Misperception in UK: Auto-enrollment means adequacy
Employer contributions are viewed as the key to retirement savings adequacy in Europe; auto-enrolling participants by itself won't get them there, IPE.com reports.
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‘Collective’ versus ‘individual’ pension accrual debated in Holland
In the Netherlands, the government and the labor unions are struggling to create a new model for retirement savings that satisfies employers and workers.
Auto-escalation begins in the UK, with ‘close monitoring’
In the UK, the minimum contribution to auto-enrolled defined contribution plans will reach 8% in April 2019, including a 3% mandatory employer contribution.
How Canadians regard lifetime income: CANNEX
Fewer than half of Canadians surveyed were confident in their ability to maintain their standard of living until age 90, while 58% would expect a decline in living standards...
A ‘SideCar’ Account for UK Plan Participants
NEST, Britain's public-option defined contribution plan wants to let participants people access some of their retirement money for emergencies more easily.
Allies pay for our nukes by holding US bonds, economists suggest
The countries that benefit most from American military protection are the ones who hold the biggest share of their foreign reserves in US Treasuries, which may lower our borrowing...
A Pre-ICO Lunch at Gibraltar
I rented a Fiat 500 and drove to Gibraltar for a mid-day meal with Dean McClelland, the creator of TontineTrust, a retirement income product based on crypto-currency.
In Canada, ‘LIFE’ Begins at 85
Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald (right or below), a research fellow at Toronto's Ryerson University, proposes a voluntary, tontine-like deferred income annuity called Lifetime Income for the Elderly (LIFE). Canadians could make...
