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23AugAugust 23, 2022

Australia’s Pensions Suffer Worst Year Since Financial Crisis

Australia’s pensions posted their worst annual performance since the global financial crisis as markets were roiled by central banks’ aggressive rate hikes and the war in Ukraine. Read also Should Pension Funds ‘Invest’ in Crypto? Guardians of the world’s fifth largest pension pot shed A$92.8 billion ($64 billion) on investments in the fiscal year through June 30, the biggest loss for the period since 2009, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data released Tuesday. That saw the pool of savings fall...

August 23, 2022

News2022, Australia, Investment, Political economy

23AugAugust 23, 2022

El Perú del siglo XXI: Reforma de pensiones debe ajustarse a nuevos hábitos laborales

La reforma integral de un sistema de pensiones en el Perú ha sido un tema ampliamente discutido y existe consenso sobre su importancia. Durante la mesa redonda “El Perú del siglo XXI: La esperada reforma del sistema previsional”, organizada por El Comercio y APOYO Consultoría, se concluyó que es hora de hacer un cambio relevante en el sistema previsional que incorpore las nuevas tendencias del mercado laboral, así como la inclusión del segmento independiente e informal de la población. Sobre...

August 23, 2022

Noticias2022, Perú, Reforma de Pensiones, Sector Informal

23AugAugust 23, 2022

South Korea. At stake is how to reach consensus on contentious issues

The government has finally set about to reform the four major public pensions. In a policy briefing to President Yoon Suk-yeol last Friday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said it would integrate the national pension with the three occupational pensions ― for public servants, veterans and teachers. It will then link them to the basic pension for people aged 65 and older. The ministry plans to complete the national pension's financial calculation by next March and submit a...

August 23, 2022

News2022, Pension Reform, Public Pensions, South Korea

23AugAugust 23, 2022

Dependents to exceed workers earlier than expected in Taiwan: NDC

Taiwan's dependent population will outnumber its working population earlier than previously forecast, according to a report released by the National Development Council on Monday. In its latest biennial report, the government's top planning agency maintained its forecast of Taiwan becoming a "super-aged society" -- with 20 percent of the population 65 or older -- in 2025. Read also US. How to reform Social Security to ensure a sustainable future The working population, however, is expected to become smaller than the dependent population...

August 23, 2022

News2022, Aging, Taiwan

23AugAugust 23, 2022

Ghana: Pension Scheme Provides More Reward – SSNIT DG

The Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, has argued that the pension scheme provided more reward to clients than they invest during their days of active service. He lauded the scheme as generous and said although workers contributed 11 per cent of their basic salary, the SSNIT scheme guaranteed members up to 60 percent of the average of their best three years' salaries and paid them monthly pensions till they were no...

August 23, 2022

News2022, Ghana, Pension design, Replacement Rate

22AugAugust 22, 2022

México. Azteca, Invercap y Principal, las afores que más sintieron el recorte en Comisiones

La reducción en el cobro de comisiones provocó una caída en las utilidades netas de las Administradoras de Ahorros para el Retiro (Afores), pero mientras algunas han logrado mantenerse en terreno positivo, otras como Azteca, Invercap y Principal acumulan siete meses con pérdidas. De acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), de enero a julio, las utilidades de las 10 afores que integran el sistema fueron de 6,995.9 millones de pesos, lo...

August 22, 2022

Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Mexico, Regulación

22AugAugust 22, 2022

Reforma de pensiones en Chile se presentará en dos fases

La reforma de pensiones se presentará en dos fases, siguiendo la misma fórmula utilizada en la propuesta tributaria. Así lo confirmaron este martes los ministros de Hacienda, Mario Marcel, y de Trabajo y Previsión Social, Jeanette Jara, quienes indicaron que primero se presentarán los principales aspectos de la propuesta del Ejecutivo, y luego se ingresarán los proyectos con el articulado detallado al Congreso Nacional. Leer también Chile. Resultados de AFP sube 22% en el primer semestre del año “Seguimos trabajando para...

August 22, 2022

Noticias2022, Chile, Reforma de Pensiones

22AugAugust 22, 2022

Perú. SBS: salieron S/ 111,500 millones de fondos de AFP con fines distintos a pensión

La Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) informó que 111,500 millones de soles salieron de los fondos de pensiones de las AFP con normas para disponer del 95.5% de los ahorros jubilatorios y del 25% para la compra del primer inmueble, así como con los cinco retiros anticipados por pandemia. En mayo del presente año, mediante la Ley 31478 se autorizó nuevamente, de manera extraordinaria y facultativa, a los afiliados del sistema privado de pensiones (SPP) a retirar sus...

August 22, 2022

Noticias2022, Perú, Retiro de Fondos

22AugAugust 22, 2022

UK. Liz Truss eyes merger of regulators

Conservative party leadership candidate Liz Truss is eyeing up plans to merge three of the financial regulators, but advisers say her plans are destined to fail. Read also Renewable energy’s charm still growing for investors According to FTAdviser's sister title The Financial Times, Truss will launch an immediate review of the roles and responsibilities of the regulators if she wins her party's leadership election next month. It could see the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Payments Systems Regulator...

August 22, 2022

News2022, Regulation, UK

22AugAugust 22, 2022

Renewable energy’s charm still growing for investors

Amid a just-passed U.S. climate bill unleashing record investment in domestic clean energy, energy transition efforts in the U.K. and Europe well underway and energy security concerns raised by the Ukraine war, institutional investors seem poised for the next level of investing in renewables. "Over the last year alone, we've witnessed the highest levels of interest in renewables we've ever seen from institutional investors," said Matt Setchell, co-head of Octopus Energy Generation's fund management team in London. Part of Octopus...

August 22, 2022

News2022, ESG, Investing, UK, US

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