March 2018

01Mar

UK. Pensions – auto-enrolment contributions edge upwards

We are now seven weeks from the first hike in the “minimum” requirements for auto-enrolment compliance (6 April 2018). In practical terms, for employers currently applying those statutory minimums this means that your employees will see an increase in their pension contributions from one per cent of their annual earnings between £6,032 and £46,350 (based on the 2018 figures) to three per cent. This could come as something of a shock for employees who didn’t read the fine print on...

March 1, 2018
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February 2018

28Feb

Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies: Active Ageing Index and its Potential

By Asghar Zaidi,‎ Sarah Harper,‎ Kenneth Howse,‎ Giovanni Lamura,‎ Jolanta Perek-Bialas  This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better active ageing outcomes through appropriate policies including addressing life course determinants of active and healthy ageing. The chapters are distinctive in their focus on quantitative analysis of active and healthy ageing based on a first-of-its-kind composite measure, the Active Ageing...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

México. Enrolamiento automático modelo de pensión

El éxito del programa de enrolamiento automático de la Gran Bretaña, que consiste en un programa de pensiones obligatorio para las empresas, y voluntario para los trabajadores, es factible en México, pero sin dejar de reconocer la realidad económica, social y cultural, destacó la Consar. La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) destaca que el éxito de este modelo en Gran Bretaña se reflejó en los nueve millones de británicos que se incorporaron a este esquema...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

España. El Gobierno descarta promesas “populistas” para subir las pensiones

El ministro de Educación y portavoz del Gobierno, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, ha afirmado este miércoles que el Ejecutivo no acudirá a “una puja populista” sobre la subida de las pensiones para hacer “proclamaciones que al final no se traducen en nada”. En una entrevista en la COPE, ha admitido que para el Gobierno es una “mala idea” volver a revalorizar las pensiones con arreglo a la subida del IPC como defiende el PSOE, “el mismo partido que en 2010...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

México. Sancionados, 468 trabajadores de Sedesol por presuntos fraudes por 19 mdp en pensiones: SFP

En años recientes la Auditoría Superior de la Federación (ASF) detectó supuestos fraudes en el Programa de Pensión para Adultos Mayores (PPAM), operado por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Sedesol); sin embargo, a la fecha los únicos funcionarios sancionados son 468 promotores, acusados de haber plasmado sus huellas dactilares en lugar de los beneficiarios del programa. La Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP) anunció hoy que de manera precautoria suspendió a estos extrabajadores –quienes incorporaban a adultos mayores al programa...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

How fintech could future-proof pension funds

Workplace pensions have been slow to join the financial technology revolution, lagging banking and insurance in areas such as data and analytics, according to research. The 2017/18 Rewards and Employee Benefits Association (REBA) Technology Survey says that pension schemes have focused on adopting cloud-based platforms in the run-up to auto-enrolment. But schemes say they want to start adopting more advanced technology now, including their top priority personalisation, integration with other rewards platforms and advanced analytics. Three quarters of employers now use...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

UK. Generational battle lines harden over pensions

If the personal finances of every household could be ranked, the period following the 2008 financial crisis puts the baby boomer on top. There is a counterpoint to this, say campaigners for older savers, which is the level of interest rates over the period. Surely a decade of ultra-low rates favours borrowers and most of them are young. Likewise, final salary pension schemes, dominated as they are by the older generation, have struggled to bring down their deficits as low...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

Czech Republic. Government approves changes to pensions’ level

Old-age pensions of people over 85 will be increased by 1,000 crowns a month as of January 2019 based on an amendment to the pension law approved by the Czech cabinet on Tuesday. The bill is yet to go through the parliament. The bill brings a change to the fixed part of the pensions which is the same for everyone. It should be increased to 10 percent of the average salary from the current 9 percent. The national average pay is currently...

February 28, 2018
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28Feb

Ireland. From 2022, workers will be ‘auto enrolled’ on pension savings schemes

On a very snowy day for many parts of the country, the government has announced major changes to the pensions system in Ireland, with an automatic enrollment system one of its key features. From 2020, a new State pension system will come into place based on a “total contributions approach” where a person’s lifetime contribution will more closely match the benefit they receive. In the future, the government will aim to keep the state pension at a level of 34% of...

February 28, 2018
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27Feb

No+AFP: “Aumentar la edad de pensiones no resuelve nada”

Luego que la Organización para la Cooperación y Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) entregara los resultados del análisis sobre las reformas impulsadas por el actual Gobierno, se dio a conocer que la entidad destacó que las iniciativas en materia de educación, laboral, producción, eficiencia en la energía eléctrica y sistema de pensiones van por buen camino. El informe profundizó en este último punto y recomendó al ministro de Hacienda, Nicolás Eyzaguirre, ampliar la edad de jubilación y fortalecer el pilar solidario de...

February 27, 2018
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