Aging populations are straining retirement systems worldwide
Today, Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a leading global professional services firm, and CFA Institute, the global associat ...
Japan pension fund GPIF broadens sustainability investing beyond ESG indexes
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is broadening its sustainability investment approach beyond ...
US. Retirement confidence gaps widen for homeowners approaching 65
A new national survey from Longbridge Financial finds that retirement confidence among US homeowners ages 55 t ...
Care systems around the world are being put to the test by aging populations
Governments must guarantee older people timely care, value care workers, and keep technology accountable as po ...
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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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Aging populations are straining retirement systems worldwide
Today, Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a leading global professional services firm, and CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, today released the 18th annual Marsh CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI), comparing 55 retirement income systems across the globe, covering 66% of the world’s population. As fertility rates fall and life expectancies rise, the world’s […]
Japan pension fund GPIF broadens sustainability investing beyond ESG indexes
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is broadening its sustainability investment approach beyond its reliance on ESG index strategies as it seeks to improve long-term performance across its portfolio. GPIF outlines the shift in its 2025 Sustainability Investment Report, published on October 15. The report reflects the Sustainability Investment Policy established in March 2025 and […]
US. Retirement confidence gaps widen for homeowners approaching 65
A new national survey from Longbridge Financial finds that retirement confidence among US homeowners ages 55 to 64 lags behind every other age group examined. Where a household holds its wealth — not just how much it holds — is the sharpest driver of that divide. Published as “The Retirement Confidence Divide,” the second volume […]
Care systems around the world are being put to the test by aging populations
Governments must guarantee older people timely care, value care workers, and keep technology accountable as populations age, according to Dr. Omer Shahab Khan, founder and CEO of Australian aged-care organization OSAN Ability. “An assessed care need should create a service guarantee, not a place in a queue,” Khan said. Khan noted that by 2030, 1 […]