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18MarMarch 18, 2022

Afore registran minusvalías por 161 mil 891 mdp

Las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afore) cerraron el primer bimestre de 2022 con minusvalías por 161 mil 891 millones de pesos, reveló la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Lo anterior significa que el ahorro pensionario de los trabajadores mexicanos se vio disminuido en los primeros dos meses del año respecto del cierre de 2021 como consecuencia de la volatilidad que han mostrado los mercados financieros. La Consar detalló que en febrero pasado las 10...

March 18, 2022

Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Mexico

18MarMarch 18, 2022

People Are Now Living More Years in Good Health

Older adults may not only be living longer, but better as well, according to a new U.K. study. Researchers found that since the 1990s, British adults age 65 and up have been enjoying more years living independently, free of disability. That's despite the fact that many chronic health conditions have become more common. In fact, disability-free years rose not only among healthy seniors, but those living with conditions like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and vision and hearing problems. Experts called the findings...

March 18, 2022

News, Slider2022, Aging, Longevity

18MarMarch 18, 2022

Engagement essential for schemes to turn the tide on plastic waste

The role pension schemes play in overcoming plastic pollution is multifaceted, and communicating it with members only adds another layer of complexity, experts warn. Read also Global Pension Asset Values Grow to Record $56 Trillion in 2021 The transition to net zero requires a multifaceted approach over how we use non-renewable materials. Up to 12.7mn tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year causing damage to marine life and ecosystems, according to the journal Science, and while the scale of the...

March 18, 2022

News, Slider2022, Climate crisis, Corporate Governance

18MarMarch 18, 2022

Sindicatos exigen al Estado dominicano explicar qué esta sucediendo con fondo de pensiones

La disminución de los fondos en las cuenta de los afiliados de distintas AFP, por una alegada apreciación del peso dominicano, fue calificada como desafortunada por Centrales Sindicales que afirman la situación es una “franca violación al artículo 103 de la Ley 87- 01, sobre garantía de rentabilidad mínima y sin que la Superintendencia de Pensiones haya realizado los cálculos correspondientes para determinar la legalidad de esa medida”. Leer también República Dominicana. Someten proyecto eliminaría las AFP y ARS En consecuencia,...

March 18, 2022

Noticias2022, Pago de Pensiones, República Dominicana

18MarMarch 18, 2022

Zimbabwe: Tougher Action Against Employers Not Remitting Pension Contributions

Errant employers who do not remit the pension contributions of their employees will soon face both criminal charges and civil action with the proposed Pension Fund and Provident Fund Act now being debated by the Senate, upgrading the present law to protect pension funds. The Bill being debated this week in Senate replaces the present Pension and Provident Funds Act and upgrades the requirements for the registration and administration of pension and provident funds. Clause 17 of the Bill compels employers...

March 18, 2022

News, Slider2022, Regulation, savings, Zimbabwe

17MarMarch 17, 2022

A Descriptive Analysis on Effect of Corporate Governance on Investor’s Decision

By Dsouza Prima Frederick The article studies the impact of internal factors and external factors influencing an investor’s investment decision. The information for the study was obtained from secondary sources like journal papers, magazines and books. Human psychology has an internal role in investing choice, whereas corporate governance is an external influence. Corporate governance plays a major role in the investment decision-making process by revealing all elements of business information, but investors understand the information according to their own assessments and assumptions...

March 17, 2022

Artículos, Investment2022, Behavioral Science, Corporate Governance

17MarMarch 17, 2022

Partial De-Annuitization of Public Pensions V.S. Retirement Age Differentiation. Which is Best to Account for Longevity Differences?

By Vincent Vandenberghe Extensive research by demographers and economists has shown that longevity differs across socioeconomic status (SES), with low-educated or low-income people living, on average, shorter lives than their better-endowed and wealthier peers. Therefore, a pension system with a unique retirement age is a priori problematic. The usual policy recommendation to address this problem is to differentiate the retirement age by SES. This paper explores the relative merits of partial de-annuitization of public pensions as a way of addressing...

March 17, 2022

Articles, Pension design2021, Longevity, Retirement Age

17MarMarch 17, 2022

Does Informal Sector Size Impede Economy Growth in Developing Countries?

By Loudi Njoya, Ngouhouo Ibrahim & Etah Ewane This paper empirically analyses the impact of the informal sector on long-term growth in developing countries. Using a panel of 112 countries from the icrg and Medina and Schneider (2018) over the period 1991 to 2015, a U-shaped relationship between the size of the informal sector and the growth of GDP per capita was obtained. These results, contrary to those of Ceyhun Elgin and Serdar Birinci (2016), show that a certain threshold...

March 17, 2022

Articles, System Characterization2021, Income, Informal Sector, savings

17MarMarch 17, 2022

Colombia. La respuesta de los fondos privados de pensión a la propuesta de Petro

De acuerdo con la Asociación Colombiana de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías, Asofondos, el debate presidencial sobre pensiones no puede basarse en mentiras. De acuerdo con Santiago Montenegro, presidente de Asofondos, “En un tema complejo y tan importante, urge que los candidatos presidenciales se informen ampliamente y hagan propuestas responsables y aterrizadas a la realidad de los trabajadores colombianos”. Vea más en noticias empresariales. Por lo anterior, la entidad resaltó que las puertas de Asofondos están abiertas y los documentos técnicos...

March 17, 2022

Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Colombia, Reforma de Pensiones

17MarMarch 17, 2022

México. Banorte e Ivercap, las afores en las que más se reducen los retiros por desempleo

La recuperación del empleo formal en el país durante el primer bimestre del año se vio reflejado en la disminución que registraron las Administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afores) en los retiros parciales por desempleo. Entre las diez afores que conforman el mercado, se reportó una salida de 3,109.8 millones de pesos, lo que significó una reducción de 9.6% en términos reales respecto al primer bimestre del 2021, de acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de...

March 17, 2022

Noticias2022, Mexico, Retiro de Fondos

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