November 2022

El Salvador. Ley para pagar pensiones con dinero de ahorrantes actuales será eliminada, adelanta ministro

El Fideicomiso de Obligaciones Previsionales (FOP), creado en 2006 por el expresidente Antonio Saca y que permitió al gobierno echar mano de los ahorros de los trabajadores, será eliminado como parte de las reformas previsionales que el gobierno ha presentado a la Asamblea Legislativa, según dijo este lunes el ministro de Hacienda, Alejandro Zelaya. El FOP fue creado por Saca en 2006 cuando el gobierno ya no tenía fuentes de financiamiento para pagar pensiones de los jubilados del sistema de...

70% of Hong Kong banking customers not satisfied with their online experience

Consumer confidence in digital banking has risen strongly in past two years – but large majority would trust 'Big Tech' with their finances at least as much as a bank. Hong Kong consumer confidence in digital banking is rising but trust is no longer a bank monopoly, according to a new Asia-Pacific focused Bank of the Future survey from Capco, the global technology and management consultancy. Capco surveyed 707 Hong Kong consumers to gauge their attitudes to banking services at a...

Innovation in ESG Investing

There has never been a better time to invest based on environmental, social and governance principles. Institutional asset owners are benefiting from a menu of ESG strategies, products and capabilities that is bigger than ever before. Innovation by asset managers and increased regulatory pressure is driving ESG investing forward. Most asset owners, 85%, believe that ESG factors are material to investment policy, while 70% say ESG factors have become more material in the last five years, according to the Voice...

México. Jubilación femenina: trabajan más, cotizan menos

Durante años, el sistema de pensiones en México (IMSS) se ha transformado y ha sido objeto de diversas reformas con el fin de garantizar que los trabajadores y sus familias cuenten con protección a lo largo de su vida para que, llegado el momento de la jubilación, puedan tener un retiro digno y tranquilo. Sin embargo, no todos los mexicanos tienen acceso a ella. Datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (CONSAR) señalan que en...

Chile. Presidente Boric obtiene un 61% de desaprobación y un 56,5% quiere eliminar las AFP

Este domingo, Activa Research entregó los resultados de su última encuesta Pulso Ciudadano y evidenció que el presidente Gabriel Boric obtuvo una aprobación de un 24,6% y una desaprobación de un 61%, mientras que un 14,4% de las y los encuestados no sabe cómo evaluar su gestión. La encuesta reveló que un 40,1% de la población está muy de acuerdo/de acuerdo con la reforma previsional presentada por el Gobierno presidente Boric. Un 27,7% está muy en desacuerdo/en desacuerdo y un...

Malaysia. Concerns over raising the retirement age

THE call for Malaysia to increase the retirement age, due to its ageing population and high number of citizens with insufficient savings, has grown louder as the Covid-19 pandemic has further eroded their savings. There are also suggestions to offer fixed term contracts, incentives for higher contributions towards savings as well as to increase the overall remuneration for employees and improve their financial literacy. Most Malaysians rely on their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings to sustain their expenses after retirement. The recent...

U.S. Visions of early retirement may sway some to save more

Employers looking to spur their employees to save more for retirement might want to consider enticing them with the prospect of retiring early. It's a motivator that displayed encouraging early promise for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, the administrator of the federal government's $720 billion Thrift Savings Plan. In an initiative to coax its participants to contribute more to the plan, the FRTIB last year sent participants personalized communications that detailed how much more they would need to save each...

U.K. Pension savers ‘lost £1.7 billion on retirement transition

New research from HSBC Tomorrow Master Trust shows workplace pension scheme members are losing around £1.7 billion a year during their transition into and in retirement, due to savers choosing costly pathways to access their money. While some of this loss comes from scheme members withdrawing more than the 25% tax-free lump sum, exposing them to hefty tax penalties, many are potentially buying products that are not the optimal solution for their circumstances. The research was commissioned for a report Converting...

El Salvador anuncia una reforma en su sistema individual de pensiones

El anuncio del presidente Nayib Bukele de la presentación de una reforma al sistema de pensiones en El Salvador despierta hoy expectativas entre los probables beneficiarios. El mandatario envió el proyecto a la Asamblea Legislativa por conducto del ministro de Hacienda, Alejandro Zelaya, quien descartó que habrá nacionalización y aseguró que se mantendrán las cuentas individuales así como la cuenta de garantía solidaria (CGS) creada en 2017, según indicó una reseña del diario El Mundo. Read also El Salvador. Para que...

Global top 300 pension funds

By Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments Pension fund industry trends Growth headwinds test financial and sustainability mandate resilience Has the macro reality shifted from ‘lower-for-longer’ to ‘end-of-cheap-money’? The last decade’s fear of deflation has been replaced by significantly higher inflation. A steep rate hike cycle has led to more interest rate volatility and is placing pressure on pension funds to deliver sufficient risk-adjusted returns. Pension funds are expected to face elevated macro uncertainty over the short term. The industry has...