Consolidating pension plans into one convenient and cost-effective framework

Where are all your pension, provident and education plans? Do you have any “lost” plans? How should you consolidate them and what are the benefits of consolidating your plans? All the answers are here

If you want to transfer your pension savings between different plans, for example from a provident fund to a pension fund, you can do so easily and without losing any rights. This process is called ‘porting’ and exists according to a law from 2008.

The portability regulations of pension plans are designed to ensure the saver’s exclusive control over his money, and to allow him to choose at any given moment the best solution for him, according to his discretion.

The portability regulations have another effect that is also worth knowing; through porting, you can concentrate funds, thereby achieving a number of important advantages.

Pension plan concentration – all the advantages
Operational convenience – concentrating all pension savings in one place greatly facilitates the processes of monitoring and managing pension savings. As a result, there are no more savings “tails” that may be forgotten.
Increasing the monthly allowance – the calculation of the amount of the monthly allowance after retirement is based on the amount of savings and the savings coefficient. The higher the amount, the greater the allowance. Concentrating savings in one plan increases the allowance.
Reducing the cost of insurance coverage – in pension fund-type plans And executive insurance has insurance components, alongside the savings component. Consolidating the plans in one framework, while maintaining coverage, saves on insurance costs.
Reducing management fee costs – increasing the scope of savings in the plan you have chosen, increases your bargaining power on management fees.
Do you know which plans you have?
To consolidate the plans into one smart and convenient framework, you need to know the various plans registered in your name.

In order to obtain a complete mapping of your pension plans, those you know and those you may have forgotten about, you can use systems such as ‘Money Mountain’ and ‘Pension Clearinghouse’, which centralize all information on the plans of all Israeli citizens, from all periods.

We at Oren Mizrahi are prepared to provide you with a full service both for locating lost plans, and for mapping all your savings plans, and for recommendations on how to consolidate the plans in the best possible way.