April 2017

20Apr

UK. Ready or not – a new data protection regime is coming

The pensions industry has one year to prepare for new regulations coming its way. Europe's new data protection legal framework is set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into force in all EU Member States on 25 May 2018, including the UK. While the changes are not radically different to the current legal requirements, there are important developments that the pensions industry needs to be aware of ahead of May 2018. Key points 1. A new...

April 20, 2017
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20Apr

¿Deben incidir los afiliados en las inversiones de las AFP?

Uno de los pilares del proyecto de reforma al sistema de pensiones contempla hacer más partícipe a los afiliados dentro de los procesos de decisión de las AFP. Respecto a la medida, este martes la ministra del Trabajo, Alejandra Krauss, explicó que "creemos que los cotizantes tienen derecho a conocer lo que ocurre con sus propios fondos, también a la toma de decisiones y fundamentalmente estar informados de la evolución y deciones que otros tomas respecto de la misma". Por su...

April 20, 2017
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20Apr

Kenya to launch universal pension scheme in January 2018

Everyone in Kenya over the age of 70 will be entitled to a new, guaranteed monthly income after the country’s Cabinet Secretary of Finance, Henry Rotich, announced the launch of a universal pension in January 2018. Kenya follows in the footsteps of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island Zanzibar, which became the first location in east Africa with a fully state-funded universal pension last April. Making the announcement in his 2017/18 budget speech yesterday (30 March), Mr Rotich revealed that people above 70 will...

April 20, 2017
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19Apr

Invitan a Afores a invertir en proyectos de lujo

Jaime Fasja, cofundador y codirector ejecutivo de Thor Urbana, dijo que la firma invertirá 16 mil millones de pesos, principalmente en centros comerciales, gracias a la colocación de un Certificado de Capital de Desarrollo (CKD) por ocho mil millones de pesos más deuda. Lo que estamos buscando es levantar, entre Afores mexicanas, así como fondos de pensiones extranjeros, ocho mil millones de pesos, que son para nuevos desarrollos que estaremos haciendo en el país. Estamos en este proceso de acercamiento...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

Los retos del sistema pensional colombiano

Esta semana, se llevará a cabo en Cartagena el congreso anual de Asofondos, gremio que agrupa a los fondos privados. Es un espacio importante para debatir cómo se puede avanzar en las modificaciones que nuestro sistema pensional requiere, partiendo del riesgo y la probabilidad de que las próximas generaciones no tengan algún ingreso en su edad adulta. Lo anterior, soportados en varios hechos concretos: a) los recursos que destina el Estado para cubrir las pensiones actuales son enormes, 37...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

El Salvador: Las AFP inician cobro de deuda de US$38 millones del Gobierno

El presidente de la Asociación Salvadoreña de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (Asafondos), René Novellino, aseguró el lunes que las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP), han iniciado gestiones administrativas y legales para que el Estado cumpla con el pago de los Certificados de Inversión Previsional (CIP). Según Novellino, el pago pendiente de capital e intereses de los CIP hasta este lunes ascienden a 38 millones de dólares, sin embargo señaló que de mantenerse el impago superará los 55 millones...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

House GOP bill would give Trump greater power over Wall Street regulation

A sweeping House GOP bill would give the president new powers that could limit the independence of certain regulatory agencies. House Financial Services Chairman Jeb Hensarling last week unveiled an outline of his bill aimed at dismantling the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulatory reform. At the top of Republicans' long wish list: handing the president authority to fire the heads of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a consumer watchdog agency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

Vizor Software Selected by the Pensions and Insurance Authority Zambia

Today, Vizor Ltd announced that its regulatory reporting solution will be implemented at the Pensions and Insurance Authority of Zambia (PIA), where it will be used to strengthen and enhance the regulatory capacity of the PIA by enabling all regulated entities to electronically submit and manage: 1. Applications for registration & licensing of regulated entities; 2. Applications for authorization of appointments, and fit & proper persons; 3. File and Use applications for products, reinsurance treaties, and investment policy; and, 4. Audited Annual Financial...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

BMW strike continues in the UK and Mini car production halts

Workers at three BMW plants in the UK are staging a one-day strike in a row over pensions. The walkout, the first by BMW staff in Britain, is part of a wave of stoppages at the carmaker over the closure of a final-salary pension scheme. The Unite union, which organised the action that has halted output of the Mini, called the strike a last resort and accused BMW of "pension robbery". BMW urged the union to return to the negotiating table. According to...

April 19, 2017
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19Apr

Uganda: Reforms – Will Pensioners Benefit From NSSF’s Loss of Monopoly?

The Finance Committee of Parliament has been receiving views on the proposed plans to liberalise the pension sector in Uganda. And what has been the dominant topic is ending the monopoly of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Indeed, a closer look at the Liberalisation Bill, there is a clause that recommends the repeal of the NSSF Act. Among the many things faulted in the country's economy is the low level of domestic savings. The low savings have been blamed for...

April 19, 2017
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