March 2017

20Mar

México. Afore Sura lanzará dos mandatos por 350 mdd

La administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore), Sura, prevé consolidar dos mandatos de inversión antes de que concluya este mes por 350 millones de dólares, con lo que sumaría tres mandatos a su portafolio de inversión, informó Luis de la Cerda, director de Análisis de la firma colombiana. “El primer mandato sería por 200 millones de dólares a través de Pioneer y el segundo mandato sería por 150 millones de dólares, con Investec; esperamos fondearlos antes de abril. Lo...

March 20, 2017
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20Mar

México. Fuera máscaras en el SAR

Dice la Ley de los Sistemas de Ahorro para el Retiro que "cuenta individual es aquella de la que sea titular un trabajador en la que se depositan las cuotas de obrero, patronales, estatales, y sus rendimientos, aportaciones a los fondos de vivienda y demás recursos que puedan ser aportados...". Pero la cuenta individual no tiene un renglón que indique o registre, por separado, los rendimientos; el único lugar donde se ven es en el estado de cuenta que envían...

March 20, 2017
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18Mar

Why is Brazil pushing ahead with contentious pension reform?

After the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Temer ascended to the presidency promising wide-scale economic reform. Temer has since unveiled a Private Partnership Investment Program (PPI), which seeks to lift Brazil dramatically out of recession. On March 7th, the fiscal plan gained momentum following the unveiling of 55 privatized infrastructure concessions, with investments valued at $14.4 billion. The hope is that a sweeping privatization program will encourage a boom in investment and public spending. As of yet, Temer’s policies have not...

March 18, 2017
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17Mar

México. A partir de 2030 el retiro laboral masivo representará retos para el financiamiento

Las pensiones que reciban las dos generaciones de trabajadores que cotizan en el sistema de pensiones previo a 1997 y quienes aportan al de cuentas individuales serán desiguales y, a partir de 2030, el retiro laboral masivo representará "retos para el financiamiento", dijo ayer el presidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), Carlos Ramírez Fuentes. Durante una reunión con la Comisión de Seguridad Social de la Cámara de Diputados, el funcionario insistió en que...

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

UK’s pensions rescuer warns of zombie attack

For a man who might be considered to have one of the stuffiest jobs in Britain, Alan Rubenstein does not conform to type. As chief executive of the Pension Protection Fund, the 60-year old qualified actuary and former Lehman Brothers investment banker has just celebrated his ninth year as the UK's chief rescuer of crisis-hit pension funds. Full Content: Financial News

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

Widowhood and Retirement Timing: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

By Philipp Schreiber (University of Mannheim) The combination of an increasing life expectancy, low fertility rates, and an early effective retirement age creates pressure to act for Governments and organizations. The pay-as-you-go social security systems of many countries are troubled by the increasing ratio of retirees to working people. In addition, many organizations face difficulties caused by a shrinking workforce and the accompanied shortage of skilled workers. To counteract, it is essential to create an environment in which older workers...

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

Understanding the Determinants of Financial Outcomes and Choices: The Role of Noncognitive Abilities

By Gianpaolo Parise (Bank for International Settlements) & Kim Peijnenburg (Netspar) We explore how financial distress and choices are affected by non cognitive abilities. Our measures stem from research in psychology and economics. In a representative panel of households, we find people in the bottom decile of non cognitive abilities are five times more likely to experience financial distress compared to those in the top decile. (more…)

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

US. Retirement industry to undergo major changes with or without DOL fiduciary rule

The business of saving for America's retirement is changing. The retirement industry is facing a $7.7 trillion gap, and the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule, which states that advisers must give clients the best advice at a reasonable price, is at risk. The rule was originally supposed to take effect on April 10, but President Donald J. Trump in February ordered its review, resulting in the DOL's recent proposal to delay the rule's implementation for 60 days. Regardless of...

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

Life-Cycle Consumption, Investment, and Voluntary Retirement with Cointegration between the Stock and Labor Markets

By Min Dai, Shan Huang & Seyoung Park (National University of Singapore) We present an optimal life-cycle consumption, investment, and voluntary retirement model for a borrowing and short sale constrained investor who faces cointegration between the stock and labor markets. With reasonable parameter values, there exists a target wealth-to-income ratio under which the investor does not participate in the stock market at all, whereas above which the investor increases the proportion of financial wealth invested in the stock market as...

March 17, 2017
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17Mar

UK. It may be a case of prepare a proper pension or prepare for poverty

Pensions are undergoing some radical changes. Many more workers are accessing pension schemes through auto-enrolment, even if the adequacy of many of these schemes is poor. Good quality Defined Benefit (DB) – where you know what you put in and what you’ll get out – schemes are being replaced by often poor quality Defined Contribution (DC) – where you only know what you’ll put in, not what you’ll get out. DC schemes shift the investment risk from employers to...

March 17, 2017
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