March 2017

14Mar

Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile

By Olga Fuentes; Jeanne Lafortune; Julio Riutort; José Tessada Félix Villatoro We randomly offer to workers in Chile personalized versus generalized information about their pension savings and forecasted pension income. Personalized information increased the probability and amounts of voluntary contributions after one year without crowding-out other forms of savings. Personalization appears to be very important: individuals who overestimated their pension at the time of the intervention saved more. Thus, a person’s inability to understand how the pension system affects them...

March 14, 2017
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14Mar

México. Consar guía a trabajadores para escoger renta vitalicia

Los trabajadores que estén a punto de solicitar su pensión recibirán un documento que les permitirá conocer qué aseguradora les conviene más, pues través de ella recibirán la renta vitalicia, es decir, el dinero que se les entregará cada mes, una vez que concluyan su vida laboral. La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), explicó que tanto el IMSS como el ISSSTE deberán poner a disposición de los trabajadores el “Documento Oferta” para que conozcan a...

March 14, 2017
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14Mar

US. Lawmakers could end state pension plan for new employees

S.C. lawmakers eventually could walk away from the state’s pension plan. In passing a fix to the state’s underfunded pension system, the state Senate last week approved closing the current retirement system to new employees once it is made financially whole. But that could take about 30 years, officials estimate. Still, lawmakers are planning to explore changing the retirement options for state and local government employees, including teachers. A special panel already has agreed to look at who is eligible to...

March 14, 2017
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13Mar

Is There a Positive Incentive Effect from Privatizing Social Security: Evidence from Latin America

By Truman G. Packard (World Bank) There is increasing concern among policymakers that social security reforms that involve a transition to individual retirement savings accounts may exclude certain groups of workers from coverage against the risk of poverty in old age. While most public pay-as-you-go systems pool the risk of interrupted careers and periods of low earnings over the covered population, the reformed systems shift the burden of these risks to the individual. Adequate coverage under a system of individual...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

New Zealand. Raising the retirement age to 67 not enough to support ageing population

The very idea of changing the age of eligibility for NZ Superannuation from 65 to 67 has certainly caused all sorts of reactions, from support for a bold action, to complaints it didn't go far enough, to criticisms that it is unfair and inequitable. But we think these reactions miss the point. The official news release states the change is to "ensure the scheme remains affordable into the future." The implication is that if something doesn't change then there won't...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

Canada pension funds to invest in Singapore, Indonesia warehouses

Canada's two biggest pension funds have agreed to partner with LOGOS, a real estate logistics operator, to invest in warehouses in Singapore and Indonesia, betting on demand from the rise of e-commerce and a burgeoning middle class in southeast Asia. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the top pension fund of the country, said in a statement it will initially commit S$200 million ($142 million) for an about 48 percent stake in LOGOS Singapore Logistics Venture. It will also commit...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

UK. Scots council pension funds ‘put at risk’ over fossil fuel investments

SCOTTISH councils are putting at risk their pension funds and face a possible legal challenge by failing to ditch investments in companies most responsible for climate change, according to a new report. While £1.7 billion is being invested in fossil fuel firms, just £234 million is being invested in renewable energy and social housing across all Scotland's council pension funds, according to a study by think tank Common Weal, Unison Scotland and Friends of the Earth Scotland. The study by think...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

México. Millennials, generación que requiere apoyo para lograr pensión adecuada

Los Millennials saben de la importancia de contar con una pensión al momento de su retiro y de que ésta sea adecuada, pero no tienen una idea clara de cómo alcanzarla, por lo que es necesario trabajar en varios aspectos para apoyar a este segmento de la población, señaló la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP). Al referirse a la encuesta nacional ¿Qué piensan los Millennials mexicanos del ahorro para el retiro? de la Consar, la SHCP expone que...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

México. Afore Banorte invertirá en mercados de Asia-Pacífico

La región Asia- Pacifico es una de las zonas en donde Afore XXI Banorte, la administradora de fondos para el retiro del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) y Grupo Financiero Banorte buscan aprovechar las condiciones de los mercados accionarios de Japón, China, Corea del Sur, Singapur, India, Australia y Reino Unido. Por ello, informó que concretó el fondeo de cuatro mandatos de inversión internacional de Renta Variable en la región de Asia-Pacífico por un monto de 850 millones de...

March 13, 2017
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13Mar

World’s Best-Funded Pension Market Shows Dark Side of New Rules

No country on the planet has a better-funded pension system than Denmark. So when its life insurance industry encounters some hurdles, it’s worth paying attention. Because of a challenging cocktail of record-low interest rates and stricter capital requirements, pension funds have been transferring risk to customers instead of keeping it on their own books. Given the developments, the head of Denmark’s financial supervisor wants a regulatory rethink to reflect the new world order he says many pension clients don’t yet understand....

March 13, 2017
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