By Yi Fan, Shuangshuang Song & Yewen Yu Population aging and fertility decline are occurring simultaneously worldwide, straining labor supply and pension systems. China began a gradual delayedretirement (GDR) reform in 2025, raising statutory retirement ages on different schedules for men, female cadres, and female workers across birth cohorts. To evaluate its effects on older […]

By Valter Manuel Gomes Neto Brazil’s rapid demographic transition presents growing challenges for the sustainability, coverage, and adequacy of its pension system. Although the 2019 pension reform improved fiscal sustainability, population ageing and persistent labour informality continue to place pressure on pension financing and old-age income security. Drawing on existing research and policy evidence, this […]

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 […]

The OECD Pensions Outlook 2026: Are We Saving Enough for Retirement? will be launched on Wednesday 4 November from 14:00 to 18:00 CET, during OECD Financial Markets Week. The Outlook, focused on asset-backed pensions, examines the growth of pension assets in 2025 and over the longer term, looking at the role of contributions, investment income […]

Microsoft said Monday that it’s offering buyouts to a wide swath of employees as it strives to balance a costly artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency. The software maker announced a new voluntary exit offer for certain workers in the U.S., Canada, India and the United Kingdom at its experience level of 70 or […]

An aging population is often portrayed as a looming crisis: fewer workers, more pensioners, rising healthcare costs and increased pressure on public finances. But this captures only half the story. Longer lifespans are not just creating new fiscal challenges; they are also reshaping demand, investment, employment, technology and the institutions that underpin economic security. China […]

This commentary highlights the age illusion and advocates integrating biological age and artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance clinical precision in health care. By synthesizing geroscience and machine learning, practitioners and scientists can effectively bridge the gap between experimental biomarkers and personalized medicine and longevity care. This contribution is timely as the importance of biological age […]