February 2022
04Feb

UK. Prudential reports itself to regulator over AVC failings

Prudential is one of the UK’s largest additional voluntary contributions providers for Local Government Pension Scheme funds. Standard Life, Scottish Widows, Aegon, Legal & General and Clerical Medical also process AVCs. LGPS members have two options when it comes to increasing their pension benefits. They may buy an extra pension in the LGPS, and are allowed to make additional contributions to buy up to £7,316 of extra pension, if they are in the main section of the scheme, or they...

February 4, 2022
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04Feb

Nigeria: Alleged Pension Fraud – EFCC Closes Case Against Ex-Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, rested its case in a pension fraud trial involving a former Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye. The anti-graft agency closed its case with the testimony of its 21st prosecution witness. It will now be the turn of Mr Oronsaye and his co-defendants to open their defence to the 49 charges of money laundering involving N2 billion in public funds. EFCC alleged in the charges at the Federal High Court in...

February 4, 2022
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January 2022

México. La Amafore asegura no estar en contra de crear la figura de "asesor previsional"
28Jan

México. La Amafore asegura no estar en contra de crear la figura de “asesor previsional”

La Amafore envió un comentario a la Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria (Conamer) sobre el anteproyecto de la Consar para crear la figura del “Asesor Previsional” y manifestó no estar en contra de dicha modificación La Asociación Mexicana de Afores (Amafore) envió un comentario a la Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria (Conamer) sobre el anteproyecto de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) para crear la figura del “Asesor Previsional” y manifestó no estar en contra de dicha modificación. “La Amafore comparte la finalidad...

January 28, 2022
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20Jan

Ghana. NPRA to prosecute firms that refuse to pay 2-tier contribution for employees

The Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region, William Ohene-Adjei, has indicated that his outfit is ready to prosecute institutions that refuse to pay the tier two contribution of their employees. Mr. Ohene-Adjei gave the indication during a sensitisation programme in Sunyani for the leadership of Anglican Dioceses of Sunyani on the need for people in the informal sector to embrace the 3-tier pension scheme. He urged the leadership of the church...

January 20, 2022
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September 2021
22Sep

UK. The Pensions Regulator’s new criminal powers – how worried should companies and pension scheme trustees be?

The Pension Schemes Act 2021 (Act), which came into force on 11 February 2021, introduced new criminal offences to bolster the Pensions Regulator's moral hazard regime. Most notably, it will now be a criminal offence to engage in activity that has a materially detrimental impact on scheme benefits. The offence is punishable by an unlimited fine and up to seven years in jail. This offence operates alongside a civil penalty of up to £1 million. In this article, we take...

September 22, 2021
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21Sep

UK. Guy Opperman reappointed as pensions minister

Guy Opperman has been reappointed as pensions and financial inclusion minister after a reshuffle that saw the governmental pensions team largely unchanged. Minister since 2017, Opperman has spearheaded multiple pensions policy initiatives, including dashboards, collective defined contribution, superfunds, and simpler statements. Writing on Twitter yesterday (19 September), Opperman said: "Serving as a minister on behalf of the elected government, the prime minister and Her Majesty is a genuinely great honour and wonderfully challenging." He said he was "very proud of what we...

September 21, 2021
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July 2021
20Jul

Danish pension firms censured for failure to ID money-laundering risks

Six Danish pension providers have been ordered to revise their risk assessments regarding money laundering, after the country’s financial watchdog followed through on a tightening of the regulations at the end of last year. AP Pension was given several official orders to correct procedures, while others, such as Danica Pension and PenSam, got away more lightly following a series of inspections conducted by the Danish FSA. The FSA said it had conducted an investigation into the risk assessments of life insurance...

July 20, 2021
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19Jul

India. PFRDA, government in talks to tweak law to cover retirement funds

The government and the Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA) are discussing amendments to the law to ensure the regulation of a large number of superannuation funds that currently escape the required scrutiny Although there are no official estimates, around 400-500 are seen to be “unregulated” superannuation funds, with 50-60 being large players. There are at least three regulators for the pension business, with PFRDA handling the National Pension System (NPS), while the insurance regulator deals with annuities sold...

July 19, 2021
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12Jul

Lack of climate risk analysis in US federal retirement fund sparks concern

The board overseeing the largest public retirement plan in the United States has not comprehensively assessed the risks climate change poses to its investments, a U.S. federal agency says, sparking fears retirement savings pots could be at risk. Read also US. How Benchmarks Keep Pension Stakeholders in the Dark The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) says its investment strategies already price in such risks to its portfolio as they track broader indices of companies coming under new pressure to disclose...

July 12, 2021
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June 2021
29Jun

US. GAO Studied Retirement Plan Climate Change Risk Assessments

The agency recommended that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) evaluate the risk of climate change on the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)'s investment offerings. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recommended that the executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) evaluate the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)’s investment offerings in light of risks related to climate change. Read also US. Now Is The Time To Re-Think Retirement Plan Conventional Wisdom “Climate change is expected to affect financial...

June 29, 2021
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