December 2022

Finnish pension fund manager Varma to monitor human rights impact

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co., Helsinki, said Thursday that it will incorporate human rights as sustainability risks in its investments, operations and supply chain. Varma, which managed €56.4 billion ($54.9 billion) at the end of September, said in a news release that after assessing the human rights risks and impacts of its operations, it established principles for human rights and a commitment to address violations that could impact investments. "Human rights have become increasingly important in the past few years. Russia's...

Gen Zers Look Forward to Early Retirement

What You Need to Know Results from a study show that members of Generation Z expect to retire early. The study also found that most Gen Zers have had or expect to have a successful career. Despite this, 44% of Gen Z respondents described their mental health as weak or very weak. Members of Generation Z, which includes the youngest adults in the U.S., have significantly improved their financial well-being and expect to retire before they reach 60, way ahead of their older...

El Salvador. Trabajadores informales que no tienen derecho a pensión pagarán aumento

No hay una justicia “distributiva” en el pago del incremento del 30% de las pensiones con la nueva ley, afirma el economista Rafael Lemus. Personas que trabajan por cuenta propia, que no pueden aspirar a una pensión, cargarán con sus impuestos parte del costo. Tuvieron el tiempo suficiente y la correlación legislativa para hacer una verdadera reforma integral para las pensiones que hiciera justicia con las personas que aportan con sus impuestos el pago de las mismas y que ahora...

Cuáles son los cambios que la propuesta Secure 2.0 propone a las reglas de jubilación en EE.UU.

El paquete de reformas con nuevas reglas para la jubilación conocido como Secure 2.0 facilitaría a los estadounidenses acumular ahorros para el retiro y también reducir el costo al momento de retirarlos Los estadounidenses que buscan retirarse podrían tener mejores condiciones de ahorro y de acceso a su dinero, si un paquete de cambios en las reglas de jubilación es aprobado esta semana en el Congreso. El paquete de nuevas reglas se conoce como Secure 2.0 y plantea siete cambios básicos...

Colombia. Asofondos aseguró que el envejecimiento de la población reduce los recursos para financiar las pensiones

El presidente de la entidad, Santiago Montenegro, explicó que si bien los sistemas de ahorro también se ven afectados por el envejecimiento, en estos la plata crece en el tiempo En medio de ambiente de sana e intensa discusión se desarrolló la segunda reunión de la comisión para la reforma pensional en las instalaciones del Ministerio de trabajo. El tema central de la reunión fue la transición demográfica que experimenta Colombia y todos los países del mundo. A esta asistieron representantes...

How schemes can enjoy the blooming of biodiversity bonds

Analysis: With the world’s nations reaching a historic agreement to preserve global biodiversity at COP15 in Montreal, attention is inevitably turning to how businesses can uphold the commitment to protect 30 per cent of the planet’s land and sea. Financing biodiversity projects has long been a sticking point for institutions. The International Finance Corporation describes a “lack of guidance in the market on criteria for projects eligible for this kind of financing”, resulting in a “gap” between investors’ ambitions and...

New FCA nudges for better long-term outcomes in non-workplace pensions

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published new rules for providers of non-workplace pensions. The intervention was prompted by FCA findings that suggested that, like in defined contribution workplace pensions, the non-workplace pension sector suffered from low consumer engagement combined with complex and confusing products and charges. The regulator said the issue had caused a lack of competitive pressure to drive better value for consumers. It also found that non‑advised customers often may end up investing in products that...

South Korea’s Corporate Retirement Pension Funds Jump 15.5% in 2021: Statistics Korea

South Korea's corporate retirement pension funds under management expanded 15.5% to 295 trillion won as of end-December 2021 from a year earlier, Yonhap News reported Monday, citing data compiled by Statistics Korea. A total of 425,000 firms in the country adopted the retirement pension funds scheme for their employees as of last year, marking a growth of 4% from 2020, according to the report. The corporate retirement pension program covered nearly 6.8 million workers in 2021, which accounted for 53.3%...

Ghana. Conduct stress test on pension funds -Think tank to government

The government has been urged to conduct a comprehensive stress test on the decision to include pension funds in the proposed domestic debt exchange programme (DEP). The test should be conducted by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), in collaboration with all stakeholders and debtors, as part of best practices required to reveal the possible implications of including pension funds in the programme. Contributing to the debate on the proposed involvement of pension funds in the DEP, the Executive Director, Africa Centre...

Pensiones en México: retos y perspectivas

Luis Rocha Chiu & Víctor Jiménez Argüelles Las pensiones en el mundo se diseñaron con estructuras demográficas muy diferentes a las que existen en nuestros días, el envejecimiento de la población estrangula gradualmente las previsiones actuariales y los presupuestos nacionales dedican una proporción cada vez más elevada al pago de jubilaciones. El aumento de la edad de retiro, cambios en los mecanismos de financiamiento e incremento de las aportaciones a los fondos de pensiones son algunas de las soluciones que...