July 2022
25Jul

México. Afore Banorte tendría participación de 36% de los activos del SAR

Con la retirada de Banco Santander para adquirir Banamex, cuyo paquete incluye a su administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore), quedarían tres bancos locales interesados en el proceso: Banorte, Inbursa y Mifel, los dos primeros ya cuentan con una administradora de fondos. Ahora toca revisar si existiría o no concentración del mercado, pues la Ley dice que ninguna administradora podrá tener más de 20% de participación en el mercado. Afore Citibanamex es en la tercera afore en el Sistema...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

Sistema de pensiones de RD adolece de “severos problemas”, dice informe de la Cepal

El sistema de pensiones dominicano en general y el de cuentas individuales en particular “adolecen de severos problemas”, se afirma en un crítico informe publicado en este julio por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (Cepal). En el documento se señala también que la administración del sistema por administradoras de fondos de pensiones (AFP) “demuestra muy escasa competencia”. Leer también República Dominicana. Rentabilidad de los fondos de pensiones se desacelera por inflación y apreciación del peso Además, que la...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

This Is the Average Retirement Age in the U.S. — and Why It’s a Problem

Americans may be retiring too early for their own good. Many people aim to retire in their mid- to late 60s. But the average retirement age in the U.S. is considerably younger than that. According to recent Gallup data, the average reported retirement age is 61. Now on the one hand, that's up from age 57 back in 1991. But it's also a pretty young age to retire at. And those who go that route could end up struggling financially because...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

Italy. Pensions at the center of the electoral campaign, here are the parties’ proposals

The issue of pensions, like every electoral round, has forcefully entered the center of the campaign for the vote on 25 September. Silvio Berlusconi immediately launched the minimum pensions of one thousand euros, a proposal already in the past relaunched by the Brothers of Italy (to be financed with a cut in citizenship income). The League has already re-proposed Quota 41 (the possibility of going out with 41 years of contributions regardless of age, ed). In the center-left there...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

China’s population to start to shrink before 2025: Global Times

China's population growth rate has slowed significantly and is expected to turn negative ahead of 2025, the state-backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official. Birth data released late on Sunday showed that the number of new births in 2021 was the lowest in decades in several provinces. The number of births in the central Hunan Province fell below 500,000 for the first time in nearly 60 years, the Global Times said. Only China's southern Guangdong Province had more than...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

The Growth In Responsible Investment Funds

The concept of socially responsible investing (SRI) has been around for hundreds of years. From the Quakers (aka, the Religious Society of Friends) prohibiting members from participating in the slave trade in 1758 to the exclusion of “sin stocks” in the 1920s to supporting the civil rights, environmental, social, and anti-war movements in the 1960s to the modern day focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance investing practices—which takes a holistic view that helps stakeholders understand how an organization manages...

July 25, 2022
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25Jul

UK. Govt urged to allow Nest to offer drawdown

The government has been told to amend legislation to allow Nest members to drawdown their pension pot, as well as extending investment pathways to trust-based schemes. The Investment and Saving Alliance made this suggestion in its response to a call for evidence on savers’ understanding of their pensions, which closed on July 25. The Department for Work and Pensions said that it wanted to understand what support and decumulation products are offered to members, along with what might be offered to...

July 25, 2022
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22Jul

UK. The effect of rising inflation and interest rates on pension schemes

The UK is currently seeing soaring inflation, with record drops in wages, and prices for goods and services sky-rocketing, resulting in a keenly-felt "cost of living" crisis. But what is the impact for UK occupational pension schemes? The consumer price index (CPI) measured inflation at 9.1% at the end of May 2022, the highest level seen since February 1982. Governments have traditionally sought to counter rising inflation by increasing interest rates, to encourage people to spend less and save more,...

July 22, 2022
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México. Aseguran que minusvalías no provocarán un año negro para las Afores
22Jul

México. Aseguran que minusvalías no provocarán un año negro para las Afores

La Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Amafore) aseguró que este no será “un año negro” para las Afores, pese a que en los primeros seis meses del año las minusvalías que han reportado ascienden a más de 360 mil millones de pesos, según datos oficiales. Durante la inauguración de la Feria de Afores Ciudad de México 2022 Bernardo González Rosas, presidente de la Amafore, señaló que en el sistema financiero y económico hay ciclos. En este...

July 22, 2022
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22Jul

US. Pension unfunded liabilities rising with market volatility

The markets giveth and the markets taketh away. Unfunded liabilities for state pension funds are expected to climb from $783 billion in 2021 to $1.3 trillion in 2022. The funded ratio of state pensions would fall from 85% last year to 75% in 2022. That’s according to the Reason Foundation, which states that after the market expansion of 2021 helped pensions; the rather lackluster performance of markets this year could see an average rate of return for state pensions at...

July 22, 2022
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