April 2023
27Apr

UK. New TPR guidance places Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the forefront of the trustee agenda

On 28 March 2023, the Pensions Regulator (TPR) published two sets of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) guidance: one for governing bodies; and one for employers. In parallel, TPR has published an overview explaining what EDI is, why it is important, and the benefits of improving EDI across the pensions industry. TPR hopes the guidance, which was developed in conjunction with an industry-wide working group which I was pleased to be part of, can be used by pension scheme...

April 27, 2023
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27Apr

Jamaica. Minister of Labor announces increases to NIS benefits

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Karl Samuda, has announced significant increases for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensioners and other contributors to the scheme. Samuda made the announcement on Wednesday during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives. He said the old age or retirement, the invalidity and the widows and widowers pensions will move from $3,400 to $4,200 per week, a 23 per cent increase for those receiving full-rate pensions. At the same time, pensioners who...

April 27, 2023
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27Apr

US Senate panel advances Biden’s labor secretary choice, opposed by gig worker apps

A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday voted along party lines to advance President Joe Biden's nominee for U.S. labor secretary, Julie Su, to the full Senate for what will be a close vote due to heavy opposition by Republican lawmakers and business groups worried about regulation of the gig economy. The Democrat-led Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 11-10 to approve Su, a civil rights lawyer and former California labor commissioner who has served as a deputy labor...

April 27, 2023
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27Apr

Senegalese veterans to return home after French government u-turn on pensions

Eight veteran Senegalese riflemen will be finally returning home for good this Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron's government in January lifted a six-month residency condition for their military pension. For 95-year-old Yoro Diao, after nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family, he is happy to leave his tiny studio in a suburb of Paris, to return to his family. “This is a victory, a second victory after the war. We are allowed to go home while receiving...

April 27, 2023
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26Apr

Chile. Superintendente de pensiones advierte que sexto retiro dejaría a 5,5 millones de personas sin saldo

Osvaldo Macías manifestó que con los tres retiros de fondos aprobados anteriormente, 1,5 millones de afiliados quedaron sin ahorros, por lo que un nuevo giro incrementaría en 4 millones de personas más. Este martes, la Comisión de Constitución de la Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados retomó la revisión de proyectos que buscan permitir un nuevo retiro de fondos de las AFP. La instancia acordó recibir en su sesión de hoy a diversos actores relevantes, para así conocer sus impresiones y posturas...

April 26, 2023
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26Apr

¿Qué implicaciones tiene la reforma pensional del Gobierno Nacional para Colombia?

En Colombia, se requiere una reforma pensional con el propósito de mejorar los problemas a los que se enfrenta hoy el sistema, como lo son: la baja cantidad de adultos pensionados (falta de cobertura), los subsidios que se le otorgan a quienes no los necesitan (inequidad) y el déficit pensional que registra el régimen público de pensiones (insostenibilidad). Por tal razón, en los últimos meses y, especialmente, tras la radicación del proyecto de reforma pensional, el pasado 22 de marzo...

April 26, 2023
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26Apr

Perú. SBS aprueba normas complementarias para acceder a pensión mínima en el sistema privado de pensiones

La Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) informó que aprobó las normas complementarias para la implementación de la pensión mínima objetivo (PMO) en el Sistema Privado de Pensiones (SPP), en cumplimiento de lo establecido en el Decreto Supremo N°065-2023-EF, que contiene el reglamento de la ley que crea las pensiones mínimas y promueve los aportes voluntarios alternativos con fin previsional (Ley N° 31670). A través de un comunicado, la SBS indicó que los afiliados al SPP pueden acogerse voluntariamente...

April 26, 2023
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26Apr

Higher living costs force Americans to cut back on retirement savings, survey says

Bigger chunks of our paychecks are going to pay the bills as we juggle higher rent or housing costs, larger monthly payments on cars, and ongoing high prices on food, clothing and airfares. Who wouldn't be tempted to dial back how much money you set aside from each paycheck toward retirement? Throw cash in a 401(k) plan? When you need to make a car payment of $700 a month or higher? Or your rent just went up by $250 a...

April 26, 2023
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26Apr

UN Pension Fund back on track after 2022 as low costs pay off

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, UNJSPF, is clawing back 2022 losses with assets under management currently valued at $82 billion and the fund experiencing a positive return of 5 per cent so far this year. Robust returns between 2019 and 2021 had swelled the UNJSPF portfolio by 30 per cent to a record high in its 75-year history to over $91.5 billion by the end of 2021. Come 2022, and the ravages of high inflation and ensuing high...

April 26, 2023
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26Apr

Pension fund PGGM warns on dangers of social greenwashing

The principal director for responsible investments at PGGM Investments, the investment manager for the €277 billion ($306 billion) Dutch pension fund, has pointed to the continued challenges associated with measuring the social impact of investments, highlighting the reputational dangers of social greenwashing. “You encounter liberal definitions. There is some inflation in the terms that we want to be very cautious about. You don’t want to overstate [investors’] social contributions,” said Hans Op’t Veld, principal director for responsible investments at the...

April 26, 2023
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