November 2022

México. Afores habilitan materiales gratuitos de educación financiera

Las Afores han habilitado distintos materiales didácticos para abonar a la educación financiera de los trabajadores en México. Dichos materiales son totalmente gratuitos y están enfocados en distintos temas relacionados con el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR). Este esfuerzo se realizará cada año con el fin de mantener la información actualizada y ayudar a los trabajadores a mantenerse en sintonía con lo que ocurre con su cuenta de Afore. En este momento, las Afores han habilitado todo el material...

Regulators researching all-to-all trading in U.S. Treasury market

In an effort to boost resiliency in the U.S. Treasury market, federal regulators are studying the pros and cons of widespread all-to-all trading, which would allow any market participant to trade directly with any other market participant, according to a report released Thursday. The report from the Inter-Agency Working Group on Treasury Market Surveillance, or IWAG, which is composed of staff from the Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank...

Chile. AFP rebaten cálculos y argumentos del gobierno para justificar reforma a la industria: “Cambios se pueden hacer hoy sin estatizar el ahorro previsional”

"No es necesario terminar con las AFP para aplicar la mayoría de los cambios propuestos", sostiene el gerente de estudios de la Asociación de AFP, Roberto Fuentes. El gremio centra sus críticas respecto a la separación de la industria y la reducción de comisiones indirectas. Sobre el primer punto, dice que no hay evidencia que se produzcan economías de escala. Sobre el segundo, critica el cálculo que hace el gobierno sobre el alza que se generaría en pensiones, porque...

Uruguay. Reforma de la seguridad social: las jubilaciones caerán entre 10 y 38%, según un estudio

Las futuras jubilaciones en Uruguay serán entre un 10% y un 38% más bajas si se aprueba el proyecto de ley de reforma de la seguridad social, alertó en un nuevo informe técnico el Equipo de Representación de los Trabajadores (ERT) en el Banco de Previsión Social (BPS). El ingreso jubilatorio de los trabajadores menores de 45 años en el país tendrá un deterioro para todos los niveles salariales respecto del régimen actual. Así lo indica el informe, cuyas proyecciones...

US. Here’s why you should be worried about state and local pensions

Public pensions may be facing a massive fiscal shortfall, according to two economics professors Right now, across America, about 26 million people are relying on state and local pension plans to take care of them in their retirement years. That figure includes 15 million retired teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public sector workers, and another 11 million who are still working. On the other side of the leger all the taxpayers— 330 million of us, give or take —who are...

Over 84,000 Nigerians enrolled in micro pension plan –PENCOM

The National Pension Commission (PenCom), yesterday revealed that over 84,000 Nigerians have enrolled in the ongoing Micro Pension plan. This was even as the Commission reiterated that it will continue to embark on massive awareness to ensure more Nigerians key into the initiative. The Head, Micro Pensions Department at PenCom, Dauda Ahmed, disclosed this to newsmen at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Ahmed noted that the commission has had interactions with would-be-...

UK. Insurers face claims threat from pension fund LDI crisis

The events of the past few weeks are likely to result in claims and/or pressure on commercial relationships, particularly when pension schemes conduct their triennial valuations and agree new deficit reduction plans with employers. UK pension scheme managers and their insurers could face claims over their use of liability-driven investment strategies following the turbulence caused by Liz Truss's mini-budget There may be a surge in professional negligence claims against liability-driven investing (LDI) pension funds in the wake of the UK’s mini-budget. Claims...

How much does Europe spend on pensions?

Iceland Iceland’s pension system is rated by CNBC as the best in the world and yet remarkably it only spends 2.6% of GDP on retirees, the smallest amount in Europe. Pensioners are entitled to the full ellilífeyrir payment if they’ve lived in Iceland for 40 years. Retirees can apply for a basic pension, a pension supplement and a household supplement and all amounts are based on income. The regular pension age is 67, unless you have worked at sea for...

Nordic pension funds want to increase climate investments in emerging markets and developing economies

At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the Climate Investment Coalition (CIC), in collaboration with the Nordic Council of Ministers, presented key investor recommendations to bridge the climate finance and investment gap by 2030 towards emerging markets and developing economies. This was made alongside an overview of Nordic pension fund progress within climate and clean energy investments in 2022. Despite financial challenges and a volatile economic environment, the first wave of pension fund reporting in 2022 indicates that the Nordic pension...

Quiénes son los repartidores en América Latina? Un análisis comparativo del perfil de los trabajadores en Argentina, Perú, Colombia, Ecuador y México

Por Iván Federico Montes de Oca En esta ponencia se realiza una comparación de las principales características sociodemográficas y las condiciones laborales generales de los trabajadores del reparto en México, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Argentina. A partir del relevamiento de fuentes secundarias se observa que el perfil de los repartidores presenta características similares, siendo mayormente hombres jóvenes de origen migrante y con estudios avanzados. La pregunta general que se realiza consiste en comprender si se puede establecer una relación entre...