Pensions

Bangladesh: PM Hasina opens universal pension scheme

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 08/17/2023 - 16:19

dhakatribune.com (17.08.2023) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the much-talked-about Universal Pension Scheme to bring all the people of the country aged above 18 under the scheme. She initially opened the pension scheme — Pragati, Surokkha, Samata and Prabashi — joining the inaugural program virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence in the morning. After launching the scheme, the premier said: "We opened the Universal Pension Scheme in the Month of Mourning.

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UK. Fifth of savers want oil excluded from their pensions

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 11:45

pensionpolicyinternational.com (19.06.2023) A growing number of pension savers would like to see the oil sector completely excluded from their pension fund’s investments. Some 21 per cent of pension savers say they want oil to be axed from their pension, according to a survey from online pension provider PensionBee. This has jumped from 15 per cent of pension savers last year. Alongside oil, the main investments people want excluded from their pensions are companies contributing to deforestation, habitat destruction and predatory lending.

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France: Retraites : une réforme controversée à l'impact incertain

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 04/24/2023 - 10:56

Sciences Po (14.04.2023) La réforme des retraites 2023, un sujet qui est au cœur de l’actualité et des préoccupations des citoyens depuis des mois. Une conférence organisée le 5 avril 2023 à Sciences Po a réuni des chercheuses et chercheurs de différentes disciplines s. Ce moment riche de la diversité des perspectives apportées par les intervenants et des questions du public a été l’occasion de revenir sur l’histoire des retraites en France et en comparaison avec les pays européens.

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"The pension age cannot be same for everybody": EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 03/28/2023 - 15:49

france24.com (24.03.2023) Talking Europe speaks to the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit. With anger growing in France about the government's push to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64, and the EU facing an ongoing cost-of-living crisis, his portfolio is very much in the spotlight –  including recommendations to encourage a Minimum Income for all.

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Europe
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China to raise retirement age to deal with aging population

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 16:19

pensionpolicyinternational.com (14.03.2023) China is planning to raise its retirement age gradually and in phases to cope with the country’s rapidly aging population, the state-backed Global Times said on Tuesday, citing a senior expert from China’s Ministry of Human Resources. Jin Weigang, president of the Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security Sciences, said China was eyeing a “progressive, flexible and differentiated path to raising the retirement age”, meaning that it would be delayed initially by a few months, which would be subsequently increased.

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Thailand urges informal workers to prepare for their retirement

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 02/09/2023 - 15:37

vietnamplus.vn (07.02.2023) More than 16 million informal workers in Thailand have not participated in any savings scheme to prepare for their life during retirement even though the country is expected to become an aged society in the next two years.

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Bangladesh : Universal pension scheme: What it is and how it will work

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 02/03/2023 - 16:09

The Daily Star (31.01.2023) Bangladesh made a major step towards a universal pension scheme when parliament passed the Universal Pension Management Bill-2022 on January 24 with a view to bringing the country's growing elderly population under a social security system.

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