May 2023
12May

Workplace sidecar saving in action

By Annick Kuipers, Jo Phillips, Will Sandbrook & Emma Stockdale As a concept, sidecar saving is designed to work with human cognitive and behavioural biases, by sequencing people’s saving to boost their financial resilience – by first, in the short term, building liquid savings, and then, for retirement, increasing contributions to pension saving. We knew immediately that this idea had the potential to address two of the biggest financial challenges for low- to moderateincome households in the UK: 1) not...

May 12, 2023
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12May

“Milliman’s Pension Funding Index. May 2023”

By Milliman The funded status of the nation’s 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans decreased by $7 billion during April, as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI). A decrease in the benchmark corporate bond interest rates used to value pension liabilities led to an increase in these liabilities of $10 billion for the month. As of April 30, the funded ratio fell to 99.5%, from 100.1% at the end of March. April saw the funding surplus...

May 12, 2023
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12May

Retirement Plan Reforms in the Absence of a Retirement Policy

By Natalya Shnitser The US retirement system is currently characterized by tremendous diversity of instruments, institutions, and intermediaries in pursuit of the same goal. While the goal – achieving financial security in retirement – is widely accepted by policymakers and participants, for individuals in the United States, the nature of the “investment” experience in the retirement context varies considerably based on the identity, savviness, and size of the intermediaries, as well as the particular legal regime to which such intermediaries...

May 12, 2023
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12May

Social Security of Labour in India

By Ishita Arora The social security of labour in India is a critical issue that needs to be addressed. The country's labour force is massive, and ensuring their protection and well-being is crucial to their quality of life and the country's economic development. This research paper aims to explore the current state of social security for workers in India, including policies and programs aimed at providing protection and support to individuals and families against social and economic risks such as...

May 12, 2023
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12May

“The Great Retirement Boom”: The Pandemic-Era Surge in Retirements and Implications for Future Labor Force Participation

By Joshua Montes, Christopher L. Smith & Juliana Dajon As of October 2022, the retired share of the U.S. population was nearly 1-½ percentage points above its pre-pandemic level (after adjusting for updated population controls to the Current Population Survey), accounting for nearly all of the shortfall in the labor force participation rate. In this paper, we analyze the pandemic-era rise in retirements using a model that accounts for pre-pandemic trends in retirement, the cyclicality of retirement, and other factors....

May 12, 2023
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12May

México. Afores cierran primer trimestre del 2023 con plusvalía para los ahorradores

Las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (afores) registraron 108,599 millones de pesos en plusvalías durante marzo de este año, de acuerdo con información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Con este resultado positivo, se registró un total de 138,800 millones de pesos en plusvalías durante el primer trimestre del año, un saldo positivo y una cifra que muestra también la revalorización de los ahorros. La Consar precisó que las plusvalías registradas tienen que ver...

May 12, 2023
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12May

Perú. Congreso busca que afiliación al sistema previsional sea voluntaria

En el marco de la discusión para una reforma de pensiones, el grupo de trabajo encargado de realizar un estudio de las propuestas para la mejora del sistema previsional peruano del Congreso presentó —de manera preliminar— los principios que debe tener el nuevo esquema. Sistema voluntario El primer avance presentado por este subgrupo de la Comisión de Economía estuvo enfocado en cómo lograr una cobertura previsional de los trabajadores informales, ya que el 73% de la Población Económicamente Activa (PEA) no...

May 12, 2023
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12May

México. Amafore: positivo, el cambio en la Consar

Guillermo Zamarripa, quien hace un mes asumió la presidencia de la Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Amafore), calificó como positivo el nombramiento de Julio César Cervantes como presidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) porque tiene la ventaja de que conoce los temas y el sistema del ahorro para el retiro. Está convencido de que las afores trabajarán en coordinación con el nuevo titular de la Consar. “Es una oportunidad,...

May 12, 2023
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12May

Canada. British Columbia Investment Management hits pause on China deals

British Columbia's public pension manager has paused direct investments in China, the latest institutional investor to rethink its exposure to the world's second-largest economy due to geopolitical risks. A senior executive from British Columbia Investment Management revealed the policy during testimony this week to a Canadian parliamentary committee. Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has made a similar move, suspending new investments in private assets in China, Bloomberg reported in January. BCI still has Chinese investments, mostly through public markets and index funds,...

May 12, 2023
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12May

South Africa. Distribution of military veterans’ pensions gains momentum

The Defence and Military Veterans Department says the pension payout for military veterans, who do not have any income, is going full speed ahead. “We have noted the confusion and uncertainty created by the lack of clarity on the part of the Department of Military Veterans officials in their interaction with Parliament’s oversight committee on Defence and Military Veterans,” the department said on Thursday. However, the department clarified that the distribution of the pension is being implemented through the Government Pension...

May 12, 2023
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