Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / This study will analyse section 37D of the Pension Funds Act, 24 of 1956. The analysis will also give insight to pension benefits, and how they are afforded special protection by the legislature. Section 37A (1) prohibits the reduction, transfer, cession, pledge or hypothecation of pension benefits. In terms of the Act if a member becomes insolvent, pension benefits are deemed not to form part of the insolvent estate and are thereby protected from erosion by creditors. Section 37C of the Act deems pension benefits payable on the death of a member, subject to certain exceptions, not to form part of the assets of the estate of the deceased member. Section 19 of the Act also serves to protect pension benefits by restricting the manner in which a fund’s assets may be invested.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / This mini dissertation relates to the payment of divorce benefits to a former spouse upon divorce and recent amendments that have taken place in the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956.Particular reference is made to the amendment of Section 37D.This amendment has brought about changes that will contribute positively to the development of South African Retirement Law. The discussion below deals with the unfairness to non-member former spouses before 1st November 2008. An analysis of pension interest taking into account relevant statutory provisions and case law will be dealt with as well. A classification between a member spouse and a former spouse in order to determine who is responsible to pay tax upon divorce. In terms of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 the former spouse of a retirement fund on divorce could be awarded by the court a portion of the benefits that the member would have received had she/he resigned on the date of divorce. The former spouse was only entitled to receive that share when the member became entitled to a benefit in terms of the rules of the fund which states on his/her retirement or termination of membership which could have been many years after the date of the divorce. Dissolution of Customary marriages will also be discussed and the benefit a divorced spouse has at the dissolution of marriage.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / This mini-dissertation evaluates the laws regulating beneficiary funds in South Africa. A beneficiary fund is a fund established for the purposes of accepting lump sum death benefits awarded in terms of Section37C of the Pension Funds Act (the Act) to a beneficiary (dependant or nominee) on the death of a member, which are not paid directly to that beneficiary or to a trust nominated by the member, or to the member’s estate or to the guardian’s fund. This replaces the previous payments to trusts and a fund can now only pay to a trust if the trust was nominated by the member, a major dependant or nominee; a person recognised in law or appointed by a court as the person responsible for managing the affairs or meeting the daily care needs of a minor or incapacitated major dependant or nominee. Any association of persons or business carried on under a fund or arrangement established with the object of receiving, administering, investing and paying benefits, referred to in section 37C on behalf of beneficiaries, payable on the death of more than one member of one or more pension funds is a beneficiary fund and must be registered by the Financial Services Board and approved. Beneficiary funds were introduced as a result of the amendments to the Pension Funds Act into the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, 22 of 2008. The beneficiary funds were introduced with stronger regulatory framework. They have sufficient governance, reporting requirements and conduct annual audits.

Thesis (LLM> (Labour Law)) -- University og Limpopo, 2013 / The South African government has paid compensation in a form of special pension to individuals who have been exposed to certain types of hardship and suffering caused by the governments or their predecessors. This compensation is described as ‘the appreciation or sense of guilty of society towards those people on whom the government has rightfully or wrongfully and at any rate disproportionally inflicted damage’. Government have been prepared to pay compensation to the following persons: former enemies, victims of war, victims of harmful compulsory vaccination measures, persons who had sacrificed their jobs and education in the process of overturning oppressive governments establishing democratic government; and persons whose basic human rights had been violated by governments or their predecessors. These persons have sacrificed their lives either in exile or within South Africa fighting for South Africa to be democratic. These persons must prove that they served their respective political organisations for a period of five years or above or they were banished or restricted in certain area or imprisoned or sentenced.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2013 / This mini-dissertation evaluates the laws regulating beneficiary funds in South Africa. A beneficiary fund is a fund established for the purposes of accepting lump sum death benefits awarded in terms of Section37C of the Pension Funds Act (the Act) to a beneficiary (dependant or nominee) on the death of a member, which are not paid directly to that beneficiary or to a trust nominated by the member, or to the member’s estate or to the guardian’s fund. This replaces the previous payments to trusts and a fund can now only pay to a trust if the trust was nominated by the member, a major dependant or nominee; a person recognised in law or appointed by a court as the person responsible for managing the affairs or meeting the daily care needs of a minor or incapacitated major dependant or nominee. Any association of persons or business carried on under a fund or arrangement established with the object of receiving, administering, investing and paying benefits, referred to in section 37C on behalf of beneficiaries, payable on the death of more than one member of one or more pension funds is a beneficiary fund and must be registered by the Financial Services Board and approved. Beneficiary funds were introduced as a result of the amendments to the Pension Funds Act into the Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, 22 of 2008. The beneficiary funds were introduced with stronger regulatory framework. They have sufficient governance, reporting requirements and conduct annual audits.

