Almaty, Kazakhstan – Total pension savings as of November 1, 2016 were KZT 6.57 tln. Since the beginning of 2016, pension savings increased by KZT 737.4 bn. 

Total pension contributions received in the 10 months of 2016 were nearly KZT 566 bn. Thus since January 1, 2016 a return of 50 per cent of compulsory pension contributions funded through the budget until 1 January 2016 in favor of military servants and law enforcement officials are being performed. Total amount of the returns in the ten months of 2016 amounted to about KZT 146 bn. 

Net investment income charged to depositors’ IPAs in the ten months of 2016 was KZT 457.7 bn. 

Between 1 January and 31 October 2016, a return on UAPF pension assets was 7.7% with inflation at 6.2%. 

Total pension payments paid by UAPF in the 10 months of 2016 was KZT 142.6 bn., including transfers to insurance companies of KZT 16.9 bn. 

Number of depositors’/recipients’ individual pension accounts (IPA) under all types of contracts was 10.07 mn accounts, including those generated from compulsory pension contributions – 9.62 mn. Number of depositor IPAs from compulsory professional pension contributions was 415 thousand accounts, while from voluntary pension contributions – 39 thousand accounts. 

At present, a depositor / recipient can get information on status pension savings on their IPSs in any of the 232 UAPF personal service centers, by post, by e-mail, on website: www.enpf.kz or via mobile application. 

More than 2.6 mn of depositors chose electronic ways of communication. About 212 thousand recipients obtain statements by e-mail and 2.4 mn depositors have the opportunity to receive information on website or via UAPF mobile application for smartphones and tablets running on various operating systems. Since the launch of mobile application, number of downloads has reached 408 thousand, of which 331.8 thousand downloads were made from Android, 70 thousand - from iOS, and 6.2 thousand downloads from Windows Phone. 

In November 1, 2016, since the launch in February 2015 of the service: Provision of information about status of UAPF depositor’s/recipient’s pension savings (with regard for investment income) 338 thousand IPA statements were issued via E-government portal. For comparison, number of statements issued through the portal at the beginning of the year was 125 000.