Countries around the world are taking unprecedented action to stem financial collapse due to COVID-19. Governments are acting as insurers of last resort, providing liquidity to both individuals and corporations in dire straits.
Economics & Business
Mar 30, 2020
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Among the topics being investigated by the government's retirement incomes review is whether compulsory super contributions should be lifted from 9.5% to 12%.
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2020
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An advice website setup by the Government in the wake of pensions reforms could be exacerbating people's unconscious bias and influencing their financial decisions, according to experts at the University of Stirling.
Economics & Business
Nov 29, 2019
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Income and social status have an increasing effect on life expectancy in Germany. On average, men with very low retirement pay die five years earlier than those who are much better off. Poverty shortens life. According to ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2019
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British and German citizens have very different views on whether or not their governments should continue to provide a state pension in the years ahead, according to new research by the University of Kent.
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2019
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The alignment of state pension ages for women and men—while in some senses a milestone for gender equality—has created very real difficulties for those whose who will now not receive their State Pension when they had ...
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2018
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Recent research from North Carolina State University finds that state pension plans would be better off avoiding external asset managers when investing their plans' assets—and would carry substantially smaller unfunded ...
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2018
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Around one in four elderly Japanese women will live below the poverty level in the near future—with the figure rising to 50% for never-married and divorced women. In contrast, only about 10% of Japanese men will become ...
General Physics
Mar 14, 2018
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People who take out an individual personal pension can expect lower returns than those who invest in a group personal pension plan, suggests new research from the University of Bath's School of Management.
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2017
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An analysis of state pension plans from across the country finds that the already troubling state of pension finances may be even worse than it first appears because many pension managers are making their plan's financial ...
Economics & Business
Jun 19, 2017
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