Pension system
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Pension systems in various countries

  • ANSES (Argentina)
    ANSES
    ANSES is a decentralized Argentine Government social insurance agency managed under the aegis of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The agency is the principal administrator of social security and other social benefits in Argentina, including family and childhood subsidies, and...

  • Superannuation in Australia
    Superannuation in Australia
    Superannuation is a retirement program in Australia. It has a compulsory element whereby employers are required by law to pay an additional amount based on a proportion of an employee's salaries and wages into a complying superannuation fund.An individual's superannuation fund can be accessed...

  • Social Security (Australia)
    Social Security (Australia)
    Social Security, in Australia, refers to a system of social welfare payments provided by Commonwealth Government of Australia. These payments are administered by a Government body named Centrelink...

  • Canada Pension Plan
    Canada Pension Plan
    The Canada Pension Plan is a contributory, earnings-related social insurance program. It forms one of the two major components of Canada's public retirement income system, the other component being Old Age Security...

  • Chile pension system
    Chile pension system
    The Chile Pension system refers to old-age, disability and survivor pensions for workers in Chile. The pension system was changed by José Piñera, during Augusto Pinochets military government on November 4, 1980 from a PAYGO-system to a fully funded capitalization system run by private sector...

  • Indian pension system
  • KiwiSaver (New Zealand)
    KiwiSaver
    The KiwiSaver scheme is a New Zealand voluntary long-term savings scheme which came into operation from Monday, 2 July 2007. The main purpose of the KiwiSaver fund is for retirement savings....

  • Social security (Sweden)
    Social Security (Sweden)
    Social security in Sweden consists of various social insurances handled by Försäkringskassan and welfare given out on a need basis by local municipalities.- Child allowance and parental benefit :...

  • UK Pension Provision
    UK pension provision
    Pensions in the United Kingdom fall into seven major divisions; Basic State Pension, State Second Pension , Occupational Pensions, Stakeholder Pensions, Group Personal Pensions and Personal or Individual Pensions...

  • Self-invested personal pension
    Self-invested personal pension
    A Self-Invested Personal Pension is the name given to the type of UK-government-approved personal pension scheme, which allows individuals to make their own investment decisions from the full range of investments approved by HM Revenue & Customs ....

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  • Retirement plans in the United States
    Retirement plans in the United States
    A retirement plan is a financial arrangement designed to replace employment income upon retirement. These plans may be set up by employers, insurance companies, trade unions, the government, or other institutions. Congress has expressed a desire to encourage responsible retirement planning by...

  • Social security (United States)
    Social Security (United States)
    In the United States, Social Security refers to the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.The original Social Security Act and the current version of the Act, as amended encompass several social welfare and social insurance programs...

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