Johan Sjostrom
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Johan Sjostrom Marketing Director, KPA PENSION (SWEDEN) Friday, 27.9.2013
First and Second Pillar Pensions in Sweden Conference on Pensions, September 2013, Hydra Ev datum
The Swedish pension system • State pension (I pillar): • Based on income • 18.5% on ones’ income is set aside • Income pension (16 percentage points) • Pay-as-you-go, notional defined contribution • Premium pension (2.5 percentage points), individual choice of funds • Guaranteed pension (minimum level) • 46 430 EUR (2013) is the ceiling for accruing pensions rights • Occupational pension (II pillar): • Nation-wide collectively negotiated agreements • Covering appr. 90 % of the workforce • Paid by employer, DC, individual choice
Pension reform process - very long 1994 Parliament adopts principles of the new pension plan 1998 Main legislation of the new pension plan 2001 Legislation on the automatic balance mechanism 1992 Draft of a new pension plan 1991 Commission set up 2003 1990 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 first payments according to new system Social democratic government Social democratic government Center-right government But transition quick i international comparison
Swedish “pension market”, payments “Market share” Percent of GDP 10.3 Private 10% 1.0 9.3 Occupa- tional Local & regional govern. empl. Civil servants 1.5 15% Private blue color Private white color 7.8 ATP “old” old-age pensionplan Inkomstpension (new) Premium pension (new) Public 75% 6.2 1.6 Survivors pen. 0.6 1.0 1.0 Guaranteed pen. 0.0
Second pillar - four main collective agreements Private sector employees Public sector employees White collar 750 000 State 215 000 Municipals and Regions 1 100 000 Blue collar 1 200 000
The orange envelope • Started in 1999 • Distributed each year to citizens born in 1938 and later • Pensionable income > 1 843 EUR • Distribution: • January to March • 6,2 Million envelopes each year (population 9,3 Million)
www.minpension.se • Implemented in 2004 • 1,8 million users (2012) • A joint initiative by the State and the Insurance Industry • I, II and III pillar pensions • A tool for individual forecasts
Pension forecasts from different sources Orange envelope Green envelope My pension www.minpension.se Forecasts on-demand I, II and III pillar Yearly statement & projections I pillar Yearly statement & projections II pillar
Initiatives in the near future • Increasing minimum pension age • Currently at 61 year in first pillar • Currently at 55 year (DC) and 61 year (DB) in second pillar • Premium Pension in first pillar? • Funded or not funded? • Number of funds? • Tax incentives for third pillar pensions? • To be or not to be? • Financial literacy • How can Mr Svensson be more financial literate?
Thank you for your attention! johan.sjostrom@kpa.se www.kpa.se