Pension reform for the young is one of the leading campaigns of EKIP, which is why our experts are often invited by the media on this topic. In February, our editor-in-chief – Georgi Vuldjev – had important appearances on the topic on some of the largest television stations. At the beginning of the month, on the air of the morning block …
More »Markets in February: Stocks up, gold down
Global markets continue to grow, but at a slower pace than in January The average yield of universal pension funds in our country slightly decreases SOXIF performs worse than global markets in the first two months of 2019 The price of gold falls at the end of February February, like January, was quite good …
More »Georgi Vuldjev: There is no way to expect fair pensions from an unfair system
Our editor-in-chief Georgi Vuldjev was invited to the show "More of the Day" on BNT to comment on the latest changes in the method of calculating state pensions and the state of the pension system as a whole. Vuldjev got into an argument with Ivan Neykov, one of the architects of the current system, regarding its current financial state, …
More »What happened in the markets in January 2019?
Welcome to our newest column, with which we are expanding the content related to the Virtual Pension Fund and our Pension Reform for the Young. Within the new column "Market Commentary", the editor-in-chief of EKIP Georgi Vuldjev, who is also the chairman of the board of our modest Virtual Pension Fund, will provide short monthly …
More »TEAM in the media on drug policy, the pension system and the euro
We started 2019 with a strong start – the topic of healthcare is hot again and the EKIP presented a new study: Proposal for a rational drug policy. The author of the analysis, health economist Arkadi Sharkov, was a guest on one of the most watched shows on the domestic airwaves – “Face to Face” on BTV. According to him, for …
More »What happened to the profitability of private pension funds?
In recent days, I'm sure you've come across a number of headlines announcing that the profitability of private pension funds has collapsed, disintegrated, collapsed, crashed, etc. You get the idea. Something scary and shocking has happened to the profitability of pension funds. This is neither too far nor too close to ...
More »Who will have a pension? (infographic)
Read more information about the state of the pension system and our proposal for pension reform here.
More »Three investment alternatives to the bankrupt pension system
As we at EKIP have explained many times, the pension system is bankrupt. And we offer some solutions to this problem. "So far so good," at least some of you are surely saying to yourself, "but what can I personally do about it?". "How can I take care of my financial well-being in old age in such a …
More »The problem of private pension funds
The problem with private (mandatory) pension funds is that they don't make money. More precisely, they don't make money for their clients. They probably do for themselves, but the returns that people who insure themselves with them receive are almost non-existent or even negative. At least most of the time. This is a problem. Because …
More »Why is the pension system doomed and what is its real burden on workers?
In this article, I intend to shock you. I hope to achieve this by telling you in plain language that our pension system is practically bankrupt. And I will repeat it several times to get it into your head. Bankrupt and therefore in need of urgent reform – transition …
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