Sentences with phrase «pension values rise»

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Many of the factors that gave rise to the dire predictions can be traced back to the market crash of 2008 — 09 — Canadian pension funds lost 21.4 % of their value in 2008 — and its low - interest aftermath.

The first move (rising interest rates) was accompanied with a great surge of inflation, wiping out a large part of the value of pension rights.

Rising rates and a banner year for stocks could lift earnings at some large companies that have made an arcane but significant change to the way their pension plans are valued.

Rising interest rates and a banner year for stocks could lift reported earnings at some large companies that have made an arcane but significant change to the way their pension plans are valued.

Under the triple lock system a guarantee is made that state pensions will rise in line either with inflation, average earnings, or 2.5 %, depending on which is of the three is of the highest value.

While making some limited concessions, this offer confirms contributions would rise from April, the retirement age would be linked to the rising state pension age meaning people would have to work up to eight years longer, and the imposed switch in indexation for pensions would remain - amounting to a cut in the value of pensions of around 15 % to 20 %.

So presumably, the less wealthy, after being told what to spend their money on by «society» for all their working years, reach pensionable age fully moulded by a paternalistic government into financially responsible citizens who will commit a significant amount of their time to research where they want to invest their pensions, and subsequently enjoy «regular updates on how their pension fund was growing» — because of course, like house prices, pension funds can only rise in value.

Those rising payouts and declines in the stock market - which hurt the pension funds» value - have led to a bigger drain on the state's already shaky budget.

«And, of course, from April 2011 we are triple - locking the value of the Basic State Pension so that it will rise by the minimum of prices, earnings or 2.5 %, whichever is higher.

Pension plans were counting on rising stock market values to overwhelm these factors, but so far that bet hasn't panned out.

Government changes to the discount rate (a rate of interest used to value the Teachers» Pension Scheme) mean that even though the scheme benefits have been cut and employee contributions increased, employer contributions have risen from 14.1 per cent to 16.4 per cent.

Due in large part to rising pension costs, the state has also cut the value of the retirement benefits it offers its teachers.

They benefitted from rising real estate values and company pensions so shouldn't they all be well off?

The increase came from a 3.2 per cent increase in financial assets as the value of investment fund shares, particularly mutual fund units, life insurance and pension assets rose.

Dropping interest rates and rising liability values in the late 1990s now have pension plan sponsors considering raising their fixed income weightings to «match» their liabilities which are valued entirely in Canadian currency and interest rates.

A small swing in value for the pension could completely absorb all cash flow for years as minimum payments rise to fund a deficit.

The prospect of rising rates of return from agricultural commodities and from increases in land value boosts the attractiveness of agricultural land also as a speculative investment for rich individuals, large pension funds and state funds.

Those contributions, however, would give rise to a pension benefit the present value of which is $ 1.275 million, nearly 28 times the value of the contributions themselves.