Thesis (LLM. (Labour Law)) -- University of Limpopo, 2015 / Section 37C of the Pension Funds Act was introduced primarily to ensure that death benefits are paid in accordance with the object of the Act and government policy. Its purpose is to make sure that the dependants of the deceased member are not left destitute upon the death of the member. In order to achieve this, the death benefits are placed under the control of the trustees who are tasked with the duty to distribute the benefits equitably among the beneficiaries. According to this section, death benefits do not form part of the deceased’s estate and as a result a beneficiary under the last will and testament of the deceased is not necessarily a beneficiary under section 37C of the Act. The board of trustees will consider a person as a beneficiary if the deceased member has nominated such a person in a valid nomination form. This section therefore overrides the deceased’s freedom of testation because the board of trustees are not bound by the deceased’s wishes as completed in the nomination form. A nomination form is one of the factors which the trustees have to consider in the exercise of their discretion to make an equitable distribution.

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Evaluation of private pension funds in Lithuania Final work of University Postgraduate Studies, 84 pages, 22 figures, 11 tables, 85 references, 14 appendix, Lithuanian language. KEY WORDS: pensions, social security, pension reform, private pension funds. Research object – Private pension funds in Lithuania Research aim – to evaluate private pension funs in Lithuania. Objectives: 1)specify the concept of private pension funds. 2)perform theoretic the analysis of social insurance models and estimate their potential use in the practice of private pension funds. 3)estimate potential ways of sponsorship and administration of pension funds. 4)frame the methodology of evaluation of private pension funds. 5)evaluate private pension funs in Lithuania according to the prepared methodology. Research methods: the analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, logical analysis and synthesis, comparable analysis, structural comparative analysis, the analysis and synthesis of statistical information, graphic methods of modeling, method of rating.

Magistrantūros studijų baigiamasis darbas, 69 puslapiai, 12 paveikslai, 8 lentelių, 88 literatūros šaltiniai, 11 priedų, lietuvių kalba. RAKTINIAI ŽODŽIAI: pensijos, socialinė apsauga, pensijų sistemos reforma, privatūs pensijų fondai. Tyrimo objektas – Lietuvos privatūs pensijų fondai. Darbo tikslas – įvertinti Lietuvos privačius pensijų fondus. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1) nustatyti privačių pensijų fondų vietą pensijų sistemoje; 2) nustatyti privačių pensijų fondų svarbą kuriant gerovės valstybę; 3) atlikti privačių pensijų fondų veiklos ir vertinimo problemų analizę; 4) nustatyti pensijų fondų vertintojus ir jų vertinimo kriterijus; 5) parengti pensijų fondų įvertinimo metodiką; 6) pagal parengtą metodiką įvertinti Lietuvos privačių pensijų fondų veiklą. Tyrimo metodai - mokslinės literatūros bei loginė analizė ir sintezė, lyginamoji analizė, struktūrinė santykinė analizė, statistinių duomenų analizė ir sintezė, grafinio vaizdavimo metodas, reitingavimo metodas. / The final work of magistracy studies, 69 pages, 12 pictures, 8 tables, 88 literature sources, 11 annexes, in Lithuanian. KEY WORDS: pensions, social security, pension system reform, private pension funds. Research Target: private pension funds in Lithuania. Research aim: To evaluate private pension funds in Lithuania. Research Objectives: 1. To ascertain the location of private pension funds in pension system; 2. To ascertain the importance of private pension funds creating the welfare state; 3. To carry out the analyses of the problems determining the activity of private pension funds; 4. To establish the evaluators and their criteria for evaluating private pension funds; 5. To prepare methodics for evaluating pension funds; 6. to evaluate the activity of private pension funds in Lithuania according to the prepared methods. Research methods: logical analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, comparative analyses, structural relative analysis, analysis and synthesis of statistical data, graphical representation method, rate-making method.

