scholarly journals NOWADAYS CHALLENGES OF PENSION REFORM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Dudchenko
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Tier System ◽  
State Pension

The paper examines current challenges of the pension reform. The State should guarantee every citizen an adequate standard of living; take care of both present-day and future pensioners. It is noted that the pension reform in Ukraine, which began in 2003, is moving slowly, especially with regard to non-state pension provision; the introduction of a three-tier system is still far away. The number of pensioners is growing year on year, despite the fact that the requirements for the retirement age and insurance experience are increasing, and the amount of pension payments remains, in most cases, extremely small that they fail to provide not only a decent standard of living, but also in most cases the most necessary human needs. The reform of the domestic pension system, which aims to reduce the deficit of the pension fund of Ukraine and ensure its self-sufficiency, is currently taking place by modernizing the methodology for calculating and paying pensions, introducing modern information technologies for managing the functioning of the pension fund of Ukraine, improving national legislation by bringing it closer to the requirements of the European administrative space. This is what will largely determine the depth of changes made within the framework of the pension reform. In scientific circles, the questions about the characteristics, essence and content of the pension system, as well as the very definition of the concept of “pension reform” are still not sufficiently studied, which is also due to the rapid changes in the external environment of the pension system functioning. The article analyzes the current state of the pension system of Ukraine, reveals the essence of the pension reform, and studies the relationship and impact of the financial crisis on the pension system. The prospects for the development of the pension system, the importance of the funded system and the system of non-state pension insurance are substantiated and proved, the main innovations of the pension system, advantages and disadvantages of the pension reform are identified. The analysis of the level of pension provision in Ukraine in comparison with other countries is carried out and the problems of implementing the funded system and the system of non-state pension provision in Ukraine are identified.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD COUNTRIES IN THE SYSTEM OF PENSION INSURANCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Natalia Koval ◽  
Natalia Priamuhina ◽  
Inna Zhmurko
Keyword(s):  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The World ◽  
State Pension ◽  
Pension Insurance System

The purpose of this article is to analyze the experience of pension insurance systems in Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia. The defining feature is that the existing pension insurance system in Ukraine does not perform its main task properly, since the rate of pension, for the most part, does not make it possible to maintain a decent standard of living for current pensioners. After analyzing the implementation of the pension reform in Ukraine, it should be emphasized that during the twelve-year period after the pension reform in the country there remain a number of unresolved issues regarding the pension provision of citizens, namely: aging of the population, which is one of the main factors that prompt the government to a new stage of reforming the pension system; the presence of arrears on contributions to compulsory state pension insurance; lack of proper differentiation of pension payments; shadow wages; lack of sound financial instruments for investing pension assets; unsatisfactory level of legal and financial awareness of the population in matters of pension provision; lack of interest of employers in financing non-state pension programs for employees, lack of confidence in the pension system of non-state pension funds. Methods. In most countries of the world, the problems of the pension system, same to what we have in our country, arose. But due to pension reform, they achieved successful results. Each country chose its own way of building a pension system based on its own demographic and socioeconomic features. However, despite this, the main task of any pension system is to secure from poverty and provide a pension that could guarantee a decent standard of living for a pensioner. Results. Ukraine is trying to build the pension insurance system, drawing on the best practice of the countries studied. Practical implications. It is found that the most effective and successful model of the pension system is considered to be Chilean, since the country has been using cumulative and voluntary pension systems for a long time, which are priority and allow to resolve the pension of their citizens financially, prudent and efficient investing of pension funds with lower rates of public investment income. The same model was taken as the basis in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Kazakhstan. Value/originality. Analyzing the pension reforms implemented in Eastern Europe, it should be noted that part of the changes was due to the need to protect pensioners from poverty in the context of a sharp decrease in the rate of pensions because of the reduction of total pension contributions and the inability of the state to finance previous pension obligations. The real way to reduce the financial burden on employers and the state in the context of a solidarity pension system was to develop levels II and III of the pension system. It is noteworthy to study the foreign experience of the Eastern European country, such as Poland, which was one of the first to introduce a compulsory funded pension system.

