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28JanJanuary 28, 2022

Financial Attitude and Pension Savings Among Informal Economy Workers in Ghana: Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

By Dominic Buer Boyetey, Francis Enu-Kwesi The Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) was applied to examine the financial attitude of informal economy workers in pension saving. This was against the background that informal economy workers were left out of formal pension schemes while micro pension schemes (MPS) remain as options that can guarantee economic security after retirement for people with the right financial attitudes. We used interview schedules and interview guides to collect quantitative and qualitative responses concurrently on key...

January 28, 2022

Articles2022, Behavioral Science, Ghana, Informal Sector

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

Kenya. Zamara launches retirement insurance plan for boda boda riders

Zamara Group, a financial services provider, has entered into a partnership with the United Boda Boda Association of Kenya. The partnership agreement aims to bring financial security to close to 2 million Kenyans within the Boda Boda sector through its Fahari Retirement Plan. The partnership will kick off with rollout of pilot programs on retirement saving, pensions and insurance acceptance within the sector, training and mass rollout to facilitate adoption. Fahari ya Boda Boda is tailored to the specific needs...

January 28, 2022

News, Slider2022, Informal Sector, Kenya, Pension Management

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

Argentina. El Gobierno otorgará pensiones vitalicias a familiares de víctimas de Covid

Así fue establecido por el Decreto 854/2021. El monto asignado es de $58.124.El tramite ya puede ser iniciado y el familiar recibirá un retroactivo mientras espera la aprobación El Gobierno otorgará pensiones vitalicias a familiares de víctimas de Covid Leer también De la crisis del paradigma salarial clásico a la consolidación de un nuevo patrón de relaciones laborales en Argentina En diciembre pasado el Gobierno nacional anunció mediante el Decreto 854/2021, publicado en el Boletín Oficial, que se otorgará una pensión vitalicia a familiares...

January 28, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Argentina, Pensiones Públicas

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

Slovenia should reform its pension system to address rapidly ageing population, says OECD

Slovenia should encourage people to work longer and reform its pensions system in order to make it financially sustainable while preserving pensioners’ living standards, according to a new OECD report. OECD Reviews of Pension Systems: Slovenia says that population ageing has started to accelerate and is projected to increase rapidly until the mid-2050s, driven by health improvements at older ages and low fertility rates over the past several decades. Under current rules, public pension expenditure is projected to increase sharply from...

January 28, 2022

News2022, Retirement Age, Slovenia, System sustainability

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

Puerto Rico updated fiscal plan directs $10.3 billion to pension trust

Puerto Rico can avoid budget deficits for the next quarter century because federal funds will help drive economic growth on the island as it exits bankruptcy, the commonwealth's congressionally appointed financial oversight board said. The board Thursday unanimously approved a revised multiyear fiscal plan that incorporates federal funds that Congress authorized in the last year, an increase in federal Medicaid funding that's expected to save Puerto Rico $6 billion through fiscal 2026, and a new pension reserve trust that will...

January 28, 2022

News, Slider2022, Funding, Puerto Rico

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

México. La Amafore asegura no estar en contra de crear la figura de “asesor previsional”

La Amafore envió un comentario a la Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria (Conamer) sobre el anteproyecto de la Consar para crear la figura del “Asesor Previsional” y manifestó no estar en contra de dicha modificación La Asociación Mexicana de Afores (Amafore) envió un comentario a la Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria (Conamer) sobre el anteproyecto de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) para crear la figura del “Asesor Previsional” y manifestó no estar en contra de dicha modificación. “La Amafore comparte la finalidad...

January 28, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Ahorro, Mexico, supervision

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

The Supreme Court Declines To Establish Pleading Standard For Defined Contribution Plan Excessive Fee Litigation

To the disappointment of many in the ERISA community, the Supreme Court issued a six-page opinion on January 24th that declined to opine on most of the issues that were before the Court in Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401 (U.S. Jan. 24, 2022). In a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor, in which Justice Barrett took no part, the Court vacated and remanded the Seventh Circuit's decision upholding the dismissal of plaintiffs' claims of excessive recordkeeping and investment...

January 28, 2022

News, Slider2022, Regulation, US

28JanJanuary 28, 2022

UK. Pension professionals demand dashboards and climate action

Pensions dashboards and climate change action ranked as the joint top priority for Society of Pension Professionals members, according to a new survey. The SPP’s survey, which polled around 7,000 pension professionals, questioned members on where they wanted the government and regulators to focus their energies over the next 12 months and the next three to five years. Almost a third of members placed the dashboards rollout as their top choice for the coming year, with 61 per cent of members...

January 28, 2022

News, Slider2022, Climate crisis, Investment, Technology, UK

27JanJanuary 27, 2022

US. SEC proposes expansion of private fund reporting requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday approved proposing rule amendments to expand reporting requirements for large hedge fund and private equity firms. In a 3-1 vote, with the commission's lone Republican, Hester M. Peirce, dissenting, the SEC proposed amendments to its Form PF to require private fund advisers to file reports within one business day of events that indicate significant stress at a fund that could harm investors or signal risk in the broader financial system. Those events include...

January 27, 2022

News, Slider2022, Regulation, US

27JanJanuary 27, 2022

México. En tres años, 5 millones de trabajadores desempleados han retirado de su Afore

En los pasados tres años, ante la desaceleración económica y posterior crisis provocada por la pandemia de covid-19, un total de 5 millones 105 mil trabajadores en situación de desempleo se vieron en la necesidad de retirar parte de los recursos de su Afore, revelan cifras de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Leer también México. La Amafore asegura no estar en contra de crear la figura de “asesor previsional” Para poner en contexto, la cantidad...

January 27, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, COVID-19, Mexico, Retiro de Fondos

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