Public Relation in Privately-Held Pension Funds are the aim of this research, specifically in what concerns to its implantation and administration, in the light of Professor Maria Regina Esteves proposals. Theoretical sources with respect to Public and Private Pension Funds, Marketing, Communication, Communication Room and Public Relation are analyzed and presented. A field survey was undertaken, involving 83 Privately-Held Pension Funds, objecting quantitative perception. Conclusions points to the fact that most of Privately-Held Pension Funds do not have Public Relation. Nevertheless, organizations that possess them design structures and actions appropriated to the fulfillment of its institutional role, in line with Professor Martinez proposals. However, currently, the research returns the perception that Public Relation is still an area not well appraised by the Privately- Held Pension Funds. / As Assessorias de Imprensa nas Entidades Fechadas de PrevidÃncia Privada (EFPC) sÃo o foco desta pesquisa, especificamente no que concerne à sua implantaÃÃo e administraÃÃo, à luz de proposiÃÃes elaboradas pela Professoa Maria Regina Esteves Martinez. Teoricamente, sÃo apresentados estudos referenciais sobre PrevidÃncia Social e Complementar, Marketing, ComunicaÃÃo, Assessoria de ComunicaÃÃo e Assessoria de Imprensa. Em pesquisa de campo, do tipo levantamento, foram envolvidas 83 EFPCs, objetivando percepÃÃo quantitativa. O resultado demonstra que a maioria das EFPCs nÃo possui Assessoria de Imprensa. Todavia, as entidades que as tÃm possuem estruturas e aÃÃes apropriadas ao cumprimento do seu papel institucional, alinhados Ãs expectativas da Professora Martinez. Atualmente, entretanto, a pesquisa indica que a Assessoria de Imprensa à uma Ãrea ainda nÃo valorizada pelas EFPCs.

Este trabalho analisa as condições atuariais para criação do Fundo previdenciário federal (FUNPRESP) e como será o novo sistema previdenciário após o funcionamento desse Fundo que finalmente concluirá, em âmbito federal, as reformas iniciadas em 1998. A partir desse estudo concluímos que o novo sistema previdenciário, sistema misto, pagará benefícios menores para os servidores que ingressarem depois da criação do fundo quando comparados com os atuais servidores. Em razão disso os atuais servidores, analisando apenas os ganhos financeiros, não migrarão para o Fundo federal conforme é esperado pelo Governo. As mulheres receberão nesse novo sistema previdenciário benefícios menores em função do menor tempo de contribuição, expectativa de vida maior e menor taxa de crescimento salarial. Mas os grandes avanços com a criação do fundo serão o equilíbrio atuarial do sistema federal de previdência e o fim das grandes desigualdades entre esse sistema e o regime geral de previdência. A criação do Fundo fará com que os benefícios fiquem atrelados diretamente à contribuição de cada servidor, diferentemente do que ocorria antes quando os benefícios eram proporcionais à remuneração do servidor - até 2003 era equivalente a última remuneração e depois de 2003 é equivalente à média das 80% maiores remunerações. / The present work analyzes the actuarial conditions for the creation of the Brazilian Federal Social Security Fund (FUNPRESP) and how the new Social Security System will work after the effective functioning of the Fund. We could say that in the federal sphere it will finally finish off the reforms initiated in 1998. We conclude that the new Social Security System (called \"mixed system\") will provide lower payments to the beneficiaries who start to contribute after the creation of the Fund. In consequence, the current beneficiaries will not migrate to the new Federal Fund, as the government expects, because some simple analysis will make they conclude that they would incur into financial losses. Along with that, female beneficiaries will receive fewer benefits than men from that new Social Security System, basically for three reasons: a) their shorter time of contribution; b), their higher life expectancy; and c), the lower rate at which their payments actually grow. We also conclude that the real advantages brought by the creation of the Fund are: a) the actuarial equilibrium of the Federal Social Security System, and b) the end of the huge inequalities between that system and the \"general\" Brazilian Social Security System (INSS). The creation of the Fund will link the benefits directly to the contribution of each servant, as opposed to when benefits were proportional to the servant\'s pay (equal to it until 2003, or equivalent to the average of the 80% highest salaries).