scholarly journals Financial sustainability of the state pension system of Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena Horbunova ◽  
Viktoriia Kartseva ◽  
Nataliya Pedchenko ◽  
Myroslav Ostapenko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
The State ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Effective System ◽  
State Pension ◽  
General Standard

The financial situation of the Ukrainian pension system and the problems of its reforming play an important role in determining the general standard of living in the country. The institutional weaknesses in the financial management of the state pension system have led to an unbalanced budget of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and a low standard of living for pensioners. In order to identify the potential for building an effective system of pension insurance, it is necessary to study the modern aspects of financial provision of the Ukrainian pension system. The article defines the economic interrelations between the processes of forming the financial resources of the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the volume and structure of the gross domestic product. In view of this, the financial sustainability of the state pension system of Ukraine has been researched and the determinants of its stable functioning in the years 1999–2017 have been identified, which enables to influence the process of effective formation and use of pension resources and to identify the strategic directions of reforming the pension system.

Institution of Banking Pension Provisions: Preconditions, Nature, Competition with Traditional Institutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-55
Author(s):  
Yuriy Ezrokh
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
State Pension ◽  
Pension Benefits

The article analyzes the pension reform implemented in Russia in 2013–2014, provides the modeling of possible pensions, determines the efficiency boundaries for the use of insurance and savings-insurance schemes offered by the Pension Fund of Russia. The author examines the activities and effectiveness in managing pension savings and reserves from non-state pension funds, especially the system of voluntary savings insurance. The study identifies the challenges faced by these financial institutions, which constrain the development of the Russian pension system. Drawing on logical and econometric analysis the author identifies the competitive opportunity for banks to participate in the Pension Benefits Act, calculates the proposals’ efficiency for future retirees and the banking system as a whole, determines the contribution of the proposed solutions to enhanced competition and more competitive banking environment.

scholarly journals Individual Pension capital: Prospects of implementing

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-191
Author(s):  
M.A. Bundin
Keyword(s):  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Current System ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Refusal To Participate ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
State Pension

Subject. The paper examines the Russian pension system. Individual pension capital is an alternative direction to the current system of non-State pension funding. Objectives. The author is to consider the embedding of the individual pension capital concept. He also aims at analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the concept. Methods. The study uses the correlation-regression analysis and the analysis of the research information base on the surveyed topic. Results The article allows acknowledging the dependence between the expansion of the incapacitated group of citizens and the consumer price index growth. Besides, it allows to determine the main risks of the proposed concept. Conclusions and Relevance. The main internal risks of the proposed pension reform include: a massive refusal to participate in the new system; the decreasing of participants' contributions tariffs to funds up to 0.1 percent; high-level costs (for funds).

scholarly journals Pension reform 2019: determinants, consequences, alternatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 4-44
Author(s):  
Sergey Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Support Ratio ◽  
Pension Age ◽  
The Right

The paper addresses, mostly with demographic tools, the rationale and consequences of the reform of Russia’s distributive pension system. Contrary to official assertions, mortality conditions do not warrant an increase of the pension age. The reference to a rapidly falling demographic support ratio as a rationale of the reform’s urgency is misleading. A rapid and large increase in the retirement age will considerably reduce the obligations of the Pension Fund of Russia, yet this will be far from enough to balance its budget. The reform creates a fundamentally new and difficult to implement task of ensuring the right to employment of persons deprived of the right to a pension. To the extent that this task can be accomplished, the Pension Fund of Russia and the State budget will be supplemented with additional revenues. At the same time, to the extent that this task remains unresolved, a social group of elderly people who are deprived of income will arise and continue to grow. For a limited time their life will be supported by unemployment benefits. Russia possesses large-scale alternative resources for resolving the pension problem, which consist, among other things, in increasing the collection of pension contributions, labor productivity and employment of the population, as well as in developing funded forms of pension insurance.

scholarly journals REASONS AND FEATURES OF IMPLEMENTING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN THE PENSION SYSTEM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-339
Author(s):  
T.G. Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Current System ◽  
The State ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Registry System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
State Pension

