US. Corporate Pension Funding Inches Up in August
Consulting firms reported relatively small increases to their pension funding ratios last month, which resulte ...
UK. Integrated retirement journeys could drive 60% guaranteed income take-up
Integrating guaranteed income into the retirement journey could produce annuitisation rates of between 55 per ...
90% of Nigerians lack formal pension coverage – Report
Nigeria’s pension coverage increased to 9.1 per cent of the adult population in 2026 from 7.8 per cent in 2023 ...
Value for Money: Industry flags concerns over forward-looking metrics
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation process closed this week, as it continues to develop the ...
Chile pension reform: A new opportunity for investment managers
Pension reform in Chile, one of the most advanced retirement benefit markets in Latin America, is gathering pa ...
UK. Almost 7 million adults in the dark about their State Pension
Almost 7 million adults could be missing out on information to help prepare them for their retirement. This Pe ...
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What Drives Institutional Asset Allocation? Survey Evidence from Pension Fund Advisors
By Carolina Salva & Tim Alexander Kroencke We survey 28 leading Swiss pension fund consultants and asset managers to understand the factors and their ranking driving institutional asset allocation decisions. The risk tolerance of pension fund boards, target returns, and risk-free rates emerge as the most influential factors, while traditional portfolio theory predictors such as […]
Redistribution through Taxes or Pensions? Optimal Income Tax and Pension Progressivity
By Burkhard Heer & Mark M. Trede We develop a medium-scale overlapping-generations model with endogenous labor supply and skill premium to study optimal income redistribution using progressive labor income taxes and pensions. The model is calibrated to the four countries USA, Great Britain, Italy and Germany which differ substantially in their tax and pension systems, […]
Pensions and Turbulence: Automatic Adjustment, Risk, and Fairness in Long-Term Pension Design
By Peter A. Diamond Public pension systems are long-term social contracts operating under persistent economic, demographic, and political uncertainty. Periods of turbulence, marked by financial shocks, changes in longevity, and shifting labour markets, test the capacity of pension institutions to adapt while maintaining adequacy, equity, and legitimacy. Building on earlier joint work on pension economics […]
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US. Corporate Pension Funding Inches Up in August
Consulting firms reported relatively small increases to their pension funding ratios last month, which resulted in corporate defined benefit pension funds continuing to achieve new surplus milestones. The funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit plans “inched ahead” to 112.2% in August, just 0.1 percentage points higher than July’s figure, according to […]
UK. Integrated retirement journeys could drive 60% guaranteed income take-up
Integrating guaranteed income into the retirement journey could produce annuitisation rates of between 55 per cent and 60 per cent without removing member choice, research from Nuveen and the TIAA Institute has suggested. The report, Beyond auto-enrolment: International lessons for converting UK retirement savings into lifetime income, drew on evidence from 11 countries, with a […]
90% of Nigerians lack formal pension coverage – Report
Nigeria’s pension coverage increased to 9.1 per cent of the adult population in 2026 from 7.8 per cent in 2023, leaving about nine in every 10 Nigerian adults without any formal pension arrangement, the latest Access to Financial Services in Nigeria survey has revealed. The 2026 A2F Survey by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access showed […]
Value for Money: Industry flags concerns over forward-looking metrics
The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation process closed this week, as it continues to develop the proposed Value for Money (VfM) rulebook that the government hopes will strengthen and future-proof DC savings. Pension providers and trade bodies have widely welcomed the proposed system, but several have flagged concerns over issues such as forward-looking performance metrics […]