September 2022
02Sep

A Behaviorally Informed Financial Education Program for the Financially Vulnerable: Design and Effectiveness

By Ernst-Jan de Bruijn, Gerrit Antonides, Tamara Madern Financially vulnerable consumers are often associated with suboptimal financial behaviors. Evaluated financial education programs so far show difficulties to effectively reach this target population. In our attempt to solve this problem, we built a behaviorally informed financial education program incorporating insights from both motivational and behavioral change theories. In a quasi-experimental field study among Dutch financially vulnerable people, we compared this program with both a control group and a traditional program group....

September 2, 2022
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02Sep

Homeownership and the Perception of Material Security in Old Age

By Claudius Garten, Michal Myck, Monika Oczkowska Homeownership has been shown to be related to various aspects of well-being, although both the causal nature of this relationship and the possible channels behind it have been difficult to identify. We focus on one of the most often quoted mechanisms which could be responsible for the positive effects of homeownership, namely its role in providing material security in old age. Using data from 15 European countries collected in wave 2 of the...

September 2, 2022
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02Sep

How Gloomy is the Retirement Outlook for Millennials?

By Karen Smith, Richard W. Johnson Social, economic, demographic, and public policy shifts have made Millennial retirement security a pressing concern. Many recent trends threaten financial security for future generations of retirees. Male labor force participation pre-age 55 has slumped, men’s median earnings have stagnated, marriage and homeownership rates are falling, debt levels remain high, and out-of-pocket spending on medical and long-term services and supports are rising. Other trends are more encouraging, such as women’s higher earnings, the rise in...

September 2, 2022
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01Sep

México. El informe, las pensiones y el futuro

Ahora las pensiones son para todos los adultos mayores del país, los ancianos respetables”, dice el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en un spot que anuncia el informe de hoy. Las pensiones en México son un lío por mil razones, una es que hay muchas: las de contribución definida, las de beneficio definido, esquemas particulares de las empresas del Estado, las fuerzas armadas o las universidades, y la Pensión del Bienestar de 3 mil 850 pesos bimestrales, o mil...

September 1, 2022
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01Sep

Panamá. Proponen reforma a la CSS para cambiar sistema de pensiones a uno de ahorro

El economista Ernesto Bazán recomendó también dividir en dos bloques la CSS, de modo que una parte maneje lo relativo a la salud y otra, las pensiones. El economista Ernesto Bazán explicó cómo funciona sistema de pensiones que administra la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), y propuso una reforma estructural para cambiar a un solo sistema de ahorro. Además, recomendó dividir en dos bloques la entidad, de modo que una parte maneje lo relativo a la salud y otra, las...

September 1, 2022
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01Sep

After union’s strike, Mexico’s Telmex offers better pension plan for new hires

Union workers for Telmex, the Mexican telecommunications firm controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, on Wednesday said they were weighing a new offer from employers that included improvements to retirement benefits for new staff. In a company document shared with union workers and seen by Reuters, new hires would upon retirement get a pension worth 100% of their final net pay, determined by their job category, becoming eligible after 35 years of work and once they turn 65. That...

September 1, 2022
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01Sep

U.S. corporate pension buyouts hit record $12.3 billion in Q2 – LIMRA

U.S. corporate pension plan buyout sales totaled $12.31 billion in the quarter ended June 30, the highest volume for a second quarter ever recorded, a LIMRA survey found. The second-quarter total in buyout sales represented an increase of 148% from the year-over-year quarter, which saw a total of $4.97 billion in combined buyout and buy-in sales during the three months ended June 30, 2021. The exceptionally high volume in the second quarter of this year is especially significant since the vast...

September 1, 2022
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01Sep

UK. Pensions dashboards standards need ‘extensive user testing’

Respondents to the pensions dashboards standards consultation have warned that user testing and experience will be required before a full assessment can be provided. The Department for Work and Pensions intends for the dashboards’ legislative framework to come into force from April 2023. The Pensions Dashboards Programme’s consultation, launched on July 19, sought input from the pensions industry on areas including operational, security and design standards. The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association and the Society of Pension Professionals were among respondents...

September 1, 2022
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01Sep

Australia. Pensioners re-entering workforce would make a ‘tangible difference’

Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor has discussed various solutions to Australia’s labour shortage as the Jobs and Skills summit kicks off in Canberra today. “We put a very practical suggestion, a tangible outcome that we get pensioners and veterans – give them an incentive to do more work without losing their pensions,” Mr Taylor told Sky News Australia. “There is enough pensioners and veterans out there who want to do extra work that it would make a tangible difference. “We have heard crickets...

September 1, 2022
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August 2022
31Aug

El camino hacia adelante para el sistema de ahorro para el retiro en México

Por IMCO Durante años el sistema de pensiones mexicano ha sido sujeto de reformas con el objetivo de balancear al menos tres objetivos de política pública. Primero, ampliar la cobertura y acceso al sistema de ahorro para el retiro. Segundo, mejorar la tasa de reemplazo de manera que los trabajadores tengan una pensión suficiente para cubrir sus necesidades durante su retiro. Tercero, disminuir presiones sobre las finanzas públicas para reducir el riesgo de insostenibilidad financiera de los subsistemas pensionarios basados...

August 31, 2022
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