Due to the introduction of the digital economy on the territory of the Russian Federation and the urgency of the problem of implementing the distributed registry system (Blockchain) in various financial spheres, including the system of accounting for pension rights and obligations in the state and non-state pension systems, an attempt was made to assess the principles of implementing the Blockchain mechanism in the system of accounting for pension rights, insurance premiums and pension payments. The current system of centralized registries is based on the full confidence of its participants-clients. In particular, persons insured in the pension system. The non-transparency of the non-state pension component and the periodic changes in the state pension system seriously undermine this trust of citizens. Thus, the system of distributed registries that will solve this problem operates on the principles of transparency, availability for verification, reliability (security of transactions), economy, and trust on the part of customers. The article also considers the problem of formation and distribution of the accumulative pension component. The analysis of its losses and features of transfer to different pension organizations - participants of the state pension insurance system is carried out. It is proposed to solve the problems associated with these processes by implementing a system of distributed registries and smart contracts. In conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the distributed registry system are presented, as well as the difficulties of its implementation in the near future in the pension system of the Russian Federation are analyzed.

scholarly journals The Pension System in Ukraine – Some Aspects of Reforming

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (521) ◽  
pp. 176-183
Author(s):  
M. M. Furdak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Accumulation System ◽  
Asset Value ◽  
State Pension ◽  
Pension Payments ◽  
Compulsory State

This publication is aimed at studying the processes and defining the main problems in reforming the pension system of Ukraine. The article analyzes the state of functioning and development of three levels of pension provision at the present stage of socio-economic development of the country. It is determined that only level 1 actually works in Ukraine – the solidarity system of compulsory State-controlled pension insurance, while the mandatory accumulation system has not acquired its development, and the voluntary accumulation system has an extremely low share in the general pension system. Some financial results of the Pension Fund of Ukraine for 2020 and the approved budget for 2021 are analyzed. Substantiated conclusions have been drawn about the problems of the solidarity system, such as: the existing budget deficit of the Fund, which leads to the formation of its debts; low, socially unadapted level of pensions; disparities in the size of pensions assigned in different years. The rating of currently operating non-State pension funds of Ukraine (the third level of pension provision) are analyzed according to the criteria of asset value, number of participants, amounts of pension payments and profitability, as well as the dynamics of some basic indicators of their activity. It is determined that the functioning of the non-State pension system in the country is hampered, in particular, for psychological reasons due to the population’s distrust of non-State institutions. Since the second level of pension provision – the mandatory accumulation system – has not yet started working in the country and taking into account the problems of the first and third levels, a reasonable conclusion has been made on the inhibition of the pension reform in Ukraine and the need to intensify the work on the implementation of all three levels of pension provision in order to achieve a sufficient level of social protection of citizens.

scholarly journals NON-STATE PENSION INSURANCE AS A SUPPLEMENT TO SOLIDAR PENSION SUPPLY

2019 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
O. Boiko
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Average Life Expectancy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right ◽  
State Pension

The main prerequisites for the emergence of problems of the pension system functioning in Ukraine, namely the solidarity system, are considered in the article. The budget, expenditures and deficit of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in the period 2010-2018 are analyzed. The amount of pensions was calculated taking into account the change in the dollar exchange rate and the inflation rate for the analyzed period and it was proved that the increase in the size of the pension does not lead to its actual growth. Emphasis is placed on the principle of calculation of pensions and attention is paid to the concept of a single social contribution, which has the minimum and maximum possible sum of payment. Based on the data, the author compared the size of the minimum (state) pensions in different countries of the world and in Ukraine and showed that the size of the pension is the lowest among the compared countries. An important aspect of the study was the comparison of average life expectancy. This suggests that the increase in life expectancy is causing the states of the world to raise the retirement age in order to delay the payment of state pensions. Alongside this the alternative to state pensions are private pensions. During the working period, every citizen has the right to make savings in different financial institutions as they have the right to invest. Funds that have been saved and multiplied are the main source of retirement income. Voluntary pension institutions are also envisaged in Ukraine. However, despite the legislative support and the general need to have their own retirement savings, citizens do not actively take the opportunity to create additional pensions. The reasons for this are lack of awareness of the population by the state about the essence of the pension reform, the general economic situation in the country, as well as the lack of financial literacy of the population itself, the unwillingness to take responsibility for their future and the low level of income. On the basis of these data, the need for active involvement of both public administration and citizens in the cumulative system is substantiated. Keywords: retirement age, pension fund, cumulative insurance, life insurance companies.

