November 2022
24Nov

Colombia. Semanas extra sí serán válidas en Colpensiones

En Colombia hay personas que alcanzan la estabilidad laboral desde etapas tempranas y completan las semanas reglamentarias para pensionarse con mayor prontitud que otras. El inconveniente para ellos, cuando cotizan en Colpensiones, radica en que al alcanzar un máximo de 1.800 semanas, los aportes que hagan en adelante, hasta llegar a la edad de retiro, no les representan ningún beneficio. Pero tras el caso de un cotizante común la historia podría tomar otro rumbo. ¿Sí serán válidas? Tomás Bizanto es un cotizante...

November 24, 2022
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24Nov

More than 70,000 UK university staff go on strike over pay and pensions

Up to 2.5 million students could face disruption as tens of thousands of university staff begin industrial action on Thursday in what has been billed as the biggest strike in the history of UK higher education. More than 70,000 staff, including lecturers, librarians and researchers, are due to take part in the first of three days of strike action over pay, working conditions and pensions, with pickets expected at 150 universities. Read also UK. MPs told ‘illegal’ LDIs fanned gilt crisis The...

November 24, 2022
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24Nov

Nigeria. Five southwest states owe pensioners N330bn – Union

States in the Southwest geopolitical zone, except Lagos, owe pensioners N330 billion in pensions and gratuities. The Southwest Zone of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), made the assertion in Ibadan on Wednesday at the end of its zonal meeting. Its spokesman, Olusegun Abatan, told newsmen at the end of the meeting that Osun led the debtor states with unpaid pensions and gratuities amounting to N145 billion. He noted that the issue of unpaid pensions arrears and gratuities in Osun got compounded...

November 24, 2022
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24Nov

China. New pension program nears launch

China has almost completed all preparations for a private pension program and will soon start implementing the project, said an official at the Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2022 in Beijing on Wednesday. The country has rolled out supportive policies such as implementation measures, tax policies and rules for financial products in this regard after the General Office of the State Council issued its opinions on promoting the development of private pensions in April. System docking tests on the private...

November 24, 2022
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24Nov

UK. Millennials risk losing nearly £6,600 by pausing pension contributions

People pausing their pension contributions in their 20s and 30s could stand to lose almost £6,600 by the time they reach retirement age, analysis from Money Minder has revealed. The research found that those in their 20s that paused pension payments for a year could have an additional £1,371, they risked losing up to £5,770 from their total pension fund when they reach state pension age, due to the accumulation of the investment returns contributing to the growth of the...

November 24, 2022
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24Nov

Why an aging population doesn’t spell economic doom

The world’s population passed the 8 billion mark on Nov. 15. While that’s a big number, the rate of population growth has slowed in recent decades, and fears about the “population bomb” are easing. Instead, a different but still formidable demographic challenge is taking shape on the horizon: global aging. According to a recent International Monetary Fund article, the number of children worldwide under the age of 15 will equal the number of people over 65 in 2050. The ratio...

November 24, 2022
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23Nov

Chile. Estudio muestra el impacto positivo de la PGU en las pensiones de quienes menos cotizaron

Un análisis del Observatorio Perspectivas muestra que las tasas de reemplazo previsional en Chile son mayores a las del promedio OCDE tanto en hombres como en mujeres, debido a la Pensión Garantizada Universal. La Reforma Previsional abrió también ese debate. Estudio. Un análisis del Observatorio Perspectivas muestra que la Pensión Garantizada Universal (PGU), actualmente en $193 mil, permite un financiamiento tanto o más elevado que los últimos sueldos líquidos de los trabajadores que cotizaron pocos años en el sistema previsional. El...

November 23, 2022
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23Nov

Perú. Congreso presentan proyecto de ley para retiro de 2 UIT de las AFP y desafiliación voluntaria

El congresista Segundo Montalvo (Perú Libre) presentó un proyecto de ley que tiene como fin que los afiliados a la Administración de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) puedan retirarse voluntariamente, así como el retiro de 2 Unidades Impositivas Tributarias (UIT). “El objeto de esta ley es el retiro voluntario, búsqueda de mejorar la tasa de interés sobre los fondos de los afiliados, y el crear el plan de desafiliación de las Administradoras de Fondo de Pensiones (AFP), para la administración del...

November 23, 2022
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23Nov

Empresas y sindicatos acuerdan aumentar 20% salario mínimo en Argentina para lidiar con inflación

Líderes empresarios y sindicales acordaron el martes subir un 20% el sueldo mínimo de forma gradual, informó el Gobierno, para seguir el ritmo de una inflación que ha golpeado sostenidamente el poder adquisitivo de la población y podría alcanzar el 100% este año en Argentina. Según el acuerdo del Consejo del Salario, que reúne a empresas y sindicatos bajo el auspicio del Gobierno, el sueldo mínimo se incrementará 7% en diciembre, 6% en enero, 4% en febrero y 3% en...

November 23, 2022
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23Nov

US. New Biden rule allows socially conscious investing by retirement plans

President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday reversed restrictions imposed under his predecessor Donald Trump on retirement plans considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as climate change and racial justice when selecting investments. The Labor Department announced a final rule first proposed last year after Biden, a Democrat, ordered government agencies to assess climate-related risk to retirement and pension investments. Read also 41% of U.S. women expect to retire at age 70, older or not at all: survey The rule will...

November 23, 2022
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