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| Domain | Definition |
Insurance | A fund established by employers and often by employees, whereby regular contributions are made to the fund for the purpose of providing retirement and widow's pensions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Singapore | During economic slumps in 1986 and 1998, the government used reductions in employer contributions to the Central Provident Fund (CPF, a forced savings and social security plan) to lower employment costs and try to safeguard jobs. (references) |
Singapore | In order to increase the pool of domestic funds available for professional management, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Investment Scheme was further liberalized and certain restrictions on the investing of CPF funds were lifted. (references) | |
Singapore | On June 30, 2001, the Government announced that QFBs will be able to offer Supplementary Retirement Scheme accounts and Central Provident Fund investment accounts, also effective July 1, 2002. The Government also announced it will move from the present license regime for banks (full, restricted, and offshore) to a new regime that distinguishes only between retail and non-retail (wholesale) banks. (references) | |
Political Economy | SINGAPORE | The Central Provident Fund (CPF), a compulsory savings program that requires 36 percent of an individual's salary to be placed in a tax-exempt account, is the principal reason for the high gross national savings rate of about 50 percent of GDP. (references) |
Trade | Malaysia | In the past, major infrastructure projects have been funded by a variety of means: Malaysian government funds, the domestic capital markets, banks and investment funds like the Employee Provident Fund, international consortia, and supplier credits. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nepal | Health and safety standards and other benefits such as a provident fund and maternity benefits also are established in the act. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
provident fund | 19 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PROVIDENT FUND"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | pensionsfond (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Fonds voor onderling hulpbetoon (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | fonds de retraite, fonds de pension. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Pensionskasse (pension fund, retirement fund, superannuation fund), Pensionsfonds (pension fund, retirement fund), Versorgungsträger (pension fund, retirement fund), Versorgungsfonds (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ταμείο συντάξεως (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | fondo pensione (pension fund, retirement fund), fondo di pensione (pension fund, retirement fund, thrift savings plan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovidentpray undfay fundo de pensão (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) fondo de pensión (pension fund, retirement fund). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-f-i-n-n-o-p-r-t-u-v" | |
-4 letters: outdriven, outridden, provident, untrodden. | |
-5 letters: dipteron, endpoint, eruption, fortuned, indentor, indevout, inpoured, intruded, inturned, inventor, neutrino, outdrive, outfired, overfund, piedfort, preunion, profited, provided, underpin, unironed, unproved, unproven. | |
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