European pension systems face demographic and labor market pressures – PensionsEurope
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European pension systems face demographic and labor market pressures – PensionsEurope
European pension systems, while built on different national models, are facing broadly similar structural challenges, according to PensionsEurope, Trend’s correspondent reports from the event. Speaking at the 11th Azerbaijan International Insurance Forum in Baku, Matti Leppäla, Secretary General and CEO of PensionsEurope, said that although each European country has its own pension framework, many of the […]
Pension funds and insurers manage $100 trillion dollars — can they use it to help solve global problems?
Over the past century, finance has become increasingly disconnected from the physical world it depends on. Every day, trillions of dollars move through financial markets as stocks, bonds and derivatives. Much of that money never reaches the businesses, infrastructure and systems that power the real economy. The scale of this shift is striking. In 2024, […]
Merz backs plans to raise Germany’s retirement age to 70 in pension changes
Germany will gradually raise its retirement age to about 70 by the early 2090s under recommendations backed by the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, as a means of future-proofing the pension system for an ageing population. Presenting its findings on Tuesday, an expert commission set up to explore reforms to the pension system said retirement age should be linked […]
The World’s Best Retirement Systems Share One Habit. In the U.S. People Have to Build It Alone.
Each year, Mercer and the CFA Institute publish the Global Pension Index, which scores 52 national retirement systems – covering about two-thirds of the world’s population – on how well they actually serve retirees. It isn’t a popularity contest. Systems are graded on adequacy (do benefits keep people comfortable?), sustainability (will the money still be there in […]