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09OctOctober 9, 2019

Assets of Romanian pension funds up 26% YOY at end-June

The total assets managed by private pension fund managers (mandatory and voluntary) reached RON 57.43 billion (EUR 12.13 billion) at the end of June, up almost 26% year-on-year, according to data released by the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF). The ratio of private pensions assets to GDP was 5.80% at the end of June, up from 5.22% at the end of last year. “Private pension funds are important institutional investors in the economy, and the investments they made on the...

October 9, 2019

News, Slider2019, Pension Management, Romania

04OctOctober 4, 2019

Pension Insurance Market Size 2019: Demand, Type, Applications, Share, Global Growth Opportunities, Potential, Trends & Industry Forecast to 2026

By Morris Beck Global Pension Insurance Market Status & Trend Report 2013-2023 Top 20 Countries Data offers a comprehensive analysis on Pension Insurance industry, standing on the reader’s perspective, delivering detailed market data in Global major 20 countries and penetrating insights. No matter the client is industry insider, potential entrant or investor, the report will provides useful data and information. The report segments the Global Pension Insurance market as: Global Pension Insurance Market: Type Segment Analysis (Consumption Volume, Average Price,...

October 4, 2019

Books, System Sustainability2019, Pension Management, Reports

04OctOctober 4, 2019

Pension Funds Sink Billions Into a Whole New World of Risk

For decades Dutch pension cash flowed to the place most likely to deliver steady and safe returns: government bonds. No longer. Now the investor behind the Netherlands’ biggest pension fund is channeling retirement savings to a Belgian airport, a bicycle parking lot in Utrecht and toll roads in the U.S. and Spain. “Because of low interest rates, we have to cast our nets far and wide to search for returns,” said Thijs Knaap, senior investment strategist at APG Asset...

October 4, 2019

News, Slider2019, Investment, Pension Management, Risk

03OctOctober 3, 2019

NBC Ghana Trust CEO calls for transparency in Pension Trustee Administration

The Chief Executive Officer of Negotiated Benefits Trust Company Limited (NBC Ghana Trust), William Asiedu Yeboah, has called for transparency in corporate and individual trustee administration following the impact of the recent banking reforms undertaken by the Bank of Ghana. Mr. Yeboah explained that “the trustees (corporate and individual) licensed are required to provide regular reports on all aspects of the fund administration and investment activities. Regular audits are required in addition to robust data management systems. Annual audits...

October 3, 2019

News, Slider2019, Corporate Governance, Ghana, Pension Management

01OctOctober 1, 2019

Australia. Super industry reacts to Treasury’s Retirement Review

Super industry experts have reacted positively to the Treasury’s announcement of a retirement income review, the first review of the superannuation industry in 30 years, but say they want the Government to stick to its existing planned reforms. The Retirement Income Review was announced by the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and will examine the interaction between the age pension, compulsory super and voluntary savings. The Productivity Commission had previously urged the Government to undertake the review before increasing the superannuation guarantee (SG)...

October 1, 2019

News, SliderPension Management, System sustainability

27SepSeptember 27, 2019

Japan. Investors Await Naming of CIO at World’s Largest Pension Fund

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will likely announce next week whether its chief investment officer will continue to manage the monolith’s $1.48 trillion in assets. Hiromichi Mizuno, whose term will end on Sept. 30, captained sweeping changes to the investment strategy of the world’s largest pension fund over the past five years. He became the GPIF’s first CIO in January 2015, overseeing the fund’s shift to stocks from domestic debt, while advocating assets that incorporate environmental, social and governance...

September 27, 2019

News, Slider2019, Investment, Japan, Pension Management

27SepSeptember 27, 2019

Australia. Super and pension budget measures in firing line of retirement review

The next increase in compulsory superannuation and a string of budget savings measures that have crimped retirees' incomes will be investigated in the first comprehensive review of the nation's retirement income system in 30 years. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Friday released the terms of reference for the inquiry, which will cover the age pension, voluntary savings including the family home, aged-care funding, franking credits and the role of the powerful $2.9 trillion superannuation industry. The wide-ranging review would examine...

September 27, 2019

News, Slider2019, Australia, Investment, Pension Management

26SepSeptember 26, 2019

EU. Pensions Inadequacy: The High Fees Often Charged By European Pension Providers Prevent Many EU Citizens From Enjoying A Decent Retirement

For the seventh year in a row, BETTER FINANCE embarked on the herculean task of gathering all the data on private pensions in 17 EU Member States and published its annual report on the real net returns of long-term and retirement savings in Europe. Despite the fact that the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have a legal duty to collect, analyse and report data on “consumer trends” in their respective fields, the “Pension Savings – The Real Return” Report remains...

September 26, 2019

News, Slider2019, EU, Pension Management

25SepSeptember 25, 2019

Ghana Pension Funds Are Shielded From Crisis-Hit Ghana. Money Managers

Ghana’s pension funds are safe from the crisis engulfing money managers caught in the aftermath of a banking-industry cleanup. “The only way some may have been affected is if they made fixed-term investments with some of the banks that were shut down,” Hayford Attah Krufi, chief executive officer of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority, said in an interview. “But, because the government bailed out depositors, those investments are still safe.” The West African nation’s markets regulator is investigating 21...

September 25, 2019

News, Slider2019, Ghana, Pension Management, Risk

24SepSeptember 24, 2019

Namibia.Pension funds’ trustees not independent

The financial regulator revealed this in their 2019 annual report, noting that there is a presence of conflict of interest in some pension funds, while the composition of certain boards of trustees was not in line with fund rules. According to Namfisa, there were 134 pension funds under their watch as of 31 December 2018, with a combined value of N$158 billion. Namfisa is mandated to regulate and supervise financial institutions as well as to ensure a safe, stable...

September 24, 2019

News, Slider2019, Corporate Governance, Namibia, Pension Management

October 2019

Assets of Romanian pension funds up 26% YOY at end-June

Pension Insurance Market Size 2019: Demand, Type, Applications, Share, Global Growth Opportunities, Potential, Trends & Industry Forecast to 2026

Pension Funds Sink Billions Into a Whole New World of Risk

NBC Ghana Trust CEO calls for transparency in Pension Trustee Administration

Australia. Super industry reacts to Treasury’s Retirement Review

September 2019

Japan. Investors Await Naming of CIO at World’s Largest Pension Fund

Australia. Super and pension budget measures in firing line of retirement review

EU. Pensions Inadequacy: The High Fees Often Charged By European Pension Providers Prevent Many EU Citizens From Enjoying A Decent Retirement

Ghana Pension Funds Are Shielded From Crisis-Hit Ghana. Money Managers

Namibia.Pension funds’ trustees not independent