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11AugAugust 11, 2022

México. Ninguna afore ha aprovechado el cambio en los fondos mutuos con estrategias activas: Consar

A finales de marzo se publicaron cambios regulatorios sobre el límite de inversión, el cual podría superar 35% con previa autorización del Comité de Análisis de Riesgos. La Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) reportó que ninguna de las 10 administradoras de fondos para el retiro (afores), a través de las Sociedades de Inversión Especializadas (siefores), ha realizado inversiones por más de 35% de los activos netos tratándose de fondos mutuos con estrategias activas que tienen...

August 11, 2022

Noticias2022, Inversión, Manejo de Pensiones, Mexico

11AugAugust 11, 2022

More than 13,000 sign petition calling for guaranteed £200-a-week UK pension

More than 13,000 people have signed a petition demanding a guaranteed pension of £200-a-week in the UK. A group of pensioners is calling for the weekly rate to go up in light of the cost of living crisis The Silver Voices group, which successfully fought for free TV licences for the over-75s, wants the Government to set a new floor for the amount OAPs receive. It comes as households are engulfed by soaring energy costs, runaway inflation and food price...

August 11, 2022

News2022, Income, UK

11AugAugust 11, 2022

Perú AFP 2022: ¿Qué fondo es el más afectado por la baja rentabilidad?

Lo que se conoce hasta el momento es que en el mes de julio los fondos cerraron en rojo. Las AFP no se están recuperando. En el mes de julio, los fondos cerraron en rojo, pues tuvo una caída de hasta -9,69%, según el último reporte de la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS). Perú AFP 2022: ¿Qué fondo es el más afectado? El Fondo 1 es el más perjudicado, al registrar una rentabilidad nominal anual de -9,69% y una real...

August 11, 2022

Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Perú, Rentabilidad

11AugAugust 11, 2022

Ghana National ID card will save SSNIT $126 million

Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has said the GhanaCard will save the state pensions body several millions of dollars in the long term if properly synced to capture the bio-data of Ghanaians working and their survivors. According to him, only 2 million of the estimated 10 million working Ghanaians in both the formal and informal sectors are active SSNIT contributors and have been issued with biometric identity cards, while efforts are being...

August 11, 2022

News2022, Ghana, Operations

11AugAugust 11, 2022

México. Disminución de ahorro voluntario es por falta de difusión: Tenoch Ochoa

¿Cómo incentivar el ahorro voluntario? De dicha pregunta parte el especialista en pensiones, Tenoch Ochoa Fernández. Establece que en México las Afores no han logrado hacer una sinergia óptima con los trabajadores, lo cual se ve reflejado en los niveles bajos de las aportaciones voluntarias. Ahorro voluntario, un reto Con más del 8% de la población sin ahorros, el también empresario ve un gran reto para incentivar el ahorro voluntario en el país durante los siguientes años, sobre todo cuando se tiene...

August 11, 2022

Noticias2022, Afores, Ahorro Voluntario, Mexico

11AugAugust 11, 2022

US. Minor Saving Increases Can Achieve 75% Income Replacement

Vanguard defined contribution plan participants’ saving rates may be close to providing adequate income replacement in retirement, new research shows. The research paper, “The Vanguard Participant Saving Rate Index,” assesses whether participants in DC plans where Vanguard is the recordkeeper are saving optimally in their current workplace retirement plan. The paper says that 9 in 10 participants can achieve optimal saving rates in their workplace retirement plan with modest increases. According to the research, 7 in 10 Vanguard DC plan participants...

August 11, 2022

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11AugAugust 11, 2022

Jamaica. $70m in pension benefits heading to court

More than $70 million in pension benefits for 161 beneficiaries who are yet to be identified by the Financial Sector Adjustment Company Limited (FINSAC) could be handed over to the Supreme Court. In its 2021 annual report that was tabled in Parliament on Friday, the company said it placed advertisements in the press on March 14, 2021, in an attempt to locate beneficiaries of the Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society pension scheme. It said the March 14 advertisement was the fourth...

August 11, 2022

NewsJamaica, Payout, Regulation

11AugAugust 11, 2022

U.S. University launches degree that prepares students to address aging society’s growing health care needs

UTSA will launch a new bachelor of science degree program in Health, Aging & Society this fall. The new program, which will be offered through the College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP), will be the first of its kind in the San Antonio area and is designed to address the growing need for health care support occupations and community- and social-service professionals. Students will learn critical skills to begin a career focused on managing and coordinating hospitals, nursing homes...

August 11, 2022

News2022, Aging, Healthcare, US

11AugAugust 11, 2022

UK. TPR advises employers to shield schemes from refinancing costs

Companies and pension scheme trustees should take steps to protect their schemes and their employer covenant from the fallout of any refinancing that they have undertaken, according to David Fairs, the Pensions Regulator’s executive director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice. In a blog published on August 10, Fairs acknowledged the trend of employers seeking to boost their liquidity in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. This, he noted, would include the agreement of new borrowing facilities, or extension of...

August 11, 2022

News2022, Occupational Pensions, Regulation, UK

10AugAugust 10, 2022

Autoridad en Colombia abrirá espacio de conversación para aclarar inquietudes sobre pensiones

Por Alejandra Rico Muñoz Tras la elección del nuevo presidente quedaron abiertas muchas preguntas alrededor del futuro del sistema pensional en Colombia. Aunque en la agenda legislativa todos los ojos están puestos en la reforma tributaria, en el mediano plazo se proyectan otras reformas como la de la salud y pensiones, así como una reforma del contrato laboral y una reforma de la educación. Protección, a cargo de Juan David Correa, abrirá el próximo 10 de agosto de 5 a 7...

August 10, 2022

Noticias, OP Ed2022, Colombia, Cultura Financiera, Reforma de Pensiones

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