It’s thanks to Social Security wealth inequality isn’t even worse, Wharton economist says. Trump’s policies will push it to insolvency in 6 years
America’s debt burden is caught in a death loop, and President Donald Trump’s policy agenda has accelerated th ...
UK pension fund to vote against boards backpedaling on climate
UK pension giant Nest will now vote against board chairs where the company they oversee has materially scaled ...
Ghana. Informal sector employers who fail to pay employees’ pensions will be prosecuted – NPRA
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) in the Bono Region has cautioned employers in the informal s ...
Is ESG investing in the best interests of pension scheme members?
Pension funds can do more to mitigate climate change and should feel empowered to do so, according to Caroline ...
Inertia is the real danger for ageing populations: Alexandra Miles
I recently read the book Time Bomb: When Ageing Explodes by Giles Merritt, which lays out why demography is on ...
Nigeria. PenCom targets one million informal women for pension
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Pension and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Sweden’s Transition from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution
By Ai Jun Hou, Di Cui, Mingfa Ding, Yikai Han & Xiaoyang Li Sweden’s 1999 pension reform-which replaced a defined-benefit (DB) regime with a notional defined-contribution (DC) scheme-changed incentives in ways that affect employees’ career choice over the life cycle. We use Swedish administrative data and a difference-indifferences approach to study the impact of this […]
Challenges of the Power of the New Longevity: Age Discrimination in the Workplace, and More, in Argentina
By Virginia Marturet Life expectancy has significantly increased, reaching an average of 77 years in Argentina. The current challenge is to enhance the quality of those years. Age discrimination is the third leading cause of discrimination worldwide and is prevalent in Argentina, particularly in workplaces, society, and daily life. Our current challenge is to make […]
Why Social Security Is Essential to Measuring Wealth Inequality
By Knowledge at Wharton Staff In this Q&A, professor Sylvain Catherine discusses why including Social Security fundamentally changes how we measure wealth inequality. His paper “Social Security and Trends in Wealth Inequality” was co-authored by Max Miller and Natasha Sarin and recently won the Dimensional Fund Advisors First Prize from the American Finance Association. The […]
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It’s thanks to Social Security wealth inequality isn’t even worse, Wharton economist says. Trump’s policies will push it to insolvency in 6 years
America’s debt burden is caught in a death loop, and President Donald Trump’s policy agenda has accelerated that spiral. Among other consequences, the country’s race towards fiscal chaos might also plunge Social Security into insolvency, potentially erasing a $40 trillion buffer that has helped moderate wealth inequality over the past few decades. Modern-day America’s chasm […]
UK pension fund to vote against boards backpedaling on climate
UK pension giant Nest will now vote against board chairs where the company they oversee has materially scaled back its climate commitments without explanation. Updating its voting policy, Nest said where adjustments are made to transition strategies, boards are expected to provide clear and evidence-based reasoning to shareholders. It said it will now be more […]
Ghana. Informal sector employers who fail to pay employees’ pensions will be prosecuted – NPRA
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) in the Bono Region has cautioned employers in the informal sector to ensure the regular payment of their workers’ monthly pension contributions or face prosecution. Mr Enoch Okomfo Okonah, Assistant Manager in charge of Compliance at the Bono Regional Office of the NPRA, said employers who default could be […]
Is ESG investing in the best interests of pension scheme members?
Pension funds can do more to mitigate climate change and should feel empowered to do so, according to Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party. Debating whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies have a future, in a session at the Pensions UK Investment Conference in Edinburgh yesterday (11 March), Lucas said that […]