US. Private equity leads public pension returns for 14th straight year
Private equity has again outperformed every other asset class in America's public pension portfolios, deliveri ...
UK. Full state pension will rise by nearly £500 next April under the triple lock
The full state pension will rise by £9.40 a week to around £250.70 from next April under the triple lock guara ...
US. Louisiana state pension raises Strategy stake to $3.52 million
The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System, better known as LASERS, now holds 23,000 shares of Strategy ...
The hidden cost of retirement: when pensioners become the family safety net
Instead of using their retirement income solely to secure their own futures, many are stepping in to cover fin ...
ADB proposes raising retirement age in Tajikistan to 65
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recommended that Tajikistan consider gradually raising the retirement age ...
One-Third of the World’s Population Lives Where Older Adults Already Outnumber Children
More than 2.8 billion people live in countries and territories where adults age 65 and older outnumber childre ...
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The Duration Gap: Value-at-Risk, Interest-Rate Swaps and the 2026 Losses of Chile’s Most Conservative Pension Fund
By Alfredo Merlet Between January and September 2026, Fund E, the most conservative of Chile’s five mandatory pension fund types, lost about ten per cent in real terms, its second-worst result on record, while the funds’ positions in foreign interest-rate derivatives swung to a reported valuation loss of about US$7.7 billion. This article asks why […]
Optimal Transition Schedules for Retirement Age Increases: Welfare and Intergenerational Fairness
By Yaodi Yong, Jinggong Zhang & Xiaobai Zhu In response to demographic shifts such as declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy, many countries are raising the full retirement age (FRA). This paper develops a novel optimization framework for designing FRA increase schedules, explicitly balancing the minimization of aggregate welfare loss across affected generations with […]
When Retirement Faces Climate Risks: Linking Socio-Economic Pathways with Financial Outcomes
By Stephanie Neal & Laurens Swinkels Standard analyses of retirement adequacy focus on financial metrics such as contribution rates and replacement ratios, while climate scenario studies typically emphasize broad macroeconomic outcomes. Neither approach, however, directly addresses what matters most to individuals: the quality of life in retirement. Retirement security under climate change is inherently multidimensional, […]
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US. Private equity leads public pension returns for 14th straight year
Private equity has again outperformed every other asset class in America’s public pension portfolios, delivering a median annualized return of 13.2% over the 10-year period ending June 30, 2025, according to the American Investment Council’s (AIC) 2026 Pension Trends Report, released this week. The annual study, which analyzed 200 U.S. public pension funds representing nearly […]
UK. Full state pension will rise by nearly £500 next April under the triple lock
The full state pension will rise by £9.40 a week to around £250.70 from next April under the triple lock guarantee. On a yearly basis, it will rise by £489 – climbing from £12,547 to £13,036 – delivering another inflation-beating rise for pensioners. Under the triple lock the state pension increases every year by the […]
US. Louisiana state pension raises Strategy stake to $3.52 million
The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System, better known as LASERS, now holds 23,000 shares of Strategy Inc. That position was worth $3.52 million as of September 30, 2026. Three quarters of steady buying LASERS added 1,700 Strategy shares during the third quarter of 2026. Earlier in the year, it bought 700 shares in the second […]
The hidden cost of retirement: when pensioners become the family safety net
Instead of using their retirement income solely to secure their own futures, many are stepping in to cover financial emergencies, education costs and struggling household budgets. While this support can strengthen family resilience, it also raises difficult questions about how retirees can protect their long-term financial security while helping the next generation. As intergenerational financial […]