In addition to increasing the contribution seeking to sustain the delicate financial situation, the organization is analyzing incorporating graduates from some 45 careers.
The Retirement and Pension Fund for University Professionalsbetter known simply as the Professional Boxresolved to increase the contribution rate by 2%, in a quest to sustain the delicate financial situation it is going through until the first quarter of 2025.
The president of the Professionals Fund, Virginia Romeroassured in Desayunos Informales (Teledoce) that the measure is “the most important”, since “since there is no express law, what is in force is law 20,130, which is the law of social security reform“.
The leader explained that the articles of this law speak of parastatal funds, and says that if they present deficits, the boards of directors must increase the rate by up to 2 percentage points for one year.
“Obviously, the Fund (for Professionals) complies with absolutely all the requirements (of the articles), it has had a deficit for more than 10 years” and it also “projects a deficit,” he explained. Rosemarywho understands that the increase will allow “the situation to be stretched” until the first quarter of 2025.
The Professionals Fund demands that the tickets be adjusted by IMS
Likewise, the Professionals Fund requested that the increase in professional tickets be for the Average Salary Index (IMS) and not through Consumer Price Index (CPI)something that would require the approval of the Executive power.
“The IMS is going to increase, it is going to increase more than the retirements“We know,” he said. Rosemary, who added that “there we are going to have another source of imbalance between income and expenses.” Asked about how much this measure would contribute to solving the deficit, Rosemary He said: “No, it’s not that it solves, it equates.”
On the other hand, the leader indicated that the Professionals Fund periodically analyzes those careers that are given a university rank, so they survey the incorporation of up to 45 new careers. “(A request) was presented last year; the Executive Branch rejected it,” he explained.
Source: Ambito
