Pensions

UK: Govt urged to give new mothers £2k pension top-up

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pensionsage (03.06.2019) The government is being urged to give new mothers a £2,000 pension top-up to address the pension gender gap. The call from Which? follows analysis by itself and the Pensions Policy Institute, which found that women who take time out of work to care for a while, are hit with a ‘motherhood pension penalty’, potentially saving £15,000 less towards retirement compared to the average full-time working woman.

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Brazil’s Congress confident pension reform will pass

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 Financial Times (02.06.2019) The presidents of both houses of Brazil’s Congress have voiced confidence that legislators will approve a flagship pension reform supported by President Jair Bolsonaro in the next few months.

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German minister presents draft law to supplement basic pension from 2021

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 China.org.cn (23.05.2019) The German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Hubertus Heil, presented his reform to supplement the German basic pension on Wednesday. According to the draft law, a pension supplement is planned from 2021 onwards for long-term, low-income earners in Germany and will be financed primarily from tax revenues.

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germany
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Pension burden: More Japanese opt to retire late, extend employment period

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Business Standard News (10.04.2019) Some economists expect the average pension-to-wage ratio to keep deteriorating and worries are growing that Japan's 'pay-as-you-go' pension scheme may be unsustainable

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japan
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Ghana’s pensions regulator is working to ensure about 11m informal sector workers have pension schemes

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 Pulse Nigeria (07.05.2019) The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has said that it is putting measures in place to ensure that Ghanaians working in the informal sector are able to access a pension scheme.

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ghana
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France: Retraite - Macron réaffirme les 62 ans mais veut inciter les Français à partir plus tard

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Les Echos (26.04.2019) Pour financer les baisses d'impôts, le chef de l'Etat souhaite notamment que les Français travaillent davantage. Il a écarté tout assouplissement supplémentaire des 35 heures ou l'instauration d'un jour de solidarité. La solution passera par l'allongement de la durée de cotisation avec un système de décote pour inciter à « partir plus tard ».

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france
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Brazil pension reform on track to pass by June

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Reuters (11.04.2019) Brazil’s pension reform process will pick up momentum after the Easter holidays, staying on track for approval in the lower house in May or June, the lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Thursday.

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brazil
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Are Switzerland’s pensions too high?

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swissinfo.ch (08.04.2019) The Swiss pension system is in danger of collapse. At the same time, Swiss retirees get higher pensions than almost anywhere else in the world. Is the country due for a reality check?

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UK: Government approves phased implementation of pensions dashboard

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The government has approved a phased introduction of the pensions dashboard, advising that pension schemes need to start preparing now in order to hit a three to four year delivery timeline.

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united kingdom
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Pensions
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