October 2022
25Oct

Miles de colombianos protestan contra proyecto de reforma fiscal de Petro

Miles de manifestantes tomaron las calles de las principales ciudades de Colombia en rechazo al proyecto de reforma tributaria del gobierno izquierdista de Gustavo Petro en medio de una fuerte devaluación de la moneda local frente al dólar. Vestidos de blanco y ondeando banderas tricolor, los colombianos se movilizaron por segunda vez bajo la consigna "ya no más Petro", posesionado el 7 de agosto como el primer presidente de izquierda en la historia del país. "Hoy le pedimos al gobierno que...

October 25, 2022
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25Oct

Number of pensioners in poverty on the rise in Germany

The aim of the pension system in Germany is to ensure that anyone who has spent a good portion of their life working can draw upon decent pension benefits when they retire. But according to a new report, for a rising number of people, the old-age pension is not enough to live on. 628.000 pensioners in Germany drawing basic subsistence benefits A growing number of pensioners in Germany are being forced to rely on basic subsistence benefits, as well as...

October 25, 2022
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25Oct

Swiss regulator expects underfunding for pension funds facing volatility

The Swiss occupational pension supervisory commission – OAK BV – expects that a number of pension funds will end up underfunded at the end of the year as a result of market volatility and negative returns. Some pension funds may decide to ultimately trigger restructuring measures, depending on the specific situation of the scheme. Funding ratios of Swiss pension schemes in fact continued to fall this year, from 103.4% at the end of June to 99.5% at the end of September,...

October 25, 2022
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25Oct

Perú: Afiliados retiraron más de S/ 21 mil millones este año

Más de S/ 21,430 millones salieron de las cuentas de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) en lo que va del año, informó la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS). Este retiro se dio tras la aplicación de la ley 31478 que permitió solicitar hasta S/ 18,400 del Sistema Privado de Pensiones a un total de 3 millones 63,561 de afiliados. La mayoría de las solicitudes de retiro fueron presentadas por los afiliados de entre 26 y 30 años,...

October 25, 2022
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24Oct

18 millones de mexicanos tienen abandonadas cuentas Afore

Con la reciente noticia del destino para el dinero que se encuentra en miles de cuentas bancarias abandonadas, la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), hizo una llamada de atención a como hay alrededor de 18 millones de cuentas asignadas de las cuales trabajadores desconocen en cuál de las Afores están registrados. De este grupo de cuentas abandonadas 8.7 millones están registradas en el Banco de México, mientras las otras fueron repartidas entre las 10 Afores...

October 24, 2022
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24Oct

US. IRA Limits Are Rising in 2023. Here’s What Retirement Savers Need to Know.

You have an even greater opportunity to build yourself a strong nest egg. Building a nest egg is an important thing to do if you want to retire in a comfortable manner. Sure, you can tell yourself you'll just fall back on Social Security -- but doing so might lead to a serious income shortfall down the line. Now when it comes to saving for retirement, you have options. If your employer sponsors a 401(k) plan, it could pay to contribute....

October 24, 2022
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24Oct

El sistema pensional colombiano: dónde estamos y cuáles son sus desafíos

El envejecimiento de la población es un asunto de interés mundial que se expresa en el aumento de la proporción de personas mayores de 60 años. Los países avanzan a ritmos diferentes, dependiendo de la combinación entre niveles de mortalidad y fecundidad, que van cambiando la composición por edades y aumentando la esperanza de vida. Para el año 2050 se espera que el 24,3 % de la población en América Latina y el Caribe sea anciana, es decir, más de 180...

October 24, 2022
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24Oct

UK. Inflation sparks a new era of pensions inequality

The generosity of public sector pensions was a compensation for low salaries. However, this gap is narrowing. The average worker in the private sector earned £622 a week in the year to August, according to an IDR analyst. The average public sector worker, excluding those who worked in finance, earned £593. Former public servants will also enjoy two layers of taxpayer-funded inflation protection next year, assuming the “triple lock” state pensions are maintained. The policy pledges to increase the state pension...

October 24, 2022
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24Oct

The anxieties of growing old when you’re LGBTQ

Who would you call to bring you chicken soup? For many LGBTQ seniors who are alone, that’s no easy question. Who would bring you chicken soup if you were sick? For most people of a certain age, that’s easy — a spouse or an adult child would step up. For many LGBTQ people, however, it’s not a simple question at all. “Many [would] have to think really hard about this,” said Imani Woody, an academic and community advocate who retired from AARP...

October 24, 2022
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24Oct

UK parliament panel probes defined benefit pension schemes over safeguards

A British parliament panel on Monday launched an inquiry into the defined benefit pension schemes with liability-driven investments (LDIs) to ascertain whether they have adequate regulation to protect pension funds' value. The work and pensions committee inquiry will examine the impact of the recent volatility in gilt yields and intervention by the Bank of England (BoE) as well as the role of the pensions regulator in monitoring the use of LDIs and whether these schemes have proper oversight arrangements in...

October 24, 2022
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