scholarly journals Improving Supervision of Pension Asset Management: Transition to Prudential (Risk-Based) Supervision

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Tat’yana S. Yesaulkova
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
State Pension ◽  
State Pension Funds

The Object of the Study is the management of pension assets - investment / placement of pension funds (pension savings and pension reserves). The Subject of the Study is the introduction of prudential (risk - oriented) supervision in order to improve the financial stability of non-state pension funds (NPF), ensuring the safety of pension assets. The purpose of the article is to analyze the main positions and principles of this supervision, its advantages and disadvantages. The Main Theoretical Aspects of the article: one of the basic goals of macroprudential supervision is creating conditions under which non-state pension funds would implement effective risk management which would improve the safety of pension assets. Among the tools of such supervision: stress testing, creating a risk management system in NPF and management companies participating in the pension system, proportional regulation. At the same time, macroprudential supervision does not exclude the establishment of capital requirements, corporate governance, restrictions on investment objects and the structure of the investment portfolio. In view of the introduction of such supervision, it is proposed to revise a number of requirements for non-state pension funds, as well as for the established restrictions on investing pension funds, e.g. to provide for the possibility of reducing the established requirement for the minimum amount of NPF's own funds, without reducing the requirements for the adequacy of assets for performance and obligations to depositors, participants, and insured persons). In view of the convergence of mandatory pension insurance (МPI) and non-state pension provision (NPP) systems and in connection with the new concept of the pension system under discussion it is proposed to abandon proportional regulation of the NPF's activities depending on the type of activity and to abandon differences in investment requirements in the MPI and NPP systems.

scholarly journals Structural-Functional Analysis of a Pension as an Object of Pension Legal Relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-150
Author(s):  
I. R. Mamatkazin
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Complex Function ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Pension Coverage ◽  
State Pension

The pension system of the Russian Federation has undergone three fundamental reforms. In 1992, the first law on pensions began to operate in Russia, which significantly differed from the Union legislation. In 2002, insurance principles were introduced into the pension system, which led to a change in the entire system of pension coverage for persons working under an employment contract, including new types of pension coverage. In 2015, there was a significant reform of the existing insurance pension system, which in its significance is no less significant than all the previous changes in the pension legislation. Each pension reform changed the procedure for calculating pensions, legislatively establishing a new pension formula for determining the amount of a pension. Along with this, the structural elements of pensions also changed. At the same time, it is possible to identify similar features in the structural elements of pensions assigned in different periods, but at the functional level. The totality of similar functions of pension elements allows us to talk about certain patterns in the development of the pension provision of the Russian Federation. So, despite the change in the nature of pensions from state to insurance, the essence of pensions, in general, remained the same. Moreover, the essence and functions of the elements of state and insurance pensions are largely the same. The pension is a social security payment with a complex structure. The presence of a structure, the presence of elements and connections between them, indicates a complex function performed by a pension. This function cannot be reduced to a compensatory function, a function of assistance or a function of substitution of earnings. There is an element in the pension structure that reflects past employment. In pensions of different nature, this happens in different ways: wages are taken into account (in state pensions) or insurance contributions (in compulsory pension insurance pensions). In addition, the pension should include an element that increases the amount of the pension in the presence of special circumstances of a subjective nature: disabled dependents, the need for constant outside care. In pensions for state pension provision, such an element is supplements to pensions; in compulsory pension insurance, this function is performed by a fixed payment. Social pensions and funded pension are one-component payments, which raises questions not only about the nature of these pensions, but also about their essence.

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