The aim of this diploma thesis Analysis of performance of pension funds is a detailed mapping of the area of pension to highlight the current shortcomings and to familiarize the reader with pension reform which vill come into force in January.The work is divided into five parts. In the first two sections the reader familiar with the operation of pension funds and pension funds, which are regulated by Act 42/1994 Coll. The third chapter is devoted to a comparison of the results of pension funds operating on the Czech market. The fourth part deals with the profitability of pension funds and the fifth chapter summarizes the most important changes in the pension reform awaits III. pillar pension system.

This study provides a view of the decision-making process of Dutch company pension funds. The success of this research was the exceptional granting of access to four cases. Lack of such access could very well be the reason why research of this nature has not been previously achieved. The financial health of pension funds, expressed by the coverage ratio, showed a decline in 2008. Research has shown that there is a relationship between decision-making processes and outcome. Were the processes appropriate to set up and maintain a sufficient coverage ratio? A tailor-made conceptual research model has been developed and used as an analysis aid to research the TO BE situation based on legal requirements and factional documents and the AS IS situation based on empirical data. The model made it feasible to shed light on the implementation of good pension fund governance principles and decision-making process, which is a contribution to the current gap in research. The research showed that there is a relationship between the implementation of pension fund governance principles and appropriate decision-making processes. It also showed that there is a relationship between an appropriate decision-making process and coverage ratio. Both conclusions are not statistically proven due to the lack of the statistical significance, but are qualitative analysed and confirmed in the conducted case studies. It is suggested to use the research model by supervisor or pension funds to establish the mismatch between the implementation of pension fund governance principles and decision-making processes to enhance the quality of decision-making processes and outcome.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African retirement fund industry, financially sound and well regulated includes a private savings sector and government employees provided for with a near fully-funded retirement arrangement, but approximately three-quarters of the population reach retirement without adequate savings and are dependent on a government social assistance grant programme. One of the broad objectives of government retirement policy is to encourage individuals to provide adequately for their retirement needs and that of their dependents. The retirement funding system has been codified in the Pension Funds Act of 1956. The only investment guidelines that trustees of retirement funds had to follow was Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act, which prescribed maximum limits for investments of funds in the various asset classes but provided very little guidance on appropriate investment strategies. The new draft Regulation 28 compels trustees to draw up carefully considered investment strategies. The South Africa Muslim population, though two percent in number has a significant impact on the economy. This report investigates how Regulation 28 collectively with the new draft regulation can be modified to comply with the tenets of the Muslim faith i.e. Shari'ah (Islamic law) requirements. Perhaps the most significant distinction is investment in equity instruments are the main avenue available to Muslim investors for wealth creation, as Islamic law forbids interest. Islamic Commercial Law differs from conventional Western Finance, the most significant difference being the prohibition of riba (interest), commonly equated to interest in conventional finance. However, there are Muslim scholars and thinkers who are not convinced about equating interest with riba with some challenging the riba interest equation. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die finansieel sterk en goed gereguleerde Suid-Afrikaanse Aftreefondsindustrie sluit 'n privaat spaarsektor in en voorsien aan staatsdienswerknemers 'n aftreeplan wat byna ten volle befonds word. Ongeveer twee derdes van die populasie bereik egter aftrede sonder voldoende fondse en is van die regering se Sosiale Bystandsfondsprogram afhanklik. Een van die bree doelwitte van die regering se aftreefondsbeleid is om individue aan te moedig om voldoende aan hulle en hulle afhanklikes se afreebehoeftes te voorsien. Die aftreefondstelsel is in die Pensioenfondswet van 1956 gekodifiseer. Die enigste beleggingsriglyne wat deur trustees van afreefondse gevolg moes word is Regulasie 28 van die Pensioenfondswet. Hierdie riglyne het maksimum limiete vir die belegging van fondse in verskillende bate kategoriee voargeskryf, maar het baie min leiding ten opsigte van die geskikte beleggingstrategiee voorsien. Die nuwe Regulasie 28 konsep verplig trustees am weldeurdagte beleggingstrategiee op te stel. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Moslem populasie, alhoewel net 2% van die totale populasie, het 'n beduidende impak op die ekonomie. Hierdie verslag ondersoek hoe Regulasie 28 in samewerking met die nuwe Regulasie 28 konsep verander kan word am aan die Moslem geloofsleerstellings, bv. Shari'ah (Islam wet) se vereistes te voldoen.

