The government's anticipated liberalization of the pension market is fueling the big rush into Taiwan.
Forced pension saving was introduced in Australia some years ago and has certainly transformed their pension market.
Which option is better for you will depend on the amount of money in your fund and the amount of investment risk that you feel comfortable with and if you and your wife each have a number of pensions then it might make sense to take advice from an Independent Financial Adviser with experience in the pension market.
"With the aging of our population, the pension and annuity market will have to be opened up, " says Jason Tuan of Peregrine Securities Taiwan.
Most firms that market to pension funds separate their staffs into three functions: marketing, client servicing and investing.
Under the new system you will have to pay your pension fund a full market rent if you stay in the property.
And of those that are corporate, in about a third of those the pension plan exceeds the market value of the company.
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Even France's conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is unwilling to damage social cohesion (and risk trouble in the streets) by pushing hard for labour-market, pension and welfare reforms.
Since Prodi was elected in April 2006, business confidence has plummeted, as promises to liberalize key sectors and reform the labor market and pension systems have failed to materialize.
And the main reason why unemployment has come down is that, in fact, many countries have adopted labour-market, pension and other liberalising reforms in the past few years, and are now reaping the benefits.
Despite a slow start, there is now a clear track record of policy action in Spain which encompasses not only fiscal consolidation but also labor market and pension reforms as well as recapitalization of the weak parts of the banking sector.
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Toward this end, I believe that every effort should be made, at the federal as well as state and local levels, to raise awareness of this financial warfare opportunity and to encourage both government pension systems and the market to help with the war effort by facilitating terror-free investing.
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With this feature, investors can hold stocks while receiving protection from market declines and locking in guaranteed pension-like income for life that can rise with the market.
This return, 3M candidly confesses, is 1.5 percentage points above its own projections of market indexes for pension industry performance.
In a bear market, funding pension liabilities can drain a company.
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Its board is weighing property tax increases as well as a new hybrid pension system that would be partly market-based.
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But it also contributes to blurring the line between retail and wholesale investors, since it gives small-timers the same price information and market access as huge pension funds.
In almost every money market fund prospectus, pension fund investment policy statement and bond mutual fund prospectus in the US they usually treat US Treasurys differently from other bonds.
Moreover, the process where debts are being "placed" at below market interest rates in pension funds and other more captive domestic financial institutions is already under way in several countries in Europe.
The lucrative offer of derisking pension plans, particularly in the current market conditions, will have many takers, in our view.
In particular, Mr Fullagar identified pension scheme members living longer and stock market falls in recent years as factors behind the decision.
During his most recent spell in office, between 2001 and 2006, Mr Berlusconi did achieve modest improvements to Italy's unsustainable pension system and to its inflexible labour market.
Having learnt from the rich countries' mistakes, most emerging-market countries have opted for funded pension systems.
The financial fallout -- bank failures, risking a stock market crash, worthless retirement and pension funds -- could kill us.
The lack of a big pension-fund industry means there is no market to buy and sell the banks' long-term debt.
Our own political problems and bloated pension systems, high unemployment, poor housing market and the hit to U.S. corporate earnings from overseas weakness all add up.
With Mr Palocci at his elbow, Lula might have scaled back the ruinously expensive pension system, brought sanity to labour-market regulation and simplified a fiendishly complex tax code.
That said, General Motors and Chrysler have made huge cost-cutting strides in recent years, and could be poised to make serious profits if car sales pick up and the stock market strengthens enough to boost their pension funds.
Another factor in play is the untracked amount of allocations from pension funds and other institutional investors into the loan market.
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