If you are a parent with a child in a Dubai-based school, you may have received a letter this week about a new survey being conducted by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), the government authority responsible for regulating and overseeing the quality of private education in Dubai. The survey invites all Year 8 […]
Lunate, one of the four providers of the mainland End-of-Service Benefits (EOSB) Savings Scheme, recently announced new service partnerships for its EOSB Platform, Ghaf Benefits. The announcement follows the launch of six new funds by Ghaf Benefits, just a month ago. One of the new partnerships is with BNY (Bank of New York Mellon), the […]
31% of UAE employees want retirement savings plans, according to Zurich’s 2024 Future of Work Survey
Zurich Insurance, a prominent insurer in the UAE and administrator of the DIFC Workplace Employees Savings scheme (DEWS), recently released the fourth edition of its annual Future of Work survey. This year’s survey based on feedback from 2,000 employers and 2,000 employees across the UAE (50%), Saudi Arabia (25%), Qatar, and Bahrain reveals the critical […]
Following last week’s announcement that First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) received approval from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) as a provider of the End-of-Service Benefits (EOSB) Savings scheme, the bank has now published a document on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). The FAQ document (available for download below) discloses Deutsche Securities and Services, […]
Sukoon Insurance, one of the UAE’s leading insurers, has recently launched its highly anticipated End-of-Service Benefits (EOSB) Savings scheme, called Go Saver in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Operated through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sukoon Workplace Savings Solutions Limited, this plan comes after nearly a year of having completed its licensing process in DIFC in July […]
Following the publication of our previous article on the Financial Performance FY 2023 of Smart Pension Limited (“Smart Pension” or “Company”), Pensions Monitor was contacted by the Company who asked us to provide the readership with additional information on its current performance: The (unaudited) results for H1 2024 have improved significantly: EBITDA (that is: Earnings […]
The company Smart Pension Limited (“Smart Pension” or “Company”) is perhaps not a household name here in the GCC, however, it does play a very important role behind the scene. Smart Pension is the IT administration system that powers DEWS, the End-of-Service Benefits (“EOSB”) savings scheme in Dubai International Financial Center (“DIFC”). This scheme currently […]
In our previous articles we featured some startups that have appeared on the scene, including FinFlx, Aurem and Equevu. All of them offer some sort of investment product, linked to End-of-Service Benefits that is managed through an ‘in-house’ technology solution. Now it turns out that one more new provider has emerged – namely “Benefitster” (full […]
Uber and AirBnB are just two examples of venture capital-backed technology companies that have successfully disrupted an existing industry. With these success stories in mind, venture capitalists have looked in every field, and in every geography, to identify yet another industry that is ripe for disruption. The result – a huge tidal wave of money, […]
Once the new end-of-service savings scheme (‘EoSS’) takes off in the UAE, and once it becomes compulsory, every month, every single employer will pay a certain percentage of every single employee’s salary into investment funds. Question: How much money will there be in these funds, after one year, after five, after ten? The answer to […]
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