退撫基金成立之目的主要為解決經費來源以減輕政府財政負擔，而退撫基金運作迄今已逾十年，退撫基金管理運用機構因受組織屬性、功能及人力之限，經營績效無法大幅提昇，因基金規模不斷成長，參加基金人數及支領定期給與之退休人數亦快速增加，面對日增之業務量，似有必要針對基金管理機構組織屬性、功能及人力配置等重新審視檢討。 鑑於基金運作之良窳，對於退撫基金支付能力具有關鍵性的影響，且涉及全國軍公教人員及各級政府退撫經費之負擔，因此，基金管理機構是否有適當之組織結構，能否採行企業化經營以靈活妥善運用基金，以及如何因應現有制度與管理上之缺失，創造高收益率以穩固退撫財源，均為本研究之重點。時值政府為提升國家整體競爭力，積極推動更具彈性與企業精神之「行政法人」，本研究乃分別就德國、英國、日本公法人制度，以及世界主要國家退休基金管理現況進行文獻探討，再針對我國退撫基金管理及運用現況進行檢視分析，復對基金管理會現職員工以問卷調查其對機關改制為行政法人之態度，並輔以深度訪談及SWOT分析等方法，以探究我國退撫基金管理機構行政法人化之可行性。 茲據研究結果發現，基金管理機構因受組織屬性、功能及人力之限，退撫基金管理無法獨立運作，致影響經營績效之提昇，其業務性質確具專業性，應頗適合行政法人化，惟因尚有潛藏負債、最後支付責任、行政法人法草案尚未建置完成以及現實上之政治生態等諸多考量，故建議其如擬行政法人化，應先明確區分政府及行政法人之潛藏負債及最後支付責任，並宜配合退休制度一同考量。 / The purpose of establishing Public Service Pension Fund （PSPF）mainly focuses on reducing the financial burden of the government. However, after more than ten years of operation, the performance of the pension fund still cannot significantly improve due to the limitation of attributes, functions and human resources of organization. This, together with the adjustment of contribution rates to reflect the normal costs, has received universal condemnation and worries about how to improve the operation of the fund in order to relieve the pressure of raising contribution rates. Due to the gradual increase of workloads caused by the continued growth of fund scale, fund participants and the number of retirees receiving regularly payments, it seems to be necessary to inspect and review the attributes, functions and human resources of the fund management agency. As the quality of the fund operation has crucial effects to the payment ability of the PSPF, and the expenditure burden of all fund participants and different levels of local governments, whether the fund management agency has proper organization structure, whether it is suitable to adopt the craft industry, and how to cope with the drawbacks of present system and management are the main points of this research. While the government is actively boosting “administrative corporation”, which is more flexible and possesses business spirit, with the aim of promoting integral competitiveness of the government, this research first literarily discusses public corporation system of Germany, Britain and Japan, and the current management state of main countries in the world. This is followed by an analysis of current management and operation state of the PSPF, and questionnaires filled by the employees of the Management Board of PSPF to understand their opinions on changing to administrative corporation. The analysis is reinforced by a deep interview, SWOT analysis and so on to investigate the feasibility of administrative corporation system for the management agency of PSPF.. This research finds out that being unable to operate independently, due to the limitations of organization attributes, functions and human resources, the PSPF’s management performance has been negatively influenced. Judging from agency functions, “administrative corporation” can be a suitable system for the organization. However, with considerations like inclined liabilities, final disbursement duty, and the Administrative Corporation Act still pending for legislative approval, it is suggested that a clear distinction between the inclined liabilities and final disbursement duty of the government and the administrative corporation has to be made, together with a consideration of the retirement system, before the “administrative corporation” system is put into real practice.

