INVL Asset Management, one of Lithuania’s leading asset management companies, has expanded the options for 3rd pillar pension accumulation online. From now on, mobile signature holders can become the company’s clients and start accumulating in company-operated 3rd pillar pension funds in approximately 15 minutes – by logging in online just once.
Third-pillar pension funds are distinguished by the fact that residents of the country can accumulate in them with no restriction on the number of funds or companies, regardless of what company’s 2nd pillar pension fund they have chosen. Contributions of the desired amount can be transferred into these funds at a chosen frequency, and accumulating in these funds brings tax benefits. It is estimated that, in order to accumulate a sufficient amount for the pension amounting to about 80 per cent of the previously existing income, it is necessary to accumulate not only in SODRA and a 2nd pillar pension fund, but also to participate in 3rd pillar accumulation.
“Today, with the increasing share of the country’s population being regular Internet users, we want to keep pace with their needs and propose to use the possibilities of digital space for pension accumulation as well. In our assessment, convenience is indispensable for encouraging people to take more care of their financial future. Therefore, this innovation is the first, but not the last, step we made for the expansion of modern pension accumulation options,” said Laura Križinauskienė, the CEO of INVL Asset Management.
She said that the company started to expand modern pension accumulation options from 3rd pillar accumulation due to its flexibility. “These funds offer a variety of accumulation options, but the country’s population still knows little about them,” L. Križinauskienė said.
The option of quick online signing of a new agreement on accumulation in INVL 3rd pillar pension fund is offered by INVL Asset Management to those residents of the country who have a mobile signature and comply with the requirements for simple confirmation of the client’s identity. “Confirming the signatory’s identity is one of the main conditions for the secure conclusion of a pension accumulation agreement. It can be done using a mobile signature,” said Andrius Rimkūnas, the company’s Head of E-channels Development.
He said that signing an agreement with a mobile signature might take longer if, in accordance with the country’s laws, the client has to provide additional information for this purpose, and the company’s specialists have to evaluate it – for example, if the client is not a Lithuanian national, or plans to invest more than one thousand euros over a year. “These are usual procedures associated with the provision of financial services, and related to the client’s status and investment plans,” A. Rimkūnas said.
INVL Asset Management offers to conclude a new supplementary voluntary accumulation or 3rd pillar pension accumulation agreement by logging in to the self-service area using a mobile signature. The self-service area also allows the fund to be changed by selecting another 3rd pillar fund operated by the company, and the data about the client’s accumulated assets and return on investment from accumulation in INVL pension funds are updated in it on a regular basis.
INVL Asset Management offers the country’s population to accumulate supplementary pension in five 3rd pillar pension funds. Funds with different degrees of risk provide the option of supplementary accumulation taking into account the client’s age and acceptable possible fluctuation of the value.
INVL Asset Management operates five 3rd pillar and four 2nd pillar pension funds in total. As of the end of June this year, a total of 137.8 thousand participants were accumulating in them, including 8 900 in 3rd pillar pension funds. As of the same date, the company’s pension funds had assets under management of 374.4 million euros, of which 24 million euros were in 3rd pillar pension funds. The number of participants in INVL 3rd pillar pension funds grew 35 per cent during 2017, amounting to 8 000 at the end of 2017, and their accumulated assets grew 34 per percent to 23 million euros.
INVL Asset Management is part of the Invalda INVL group, whose companies manage pension and mutual funds, alternative investments, private equity assets, individual portfolios and other financial instruments. Over 190 000 clients in Lithuania and Latvia and international investors have entrusted the group’s companies with more than 600 million euros of assets.
To conclude a new INVL 3rd pillar pension agreement using a mobile signature, please visit https://savitarna.invl.com/registracija.
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