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arabtimesonline (07.11.2018) Society’s security could not be achieved without having effective economic and social security policies that meet people’s needs and preserve their rights, Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister of Finance Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf has stated. This remark was made by Al-Hajraf at the inauguration of the 19th conference of the International Conference of Social Security Actuaries, Statisticians and Investment Specialists which kicked off on Kuwait Tuesday under aegis of His Highness the Amir.

ILO (31.10.2018) From 1981 to 2014, thirty countries privatized fully or partially their public mandatory pensions; as of 2018, eighteen countries have reversed the privatization.

Euractiv.com (23.10.2018) 87% of assets managed by the world’s 100 largest public pension funds are yet to undergo a formal climate risk assessment, according to research published on Tuesday (23 October), with only 15% of them adopting a coal exclusion policy.

EurActiv (16.10.2018) 87% of assets managed by the world’s 100 largest public pension funds are yet to undergo a formal climate risk assessment, according to research published on Tuesday (23 October), with only 15% of them adopting a coal exclusion policy.

Euractiv (25.09.2018) ERAFP is a pension fund which manages the additional retirement pension for civil servants. It is a mandatory pension scheme, which is capital-based and was established to benefit the 4.5 million civil servants, whether they are civilian or military officials, or employed by local government, hospitals or the judiciary. Having been established in 2005, the scheme allows civil servants to make contributions from all of their non-statutory income (any remuneration paid other than their index-related salary).

 World Finance (01.08.2018) Prima AFP is offering a compelling argument for the need to increase the limit for foreign investments in Peru’s intrinsically important private pension system

20 Minutes (04.05.2018) Le ministre de l'Economie Bruno Le Maire a détaillé ce jeudi plusieurs mesure de sa réforme Pacte qui visent à développer l'épargne retraite des Français.Le futur projet de loi prévoit ainsi d'instaurer la « portabilité totale » des dispositifs d’épargne retraite, une option de réversion systématique pour le conjoint ou encore la possibilité généralisée de retirer en une fois les sommes placées.

newswire (12.03.2018) Morneau Shepell released the March 2018 issue of its monthly newsletter, News & Views, in which the Company looked at a number of topics including: the Act to enhance the Quebec Pension Plan and amend various retirement-related provisions, relevant announcements in the 2018 federal budget, healthcare funding in British Columbia and provincial sales tax in Saskatchewan.

 Daily Monitor (07.03.2018) Mr Usher Wilson Owere, the chairman of National Organisation of Trade Unions, in a tweet, welcomed the Cabinet decision, saying the amendment would save the worker’s money.  We’re saying there may be workers who have genuine reasons to request for part of their benefits before the mandatory 55 years,” Janat Mukwaya, minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development