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The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) on Thursday permitted banks to independently set up pension funds to manage the government’s flagship National Pension System (NPS), a move aimed at enhancing competition and safeguarding subscriber interests, PTI reported.The PFRDA board “has approved, in principle, a framework to permit Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to independently…
New Delhi: In a major overhaul of the National Payment System (NPS), the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has allowed subscribers from the private sector to withdraw up to 80% of the accumulated corpus, instead of 60% earlier, with the rest to be used to purchase annuities to earn a pension.Subscribers have the…
India’s pension regulator has relaxed exit and withdrawal norms under the National Pension System (NPS), giving non-government subscribers greater flexibility over their retirement savings and extending the investment horizon to age 85, PTI reported.Under the revised rules, non-government NPS subscribers will now be allowed to withdraw up to 80% of their accumulated pension wealth at…
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) will create a dedicated NPS fund-of-funds platform to route pension money into selected alternative investment funds (AIFs), chairman S Ramann said on Tuesday, outlining a broader push to position pension assets as a stable source of long-term capital for India’s private markets. Speaking at IVCA DII &…