We describe Employees Provident Funds (EPF) Malaysia. We explain about Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Pension Funds and examine their similarities and differences. We also briefly discuss and compare EPF schemes in four Commonwealth countries. A family of Stochastic Programming Models is developed for the Employees Provident Fund Malaysia. This is a family of ex-ante decision models whose main aim is to manage, that is, balance assets and liabilities. The decision models comprise Expected Value Linear Programming, Two Stage Stochastic Programming with recourse, Chance Constrained Programming and Integrated Chance Constraints Programming. For the last three decision models we use scenario generators which capture the uncertainties of asset returns, salary contributions and lump sum liabilities payments. These scenario generation models for Assets and liabilities were developed and calibrated using historical data. The resulting decisions are evaluated with in-sample analysis using typical risk adjusted performance measures. Out- of- sample testing is also carried out with a larger set of generated scenarios. The benefits of two stage stochastic programming over deterministic approaches on asset allocation as well as the amount of borrowing needed for each pre-specified growth dividend are demonstrated. The contributions of this thesis are i) an insightful overview of EPF ii) construction of scenarios for assets returns and liabilities with different values of growth dividend, that combine the Markov population model with the salary growth model and retirement payments iii) construction and analysis of generic ex-ante decision models taking into consideration uncertain asset returns and uncertain liabilities iv) testing and performance evaluation of these decisions in an ex-post setting.

[pt] O presente trabalho mostra a utilização da metodologia value at risk para a mensuração do risco de mercado, quando dos investimentos em renda fixa (aplicação em cotas de fundos de investimentos), por parte dos Fundos de Pensão, bem como a aplicação de métodos de otimização para a alocação de ativos. Na primeira parte, são apresentadas as diversas metodologias de mensuração de risco de mercado (VaR), dentre as quais destacam-se a modelagem paramétrica, a simulação de Monte Carlo e a simulação histórica, esta última adotada para este trabalho. Na parte seguinte são expostos, em linhas gerais, conceitos referentes à teoria clássica de otimização de carteiras, cujo precursor foi Markowitz; a partir desses, são desenvolvidos algoritmos a serem usados na gestão ativa da carteira de investimentos da instituição (neste caso, Fundo de Pensão). A última parte exibe os resultados obtidos, bem como a interpretação dos mesmos. / [en] This work shows the use of Value-at-Risk methodology, measuring market risk for Pension Funds fixed income investment funds, and the adoption of optimization methods for asset allocation. The first part presents different methodologies used to measure market risk (VaR). Among them, we can distinguish three approaches: parametric, Monte Carlo Simulation and Historical Simulation (called Full Simulation) - used to implement the models adopted in this work. The second part summarizes the most important concepts related to the Classic Theory of Portfolio Optimization, developed by Markowitz. Based on these concepts we have created different algorithms to be used in the active management - institution`s investment portfolio (in our case, Pension Funds). The last part focus in the results obtained and is concerned with their interpretation; in other words, it attempts to define how the institution could use this information to support its investment decision. / [es] EL presente trabajo muestra la utilización de la metodología value at risk para evaluar el riesgo de mercado, para las inversiones en renta fija (aplicación en cuotas de fondos de inversiones), por parte de los Fondos de Pensión, así como la aplicación de métodos de optimización para la colocación de activos. En la primera parte, se presentan las diversas metodologías de evaluación de riesgo de mercado (VaR), dentro de las cuales se destacan: los modelos paramétricos, la simulación de Monte Carlo y la simulación histórica, ésta última adoptada en este trabajo. En la parte siguiente se exponen, en líneas generales, los conceptos de la teoría clásica de optimización de carteras, cuyo precursor fue Markowitz; a partir de ellos, se desarrollan los algoritmos que serán utilizados en la gestión activa de la carteira de investimientos de la instituición (en este caso, Fondo de Pensión). La última parte exhibe los resultados obtenidos y su interpretación.

This thesis deals with the supplementary pension insurance. The theoretical part of the work introduces basic principles of supplementary pension insurance such as the significant role in the pension system. The aim of the application part is to present the current state of pension. The largest share of the practical part will be devoted to the analysis of survey conducted by the author of the thesis. The target of questionnaire is to determine the preferences of policyholders and to find connections between different answers. Statistical methods will be used to process data.

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