Dear journalists, bloggers, and students of the Faculty of Journalism!
Dear journalists, bloggers, and students of the Faculty of Journalism!
The Unified Accumulative Pension Fund (UAPF) invites you to participate in the School of Financial Journalism on the funded pension system. For the first time in several years, the event will be held in person in Almaty on November 20 in Russian and on November 21 in Kazakh from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Online participation will also be available.
Fund experts will discuss the key concepts and types of pension systems worldwide, the impact of demographic trends on pension provision, the pension system in Kazakhstan and the activities of the UAPF, pension savings payments (benefits), and their taxation. During the seminar, you will learn about the management of pension assets at the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in particular, how and where pension assets are invested. UAPF specialists will discuss transferring pension savings to trust management and choosing an investment portfolio manager, as well as where to find and how to read information, expected changes, and expanded investment opportunities.
You will have a unique opportunity to learn from the best professionals in the funded pension system and learn how to create engaging content using primary sources. Our specialists will explain which inquiries to submit to the UAPF and how to independently find information about the funded pension system on the Fund's website or YouTube channel.
Venue: Almaty, Samal 2, Building 97; Cisco Webex webinar platform
Speakers: Experts from the UAPF and the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Time: November 20 in Russian and November 21 in Kazakh, from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Pre-registration is required to participate.
Send your application to press@enpf.kz with the following information:
Full name,
name of media or educational institution (for students),
date of participation,
participation format (offline/online),
email address, and phone number with WhatsApp (for sending an invitation link and event reminder).
The invitation link will be sent to you the day before the event. The program is attached.
* Detailed program in the appendix
UAPF was founded on August 22, 2013 on the basis of GNPF APF JSC. The founder and shareholder of the UAPF is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan represented by the State Institution Committee of State Property and Privatization of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Trust management of UAPF pension assets is carried out by the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In accordance with the pension legislation, the UAPF attracts compulsory pension contributions, employer’s compulsory pension contributions, compulsory occupational pension contributions, voluntary pension contributions, as well as carries out enrollment and accounting of voluntary pension contributions formed at the expense of the unclaimed amount of guaranteed compensation for the guaranteed deposit, transferred by the organization carrying out mandatory guarantee of deposits, in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On mandatory guarantee of deposits placed in second-tier banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan", ensures the implementation of pension benefits. The Fund also carries out accounting of target assets and target requirements, accounting and crediting of target savings (TS) to target savings accounts, payments of TS to their recipients in bank accounts, accounting for returns of TS in the manner determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the framework of the National Fund for Children program (More details at www.enpf.kz)