Investment advisors are not comfortable with the idea of a retirement product like NPS investing in IPOs
Regulator will come up with comprehensive guidelines on issuer's track record and other aspects within a week
Pension fund managers (PFMs) will soon be allowed to invest in initial public offerings, and also in a broader list of stocks, a top official from sector regulator PFRDA said on Tuesday.
PFRDA has registered a 24 per cent jump in its subscribers' base under two flagship pension schemes to more than 43.5 millions at the end of June.
NPS subscriber numbers have swelled over the years with 7.41 mn govt employees and 2.84 mn joining from non-govt
NPS subscribers grew 23.33 per cent to about 42.7 million by the end of April, from 34.6 million a year ago, and 42.4 million in March this year, according to PFRDA
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority has registered over 23% jump in the subscriber base under its two flagship pension schemes at 42.7 mn by the end of April 2021
Invest if you want tax benefit and are okay with long lock-in and 40% annuitisation
PFRDA is working on plans to introduce innovative retirement benefit products, such as one providing minimum assured return, to attract more subscribers, its Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said
The number of subscribers under government-run pension schemes NPS and APY rose nearly 22 per cent to 4.05 crore at January-end this year, according to data from PFRDA.
While new online facility will make part withdrawal convenient, subscribers must exercise restraint
Total assets under management in government's flagship social security schemes -- National Pension System (NPS) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) -- stood at Rs 5,48,913 crore at end-December 2020
There would now be four slabs, each attracting charges based on the quantum of assets under management
Dinesh Kumar Khara says this is needed to ensure money flows into infrastructure, as is the case across the globe
Pension fund regulator PFRDA will propose to the government to make employers' contribution of 14% under NPS tax free for all categories of subscribers in the next Budget
Regulator to raise cap on fee of fund managers; AUM of pension funds increases by 35% to Rs 5.5 trillion
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday said it expects to finalise the assured return product under the National Pension System (NPS) by the end of this fiscal
The total assets under management of the National Pension System and Atal Pension Yojana have crossed Rs 5 trillion, regulator PFRDA said on Thursday
In the Union Budget for 2019-20, the government had proposed to separate the NPS Trust from the pension regulator in order to address issues over conflict of interest
While this will help investors become more disciplined in saving for their retirement, the transaction charge could be a concern for those investing small amounts