Pensions

The scary facts behind the gender pension gap

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World Economic Forum (07.03.2018) It is widely accepted that a gender gap exists. The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Gender Gap report reveals that it will take 217 years to completely remove the disparity between the sexes around the world.

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Suisse: Vers la retraite à 65 ans pour tous et une forte hausse de la TVA pour l'AVS

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rts.ch (03.02.2018) Alain Berset devrait présenter vendredi au Conseil fédéral plusieurs variantes pour réformer l'AVS, a appris la RTS. Au menu: la retraite à 65 ans pour les femmes et une forte hausse de la TVA.

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[Interview] Vietnam: Retirement age must increase

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Vietnam News (07.02.2018) The average Vietnamese lives to 73.4 years - 70.8 for men and 76.1 for women. However, the average retirement age for both men and women is only 54.2 years old, 55.6 for men and 52.6 for women. Generally speaking, the years of participating in social-insurance for men is 28 years and 23 years for women while their years of enjoying the retirement pension is 18.1 years for men and 24.5 years for women.

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vietnam
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FMI insiste en que Nicaragua debe aumentar edad de jubilación

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Revista Estrategia & Negocios (18.02.2018) El año pasado el FMI planteó al Gobierno aumentar la edad de jubilación y el número de cotizaciones de los trabajadores como medida para salvar al INSS.

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nicaragua
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UK: Technology to manage pension 'like bank account’ launched

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FTAdviser (15.02.2018) Pension switching platform PensionBee has teamed up with a bank to allow savers to manage their pension "like a bank account".As part of a deal with Starling Bank, the platform will be integrated into the bank's app, allowing savers to see their live pension alongside their current account balance. 

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united kingdom
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Ireland: Minister’s pension reforms to benefit far fewer women than expected

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irishtimes (05.02.2018) Pension reforms announced with fanfare by Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty will benefit far fewer women than campaigners had originally expected. The changes, announced last month, were designed to take account of the fact that many women had big gaps in their social-insurance contribution records because of time they had taken out of the workforce to raise a family or take care of older relatives. A lot of these women had seen their right to a pension disappear or the payment reduce under a tightening of the rules in September 2012.

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ireland
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Pensions
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[Meinung] Deutschland: Altersvorsorge: Jetzt neue Modelle der Betriebsrente möglich!

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finanzen.net (29.01.2018) Seit dem 1. Januar 2018 ist das ­Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz (BRSG) in Kraft. Arbeitgeber können wählen, ob sie ihren Arbeitnehmern zukünftig im Rahmen eines Sozialpartnermodells eine Zielrente als Betriebsrente anbieten oder eine beitragsbezogene betriebliche Altersvorsorge (bAV) mit Garantie. Wie sollen sie sich entscheiden? Müssen sie sich überhaupt entscheiden?

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germany
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Alcanza Brasil un déficit récord en el sistema de la seguridad social | Spanish.xinhuanet.com

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Spanish.xinhuanet (29.01.2018) Brasil registró un déficit en su sistema de Seguridad Social de 57.100 millones de dólares en 2017, lo que equivale al 2,8 por ciento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) previsto para el año, informó hoy el gobierno. Según los datos divulgados por el Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS), se trata del mayor déficit desde 1995, cuando empezó la serie histórica, y supera el de 2016, de 46.800 millones de dólares. El aumento de un año al otro fue del 21,8 por ciento en este régimen general.

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brazil
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South Korea's average retirement age rose to 61.1 in 2017

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The Korea Herald (29.01.2018) The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday. The average retirement age for salaried workers topped 61 years last year as a law raising the retirement age for employees to 60 came into full effect, the labor ministry said Sunday.

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