A $1 trillion U.S. pension gap is dividing two longtime allies: Democrats and unions. Left-leaning politicians from Rhode Island to California are increasingly supporting more aggressive overhauls of government pension benefits despite opposition from labor officials, traditionally one of the Democratic Party’s biggest policy and electoral supporters. The erosion of […]
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What will happen to pensions in 2016?
2015 has been a huge year for pension changes – but 2016 could also be packed with surprises This year has been one of huge changes to the pensions landscape. In April new freedoms were introduced that allow savers to spend their retirement funds how they like. Or at least […]
PFAs keep RSA fund from foreign securities
Leave a comment Chuks Udo Okonta Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) have withheld Retirement Saving Accounts of active contributors and retirees from foreign shares and money market securities. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) in an investment summary of October, 2015, said no investment was made in foreign securities from retirement saving […]
Ghana: National Pension Scheme Transfers Funds
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has transferred a total of GHS 193,116,008.95 to Licensed Trustees administering mandatory 2nd Tier Occupational Pension Schemes. The amount represents total funds transferred to Trustees in 2015. The Authority commenced the transfers in November this year after applicants (Licensed Trustees) had successfully gone through […]
Protests mar pension sector in 2015
The inability of federal and state governments to meet the needs and demands of pensioners resulted to several protests staged across the country this year. Aggrieved pensioners staged the latest of such protests this Wednesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over four-month arrears of unpaid retirement benefits. “We are owed from […]
Contributory pension assets rise to N5.14tn
Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu Nike Popoola The total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose to N5.14tn at the end of October this year. Figures obtained from the National Pension Commission on Wednesday showed that 56.28 per cent of the money totalling N2.8tn was invested in Federal Government of Nigeria bonds, […]
PenCom goes appealing for adoption, implementation of CPS
Mrs. Anohu-Amazu Leave a comment Chuks Udo Okonta Worried by the low adoption and implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) the National Pension Commission (PenCom) has appealed to states and local governments to immediately comply to avail their employees of the numerous benefits of the scheme. The Director-General PenCom […]
Retirees in Lagos State get N1.9 billion cash
Leave a comment Chuks Udo Okonta The Lagos State Government has paid another batch of retirees numbering 298 from the State Public Service for the month of December.This, Dr. Akintola Benson Oke, the Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions says demonstrates government’s commitment to the welfare of its workers that […]
Pensioners Ask Government To Pay Arrears
Pensioners The Nigerian Union of Pensioners have asked the federal and state governments to pay all pension arrears they are owing retirees to ease their sufferings. The union made the appeal at a news conference to mark the 2015 Pensioners’ Day at the Nigeria Labour Congress headquarters in Abuja. December […]
CPS good tool of managing finances – PenCom
Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu Leave a comment Chuks Udo Okonta The adoption of Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) by States is one effective tool of managing finances, especially at a time of lean available public resources, the National Pension Commission (PenCom), has canvassed. Its Director-General Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, said this at the […]
