioning UK pension insurers and providers over their use of offshore reinsurance to transfer pension risks. Bank of England logoWith pension de-risking a top priority for insurers, as pension providers grapple with lower returns and longevity risk, among other issues, offloading some or all of a pension scheme to reinsurers has become increasingly attractive. The UK’s Times newspaper reported at the weekend that Sam...

June 12, 2017

NewsUK

12JunJune 12, 2017

SSI Asset Management eyes pension fund ops in Vietnam

The capital market in Vietnam has seen a snowballing expansion throughout the last few years. In the years 2011-2015 as Vietnam kicked off its plan to catapult the capital market, the stock market jumped nearly three times in terms of capitalisation and attracted 50 per cent more investors. In 2016, the market capitalisation rose 26.6 per cent year-on-year to reach $72 billion. Vietnam is now also building a pipeline to grow more instruments such as pension funds and derivatives by 2020....

June 12, 2017

NewsVietnam

12JunJune 12, 2017

Pension Fund’s Portfolio Decisions: The Dutch Data

DeNederlandscheBank (DNB) issued a working paper this spring about the impact of liquidity and capital constraints on defined benefit pension plans. The paper has three authors, Dirk Broeders, Kristy Jansen, and Bas Werker. The first named author, Broeders, is the only one formally affiliated with DNB. The others are affiliated with Maastricht and Tilburg Universities, respectively. Their paper contains the usual caution that these are the views of the authors, not those of the DNB itself. The relevant definitions are as...

June 12, 2017

NewsNetherlands

09JunJune 9, 2017

US. NYC’s Pension Fund Becomes First In Country To Divest From Private Prisons

New York City's pension fund is the first in the nation to fully divest from private prisons, according to Comptroller Scott Stringer. Trustees of the city's pension fund voted unanimously to divest in mid-May, and have since pulled $48 million of stocks and bonds from three companies: GEO Group, CoreCivic, and G4S. "With Donald Trump in the White House, we're seeing more and more industries try to profit from backwards policies at the expense of immigrants and communities of color,"...

June 9, 2017

NewsUS