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International social security

GAD’s expertise and experience is available to social security arrangements throughout the world.

In recent years, we have advised a range of countries and jurisdictions on their social security arrangements, spanning Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central America and the Caribbean.

We advise on a range of financing methods, including pay-as-you-go (or unfunded) schemes, partially funded schemes, and fully funded schemes.

We provide a comprehensive analysis of a scheme’s financial position and its likely future development.

 

How GAD can help you

  • We provide demographic projections, where suitable projections for a scheme are not available, to assess the impact of factors such as increasing longevity.
  • We provide cash flow projections for many years into the future, showing projected contribution income, benefit expenditure, and other items of income and expenditure. These projections are used to assess the scheme’s financial position and future contribution requirements.
  • We calculate ‘actuarial deficits’ of social security schemes, and advise on their implications.
  • We advise on the financial implications of policy decisions, including changes to contribution rates, benefit levels, retirement ages, and other qualifying conditions.
  • We advise on the terms and conditions for transferring between social security (and other pension) arrangements, and for contracting out of social security provision into alternative arrangements.

 

Contact us

To discuss your requirements, please email enquiries@gad.gov.uk, or phone +44 (0)20 7211 2656.