SANTRAUKA Nijolė BALČIENĖ Lietuvos privačių pensijų fondų vaidmuo kuriant gerovės valstybę Magistrantūros studijų baigiamasis darbas, 68 puslapiai, 26 paveikslai, 31 lentelė, 71 literatūros šaltiniai, 5 priedai, lietuvių kalba. RAKTINIAI ŽODŽIAI: Gerovės Valstybė, senatvės pensijos, socialinė apsauga, privatūs pensijų fondai, anuitetas, investicijų pelningumas. Tyrimo objektas - Lietuvos pensijų fondai. Tyrimo dalykas – PF veiklos efektyvumas ir reikšmė kuriant gerovės valstybę priklauso nuo fondų veiklos ypatumų valstybėje, nuo dalyvių supratimo dėl savo pasirinkimo galimų pasekmių ateityje. Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti Lietuvos pensijų fondų įtaką kuriant Gerovės Valstybę. Tyrimo tikslui pasiekti keliami šie uždaviniai : • Patikslinti pensijų fondų sąvoką ir apibūdinimą; • Nustatyti socialinės apsaugos uždavinius, kuriuos padeda spręsti privatūs pensijų fondai kuriant šalyje gerovės valstybę; • Atskleisti fondų veiklos rezultatų vertinimo rodiklių panaudojimo problemas; • Parengti privačių pensijų fondų vertinimo metodiką ir įvertinti Lietuvos pensijų fondų įtaką Gerovės valstybės kūrime per socialinės apsaugos uždavinių įgyvendinimo rezultatus; • Pateikti Lietuvos privačių pensijų fondų veiklos vertinimą. Tyrimo metodai – loginė analizė ir sintezė, literatūros analizė ir sintezė, statistinių duomenų struktūrinė ir palyginamoji analizė ir sintezė, grafinio vaizdavimo metodas, modeliavimas. / SUMMARY Nijolė BALČIENĖ Role of Lithuanian Private pension funds in Creating Welfare State Final work of University Postgraduate Studies, includes 68 pages, 26 pictures, 31 tables, 5 appendix, 71 references, Lithuanian language. KEY WORDS: Welfare State, pensions, social security, private pension funds, annuity, profitability of investments. Research object - Private pension funds in Lithuania. Research aim is to evaluate influence of private pension funds to creating Welfare State in Lithuania. Research subject – efficiency of the pension funds activity and its significance of creating Welfare State depend on the peculiarity of the funds activity in the state some as on the participants understanding of the probable consequences of their choice in the future. Objectives: 1) To specify the concept of private pension funds. 2) To perform the theoretic analysis of the social insurance models and their potential use in the practice of private pension funds. 3) To estimate potential ways of sponsorship and administration of the pension funds. 4) To frame the methodology of evaluation of private pension funds. 5) To evaluate private pension funds in Lithuania according to the prepared methodology. Research methods: the analysis and synthesis of scientific literature, logical analysis and synthesis, comparable analysis, structural comparative analysis, the analysis and synthesis of statistical information, graphic methods of modeling, method of rating.