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05MayMay 5, 2022

Assessing Heterogeneity in the Health Effects of Social Pensions Among the Poor Elderly: Evidence from Peru

By Noelia Bernal Lobato, Javier Olivera & Marc Suhrcke This paper exploits the discontinuity around a welfare index of eligibility to assess the heterogeneous health impacts of Peru's social pension program Pension 65, which focuses on elderly poor individuals. The heterogeneity is analysed in terms of the treatment exposure (short vs long run), the accessibility to health care infrastructure (near vs distant facilities), and gender. We find improvements in anaemia, mortality risk markers, cognitive functioning, mental health, and self-reported health....

May 5, 2022

Articles, Pension design, System Characterization2022, Aging, Health, Perú, Poverty, Social Protection

05MayMay 5, 2022

The LGBTQ+ Gap: Recent Estimates for Young Adults in the United States

By Marc Folch This article provides recent estimates of earnings and mental health for sexual and gender minority young adults in the United States. Using data from a nationally representative sample of bachelor’s degree recipients, I find a significant earnings and mental health gap between self-identified LGBTQ+ and comparable heterosexual cisgender graduates. On average, sexual and gender minorities experience 22% lower earnings ten years after graduation. About half of this gap can be attributed to LGBTQ+ graduates being less likely...

May 5, 2022

Articles, Labor Market, System Characterization2022, Equality, Health, Income

05MayMay 5, 2022

Effect of Pensions on the Capital Market

By Sang Wook NAM This study analyzes the impact of public and private pensions on the capital market to examine the empirical arguments for the need for pension development. To this end, we conduct an empirical analysis of the effect of pension assets on the capital markets in 17 OECD member countries. The methods comprise static and dynamic panel analyses, which are conducted in parallel based on panel data on the stock and bond markets and the asset sizes of...

May 5, 2022

Articles, Investment, Pension Management2022, Political economy, Private Pensions, Public Pensions

05MayMay 5, 2022

Congreso de Perú aprueba nuevo retiro anticipado de fondos de pensiones

El Congreso de Perú aprobó por amplia mayoría este miércoles un nuevo retiro extraordinario de fondos de pensiones privados para enfrentar la pandemia y las alzas de precios por la invasión rusa a Ucrania. La norma fue aprobada por 107 votos, ocho en contra y dos abstenciones, y permitirá que unos ocho millones de aportantes a las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) privadas retiren hasta 18.400 soles (unos 4.980 dólares) de sus cuentas. Leer también Perú. Retiro de AFP 2022:...

May 5, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Perú, Retiro de Fondos

05MayMay 5, 2022

Incertidumbre política de Colombia afectó la rentabilidad de los fondos de pensión

Un coctel de varias cosas, entre las que entran aspectos locales e internacionales, está afectando la rentabilidad del ahorro pensional de aquellos que cotizan en los fondos privados también conocidos como las AFP. De acuerdo con datos de Asofondos, el gremio que reúne a los cuatro fondos privados, en el primer trimestre hubo una desvalorización de $7,8 billones en el ahorro pensional de los colombianos, sin embargo, explicaron que al observar los doce meses, se vio una rentabilidad positiva...

May 5, 2022

Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Colombia

05MayMay 5, 2022

U.S. corporate pension plan funding rises in April

U.S. corporate defined benefit plan funding ratios rose in April despite poor market returns, primarily due to rising discount rates, which lowered liability values, three reports show. In Wilshire Advisors' monthly report, the aggregate funding ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans increased by 30 basis points in April, to 97.4% as of April 30 from 97.1% as of March 31. While assets fell 7.7 percentage points due to a troubled equities market in February, liability values offset those losses by dropping...

May 5, 2022

News2022, Funding, Occupational Pensions, US

05MayMay 5, 2022

Zimbabwe: Pensioners Lose Billions to Financial Abuse

Zimbabwe´s senior citizens have been getting swindled out of billions of United States dollars and the trend is only getting worse as inflation sinks its teeth deep into their pockets. Read also Kenya. Cash-strapped KBC fails to remit Sh984m in pension This came out during a debate in the National Assembly over the Insurance and Pensioners Amendment Bill. Former finance minister Tendai Biti, contributing to the debate, claimed at least US$9 billion worth of pensioners funds has been lost in the past...

May 5, 2022

News2022, Corporate Governance, Payout, Zimbabwe

05MayMay 5, 2022

UK. Pasa sets out good practice for DB transfers

The Pensions Administration Standards Association has published good practice guidance for those dealing with defined benefit transfers. At its annual conference in London yesterday (May 3), Pasa explained that the time taken to process DB transfers varies hugely, and sometimes, unexplained delays damage the relationship members have with their scheme, and pensions in general, which can lead to a breakdown of trust. Some transfers can often take months to execute, while others are processed within a month but administration delays can...

May 5, 2022

NewsDB Schemes, Operations, Regulation, UK

04MayMay 4, 2022

The post-pandemic prognosis for pension systems

Pension systems around the world faced a “stress test” during the pandemic—what you might call the “pension pandemic paradox.” Read also US. Study sheds light onto biracial, LGBTQ older adults for the first time On the one hand, there was pressure to allow access to pension savings as emergency support during a period of sharp economic downturn. This was understandable, since for many people pension savings are their biggest financial asset. But, in some countries, this turned into unprecedented access beyond...

May 4, 2022

News2022, COVID-19, System Characterization, System sustainability

04MayMay 4, 2022

Chile. Tras 8,5 millones de solicitudes: pagos del tercer retiro de las AFP superaron los 14 mil millones de dólares

Los datos fueron entregados por la Superintendencia de Pensiones, la cual elaboró un balance respecto al tercer retiro de fondos de las AFP, luego de que finalizara el plazo para realizar el tramite el pasado 28 de abril. La entidad reguladora informó que se registraron 8.550.630 solicitudes, las que fueron aceptadas y hoy en día, un 96,3% se encuentran al día. En cuanto al total de pagos, se registró un promedio de 1.446.564 de pesos, y la totalidad de...

May 4, 2022

Noticias2022, Chile, Retiro de Fondos

May 2022