June 2022
07Jun

Students imagine better products, services, and infrastructure for an aging society

A pop-up hearing aid exposition called HearWeAre. A travel agency that matches older and younger travelers for group adventures. An app that guides outgoing hospital patients through every step of the discharge process. These are a few of the projects presented by students on the final day in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)’s class 11.547J/SCM.287J (Global Aging and the Built Environment). Taught by Joseph Coughlin, the director of the MIT AgeLab, and supported by his team...

June 7, 2022
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06Jun

Gabriel Boric promulga ley de cambio climático: “El mundo necesita a Chile”

El presidente chileno Gabriel Boric promulgó el domingo la Ley Marco de Cambio Climático y resaltó el liderazgo que puede llevar a cabo Chile en materia de energías renovables y protección de los océanos en el marco de la celebración del Día Mundial del Medioambiente. “El mundo necesita a Chile por los tremendos potenciales que tiene en torno a energías renovables no convencionales, por la costa que tiene, por el cobre, el litio, la electromovilidad”, señaló el mandatario al promulgar...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

Investors put new weight behind ESG mandates

Institutional investors have focused on ESG for many years, but the industry may be reaching a tipping point in terms of the specificity and sophistication of ESG mandates. Against a backdrop of increasingly hard to ignore climate risks and social unrest brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the death of George Floyd and the war on Ukraine, institutions are moving away from passive exclusion strategies and leveraging new data to engage with management teams, set specific goals and measure...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

UK. Pension policy dissatisfaction rises; majority sceptical of triple lock future

Over three quarters (81 per cent) of pension professionals are sceptical about the future of the state pension triple lock and doubt it will exist in its current form in five years’ time, according to the latest Pensions Management Institute (PMI) Pulse survey. The research also revealed a broader dissatisfaction over the handling of pensions policy, as fewer than half (49 per cent) of pension professionals were satisfied with its direction over the past six months, marking a 12 percentage...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

México. Tope a comisiones pega a Afores, sus ganancias caen 84%

La ganancia de las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afore), es decir, el producto de las comisiones que cobran a los millones de trabajadores mexicanos por custodiar sus recursos pensionarios, se desplomó 84.5 por ciento en los primeros cuatro meses de 2022 frente a igual periodo de 2021. Leer también México. Las Afores recuperarán su rentabilidad en al menos un lustro, prevé Sura Información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). señala que en entre...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

People in Germany retired earlier with slightly higher pensions in 2021

For years, the average retirement age in Germany has been increasing, but 2021 saw a little blip in the trend, with employees retiring a little earlier and with slightly higher pension benefits than in previous years. People retired earlier with higher pensions in 2021 On average, people working in Germany retired a little earlier last year and with slightly higher pensions, according to new figures from the Deutsche Rentenversicherung, which were made available to Bild. In total, 1,435 million employees retired in...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

¿Existen pensiones no contributivas en los países OCDE? Similitudes y diferencias con la PGU chilena

Solo 10 países de la OCDE tienen pensiones básicas no contributivas del primer pilar o por residencia, comparables con la Pensión Garantizada Universal (PGU) chilena, es decir, que no requieren contribución y que son de costo fiscal. Datos del Pensión At a Glance de 2021 de la OCDE explican que en promedio las personas que no registran ahorros para pensión “podrían recibir el 19% de los ingresos promedio brutos si el beneficio es focalizado, y el 20% cuando se incluyen...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

Panamá. CSS niega que se haya presentado algún informe sobre modificación del sistema de pensiones

La junta de Asesores de la Caja del Seguro Social, "integrada por personas respetadas de nuestra sociedad" que donan su asesoría de forma gratuita, no ha presentado ningún informe sobre el programa de pensiones a la dirección, resalta la institución. La Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), a través de su dirección general , señaló mediante un comunicado que no se ha presentado a esa entidad ningún informe sobre modificaciones al programa de pensiones, ni al sistema de jubilación. Con esto rechazan...

June 6, 2022
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06Jun

US. Pension Funds Push for More Disclosure Rules for Private-Equity, Hedge Funds

Pension plans and other institutional investors are embracing a federal proposal that would force hedge funds and private-equity funds to provide more disclosures to investors. University endowments, insurance funds and retirement funds serving teachers and firefighters are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with a proposed rule that would ensure private-fund investors receive annual audits and quarterly statements. The rule, which has been heavily criticized by the private funds and Republicans, would also prohibit fund managers from...

June 6, 2022
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03Jun

Gay, gray, black, and blue: An examination of some of the challenges faced by older LGBTQ people of color

By Seon Kum Few studies exist that highlight the life experiences of the older LGBTQ person of color. This cohort faces unique challenges in life that have not been explored or investigated extensively, if at all. Older LGBTQ people of color have experienced discrimination based on race, gender, and sexuality in all phases of their lives, often bearing witness to and helping to start various equal rights and social justice movements. In addition to the unique challenges that come with...

June 3, 2022
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