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Yordan Yordanov
POSSIBILITIES FOR OVERCOMING ISSUES IN THE PHASE OF OLD-AGE PENSION PAYMENTS FROM
AN UNIVERSAL PENSION FUND
Summary:
The structuring of the pension model, the exploration of its characteristics and parameters, as well as of pension products, their role, and the potential to ensure long-term social security in an environment marked by socio-economic and demographic challenges, is a significant and relevant thematic area.
The focus of the study is on presenting the structure, the regime, the insurance parameters, the pension products, and the functioning model of insurance in an universal pension fund. The conclusion reached is that the most payments to the first pensioners are deferred for a period of up to three years, while lifelong payments constitute a very small portion. This fact raises questions about the level of social security, and consequently, the ability of the second pillar of the multi-pillar pension model to fulfill the assumed public commitments and meet personal expectations.
Possibilities have been outlined to increase the proportion of pension-ners receiving lifelong pensions while decreasing the proportion of those receiving deferred and one-time payments. This, in turn, will lead to long-term and, at the same time, higher social security for Bulgarian pensioners.
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Danail Vrachovski
Multi-fund organization of supplementary pension
Summary:
The article is an attempt to study the major issues related to the multi-fund organisation of the pension insurance system in Chile as a social protection model. In a strategic and hypothetical aspect the article reviews, the advantages and disadvantages which may accompany the introduction of the multi-fund system in Bulgaria. The major conclusions regarding the pension model in Bulgaria are related to the opportunities ensuring funds for the supplementary pension insurance at the stages of accumulation and payment of pension benefits.
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Valya Vasileva
Development of Consumer Lending by Non-Bank Credit Companies in Bulgaria
Summary:
The study focuses on consumer loans extended by corporations specializing in lending in Bulgaria during the period March 2008 – September 2018. A brief presentation of the essential features of consumer loans is made and attention is paid to key aspects of statutory regulations of this type of lending in Bulgaria. The main trends in the dynamics of the volume of consumer loans extended by corporations specializing in lending are outlined and their main determinants in the country are worked out. The analysis of non-bank consumer lending is supplemented in a comparative perspective by trends in the dynamics of bank consumer lending. On this basis, the main prospects for growth in the segment of non-bank consumer loans in Bulgaria are presented.
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Neno Pavlov, Radoslav Gabrovski
FRAGMENTS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE FOUNDER
OF ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN INSURANCE IN BULGARIA
Summary:
The aim of the article is to commemorate and pay tribute to the renowned scientist and practitioner Prof. Veleslav Gavriyski, DSc. It highlights the most significant facts and events from his biography outlining his extensive studies in prestigious universities in the country and abroad and emphasizing his role as a co-founder and the first head of the only insurance department in Bulgaria. Moreover, it describes Prof. Gavriyski’s role as a pioneer in the fields of theory (economics) of insurance, reinsurance and insurance law in Bulgaria with his remarkable contribution to the writing of the first fundamental university textbooks and manuals in these fields. In 1996, Prof. Veleslav Gavriyski, DSc Foundation was established in acknowledgement of the contribution and support of this remarkable scientist for the development of the national insurance and social security sectors in the country.
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Aleksandyr Ganchev
Hedge Funds – Evolution and Perspectives
Summary:
The article reviews and analyses the origins of the hedge fund sector and its development on a worldwide scale. The study reveals that hedge funds had arisen long before 1949 and shows that global financial crises do not occur due to hedge funds because the latter only exploit economic development disparities, the imperfections of financial systems, the inadequate regulatory frameworks or the inefficient financial market regulations that are already in place. The article shows that, although the development of the hedge fund industry is very sensitive to financial crises, their popularity as investment instruments has been increasing rather than decreasing since the last global economic crisis of 2008.
