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Pension & Social Security

Modifications in National Pension Scheme financially untenable Finance Ministry

“In fact, the Asset Under Management (AUM) of the central government (Rs 1.45 trillion) and state government (Rs 2.20 trillion) schemes have been invested through pension funds across the government securities (around 50 per cent), corporate bonds (around 36 per cent) and only around 10 per cent is in equities and rest in money market instruments,” it said, adding that the scheme has provided returns of around 9.5 per cent since inception.

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Calm before the storm for Japan suicides as coronavirus ravages economy

Kyoto University’s Resilience Research Unit has predicted 2,400 more suicides for each 1% rise in unemployment. If the virus subsides in a year, unemployment could peak at around 6% by March, lifting annual suicides to around 34,000, it estimated. If pandemic conditions persist for two years, a rise to 8% unemployment by March 2022 would see suicides spike over 39,000

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LIC to start selling 7.40% govt’s pension scheme from tomorrow

The policy term is of 10 years and for policies sold during the first financial year i.e. up to 31st March 2021, the Scheme will provide an assured rate of return of 7.40 per cent annually, payable monthly (i.e. equivalent to 7.66 per cent.p.a.) for the entire duration of 10 years .For the policies sold during the next two financial years, the applicable assured rate of interest, at which the pension payment shall be made, will be reviewed and decided at the beginning of each financial year by Ministry of Finance, Government of India. 

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IFRS 17 to be implemented from Jan 1st, 2023:IASB

“We encourage companies to continue to press forward at current pace and use this additional time to strengthen their processes and procedures as well as allow for more testing, dry runs and contingencies. We also believe a shared effective implementation date for IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 will avoid temporary earnings mismatches that would otherwise exist and reduce implementation costs,” said Ralph Ovsec, Senior Director at insurance and reinsurance broker Willis Towers Watson.

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