May 2022

People and Investor Attention to Climate Change

People and Investor Attention to Climate Change

By Mauro Aliano, Franco Fiordelisi, Giuseppe Galloppo & Viktoriia Paimanova This paper empirically studies whether people and investors globally really see climate change as a major threat, as defined by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Our identification strategy aims to investigate two research questions: (1) whether people attention to Climate Change varies depending on local natural disasters and (2) how does the climate change attention affect the stock price of local firms and, thus, the investors’ trading behavior....

US. DoL Urged to Help Pension Plans Make Climate Impact

US pension plans should be required to disclose sustainable investment policies, according to the US Impact Investing Alliance. The alliance has called for mandatory action by the Department of Labor (DoL) in response to a request for input on potential new climate-related rules. It said providers of 401(k) pension plans should be subject to requirements to address the financial risks and impacts of climate change. In a letter to the DoL, Fran Seegul, president of the US Impact Investing Alliance, cited research...

UK. MPs urged to consider state auto-enrolment credits to combat gender pensions gap

State auto-enrolment (AE) contribution credits for career breaks could “radically change” the framework of occupational pensions and help reduce the inequality of the widening gender pensions gap, Hymans Robertson has said. In an open letter to the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Hymans Robertson partner, Chris Noon, argued that whilst the introduction of AE contribution credits would be a "significant cost" to government, time away from work is the biggest contributor to the gender pensions gap and needs to be...

Canadian Pensions Can Withstand Higher Inflation, Weaker Growth

Fitch-rated Canadian pension funds are well positioned to withstand higher inflation and modest economic growth amid heightened market volatility, Fitch Ratings says. That said, stagflation would be more challenging, given funds’ long-only investment strategies and vulnerability to economic and market downturns. The maturing nature of participant bases increases pension funds’ reliance on investment returns, as contributions and income from active members may be outpaced by benefits paid to a growing number of retirees. Still, Canadian pension funds’ long-term investment...

Perú, AFP 2022: ¿Por qué hay pérdidas en los fondos del Sistema Privado de Pensiones?

La Asociación de AFP se pronunció ante las diversas reacciones surgidas en torno a la reciente caída de la rentabilidad de los fondos. Aquí te contamos todos los detalles. Las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) registraron pérdidas en la rentabilidad de sus cuentas en los primeros cuatro meses de este año y se calcula que hay una disminución de S/ 4.346 millones, según datos de la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS). Aquí te contamos todos los detalles. La...

An Impact Investing Guide for Private Foundations

Imagine that your foundation is dedicated to eradicating childhood asthma in your home state. One day, you are listening to the local news during your morning commute and you hear a report about an aging coal-fired power plant where the sulfur dioxide emissions are so bad as to be implicated in the high incidence of childhood asthma in the neighboring towns. A week later you are reviewing your foundation’s investment portfolio and realize that you own a good chunk of...

Costa Rica. Cualquier retiro anticipado del ROP terminará por prolongar la edad de jubilación o menoscabar los ingresos en la vejez

El proyecto de ley 23.082 es una iniciativa reciente que pretende que, por una única vez, los trabajadores afiliados a una operadora de pensiones complementarias puedan retirar hasta el 30% de los recursos que disponen en el ROP, para pagar deudas Cualquier iniciativa que pretenda autorizar el retiro anticipado de recursos del Régimen Obligatorio de Pensiones Complementarias (ROP) implicaría de forma inequívoca, entre otras consecuencias, que los trabajadores afiliados a una operadora de pensiones complementarias (OPC) prolonguen su edad de...

México. Más de 600,000 personas retiran de su afore por desempleo, pese a recuperación del empleo en abril

México. Más de 600,000 personas retiran de su afore por desempleo, pese a recuperación del empleo en abril

Durante el primer cuatrimestre del año, un total de 601, 237 trabajadores solicitaron un retiro de desempleo de su Administradora de fondos para el retiro (Afore), lo que en total representó una salida del sistema de más de 6,000 millones de pesos. El número de personas que realizó un retiro por desempleo de su afore fue menor a los primeros cuatro meses del 2021, cuando se realizaron 609, 293 solicitudes por desempleo, de acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional...

US. Allianz subsidiary pleads guilty over a $7 billion investment implosion.

The German insurance firm Allianz will pay more than $6 billion over the implosion of a group of hedge funds two years ago that stuck public pensions, religious organizations, foundations and other investors with heavy losses. Read also US. DoL Urged to Help Pension Plans Make Climate Impact An American subsidiary of the insurer, Allianz Global Investors U.S., pleaded guilty Tuesday to securities fraud for failing to stop the scheme, which came to light after the funds collapsed early in the...

UK. Perceptions of TPR’s performance quality deteriorate in 2021

The perception of the Pensions Regulator’s performance quality diminished last year, according to the watchdog’s ‘Perceptions of TPR’ report More than half (54 per cent) of respondents said TPR’s overall performance was good, while 15 per cent said it was very good. Read also UK. People with disabilities ‘have pension savings worth third of average pot’ Just over a fifth said the regulator’s performance was fair, while 1 per cent gave it a poor rating. The report is based on the 2021 perceptions...