Yes, you have read that right. Pensions Monitor has just completed a year! It was exactly one year ago since we published our first article on the new UAE End of Service Benefits (EOSB) Savings scheme.

In the 12 months since, we’ve worked hard to bring you the latest developments, market insights, and expert commentary on EOSB reforms. We are pleased with the traction we have built along the way and ever so grateful for the growing community that continues to engage with our work.

Let’s have a look at some numbers:

• 65 articles covering updates, interviews, reviews, and thought pieces
• 4 million social media impressions, linkedin alone!
• 40,000 page views
• 11,000 followers (linkedin alone)
• 5,000 mailing subscribers

In other news, we were very pleased that our Editor-in-Chief, Nisha Braganza was officially registered as “FinFluencer” by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA). We also welcomed two high-profile board members, Ruan van Rensburg, Founder of Lux Actuaries and Consultants and Nick Frei, a seasoned expert in insurance and pensions, both of whom bring deep industry insight and will help shape the next phase of our growth.

In short, we are proud to have become the No. 1 “go to” place, a credible industry resource and a marketplace of ideas for all things related to the EOSB Savings schemes in the UAE.

But we don’t want this article to be purely self-congratulatory.

Indeed, the move from the current gratuity system to a funded savings scheme is a huge change that will eventually impact over 800,000 employers and 7.5 million employees in the UAE alone, and there’s much more work for us to do.

Our aim is to continuously inform both, employers and employees about the changing EOSB landscape, educate them on savings principles and EOSB schemes, and more importantly, support them in the EOSB transition journey.

To that end, we have been steadily building a range of useful resources that you will find on our website and we are busy beavering away on a number of exciting new initiatives that we will be announcing soon.

Look out for:

• New courses and tools for HR professionals
• Resources to help with employee financial literacy
• Quarterly reports

As ever, our goal is to equip employers and employees with the knowledge and confidence to make informed choices on EOSB savings schemes.

Thank you, once again

As we close out our first year, we are truly grateful for your support, readership, and engagement. Whether you have news to share, questions to ask, or topics you’d like us to explore, we’d love to hear from you. Do keep those emails coming to info@pensionsmonitor.com

Here’s to another year of learning, sharing, and supporting the future of EOSB in the UAE.

Pensions Monitor Team