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05AugAugust 5, 2022

UK. TPR revamps guidance on fiduciary management tender processes

The Pensions Regulator has published updated guidance on the tender process for fiduciary management services and trustees, setting objectives for investment consultants as it prepares to take over regulation of these duties this autumn. Since December 2019, trustees have been legally required to run a competitive tender process when appointing fiduciary managers for a fifth or more of scheme assets, and have had to set strategic objectives for their investment consultancy provider. From this October, TPR will take over compliance-reporting and...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Regulation, UK

05AugAugust 5, 2022

Pensions, Crypto, And Trust: Digital Assets And Retirement Funds

Retirement planning is the primary objective of retail investors. Indeed, 47% of respondents in the 2022 CFA Institute Investor Trust Study indicated saving for retirement was their most important investment goal. Yet the conventional pathway to retirement savings - the traditional stock and bond portfolio - is not as effective as it used to be. Weaker diversification, declining real returns, and rising inflation all present major challenges to both defined benefit and defined contribution (DC) pension funds. As funds struggle...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Cryptocurrency, Investment, Pension Management

05AugAugust 5, 2022

Green bonds poised for revival after shaky start to 2022 — report

Green bond issuance got off to a shaky start in 2022, but picked up in the second quarter, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative published on Thursday . The investor-focused non-profit organization promotes large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. It screens self-labeled green bonds, including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition labeled debt. In the first half of 2022, issuance of bonds aligned with international climate targets reached a combined volume of $417.8 billion, a 27% drop from the...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Climate crisis, ESG, Investment

05AugAugust 5, 2022

CFA Society Germany proposes merger of occupational with private pension systems

CFA Society Germany, the association of investment professionals, has proposed the merger between the country’s occupational and private pension systems under a format based on models in place in Sweden and Canada to cut administrative and sales costs that would lead to an increase in the level of pensions. The models would cater for two different market segments, one including savers opting for a standardised, state-run pension product, and another for savers who demand control over investments, the association said...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Germany, Occupational Pensions, Pension Reform, Private Pensions

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Perú. Mujer pierde S/39,000 de su AFP porque otra persona hizo el retiro: “Mi cuenta está en cero”

Una madre de familia denunció que le robaron los S/ 39,000 que tenía ahorrado en su cuenta de AFP Integra durante largos años de trabajo. En la denuncia, la mujer señaló que intentó acceder a su solicitud pero se dio cuenta que alguien más había hecho el trámite. Se trata de Ruth, quien dejó pasar todos los retiros de la AFP hasta el último. Sin embargo, al verse en la necesidad del dinero, decidió sacarlo todo pero ya no tenía...

August 4, 2022

Noticias2022, Perú, supervision

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Coca-Cola Consolidated to terminate primary U.S. pension plan

Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc., Charlotte, N.C., plans to terminate its primary U.S. pension plan. The consolidated bottling company said it began the process of terminating the plan during the first half of 2022, according to its 10-Q filing with the SEC on Tuesday. Read also CF Industries offloads $375 million in U.S. pension liabilities In the filing, the company said it plans to offer a lump sum to "certain plan participants" before completing the purchase of a group annuity contract from an insurance...

August 4, 2022

News2022, Occupational Pensions, Pension Management, US

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Costa Rica. ¿Qué hay detrás de las pérdidas de los fondos de pensión complementaria?

Rendimientos anuales de los fondos del ROP están entre el -2,34% y -4,25%, al cierre del primer semestre, niveles que no se veían desde hace 15 años; sin embargo, la rentabilidad histórica sigue en positivo ¿Qué pasó con el ROP para que en el estado de cuenta pasara de mostrar ganancias, a finales del 2021, a pérdidas en junio pasado? La causa de ese resultado adverso no es una sola y más bien interviene una combinación de factores, como el...

August 4, 2022

Noticias2022, Costa Rica, Regulación

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Colombia. Qué pasará con la cotización de los trabajadores independientes en Colombia, esto fue lo que dijo el ministro de Trabajo

Los cálculos estiman que en Colombia hay cerca de 10 millones de trabajadores independientes, contratistas y rentistas de capital; como estos no están bajo algún tipo de contrato laboral y no tienen un ingreso mensual fijo, la tributación por renta se efectúa bajo el 40 % de lo percibido. Pero, la Corte Constitucional le dio un plazo de dos legislaturas al congreso para regular dicho aspecto y se venció el término y ni si quiera se debatió. Por esto,...

August 4, 2022

Noticias2022, Colombia, Sector Informal

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Kenya. Risk-averse pension schemes bag higher returns

Pension funds that eschew risk are reaping the benefits of their conservative approach to investments, outperforming their more aggressive peers whose returns are being dented by bigger exposure to underperforming equities and offshore assets. Conservative schemes, which on average allocate over 80 percent of their assets under management to risk-free, stable yielding government securities, recorded a return of 2.9 percent in the year to June 2022, industry analysis done by fund administrator Zamara shows. Schemes with a moderate approach to investment,...

August 4, 2022

News2022, Investment, Kenya, Pension Management

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Iranian Pensioners Continue Protests Amid Economic Woes

Pensioners and retired government employees have continued protests in more than a dozen Iranian cities for a second day as they seek a hike in pensions to offset rising prices amid the country's growing economic woes. Reports from eyewitnesses from 16 cities, including Mashhad, Shushtar, Ilam, Yazd, Qazvin, Karaj, Bandar Abbas, Kermanshah, Abadan, and Isfahan, showed protesters on June 7 demanding more money, saying their pensions aren't enough to live on. In the city of Ilam, retirees spread an empty tablecloth...

August 4, 2022

NewsIncome, Iran, Public Pensions

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