The Truth About Pensions in Jamaica Nobody Is Telling You

About this episode

Desmond Johnson discusses the pension crisis in Jamaica and the importance of retirement planning.

Most Jamaicans are walking toward retirement with nothing saved and don't know it yet. Desmond Johnson spent over 20 years inside NCB managing over $120 billion in pension assets. He joins Dr. Matthew Preston and Dr. Thaon Simms to explain why less than 20% of Jamaica's workforce contributes to a pension, what the government's auto enrollment plan actually changes, and which JSE stocks he's buying right now. This is the retirement conversation Jamaica needs to have. Chapters: 00:00 Introduct...

People in this episode

Hosts: Dr. Matthew Preston, Dr. Thaon Simms

Guest: Desmond Johnson

Topics covered

• pensions
• retirement
• Jamaica
• financial literacy
• investing

Keywords

• pensions
• Jamaica
• retirement
• financial planning
• investing
• JSE stocks
• auto enrollment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NCB, JSE

Places: Jamaica

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