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21AprApril 21, 2023

80% of Older Americans Cannot Pay for Long-Term Care or Withstand a Financial Shock, New Study Shows

A new analysis by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the LeadingAge LTSS Center @ UMass Boston finds that 80% of older Americans (47 million) continue to be unable to sustain a financial shock such as needing to pay for long-term care services and supports (LTSS) or the loss of income due to divorce or widowhood. The 80%: The Continued Toll of Financial Insecurity in Retirement looks at the total net value of all assets—housing, retirement accounts, income, and...

April 21, 2023

NewsAging, Retirement Planning, US

21AprApril 21, 2023

EU Climate Risk Regulation Gets Real for the Financial Industry

Political battle lines in the U.S. may have hardened — especially when it comes to applying sustainability standards to public pension investing — but in the EU, things have moved faster. In Europe, climate risk is now accepted as one of the biggest macroeconomic forces impacting economic and business sustainability, and as a result, investment firms are actively grappling with critical decisions on sustainability compliance — including risk measurement, reporting and portfolio composition. Over the past several years, legislators have...

April 21, 2023

NewsESG, EU, Investment

21AprApril 21, 2023

Thailand: Pensions and Farmers’ Subsidies Top Election Agenda

With the kingdom’s population ageing and the debt-ridden farmers becoming restless, Thailand’s political parties are gearing up for the May 14 elections offering populist policies to woo the votes of both sectors of the population. Over 52 million people are eligible to vote for electing 500 members to the House of Representatives. With campaigning for the election gathering momentum since December 2022, Thai political parties have announced a range of attractive policies to win their votes. These include subsidies for...

April 21, 2023

NewsCoverage, Labor Market, Thailand

20AprApril 20, 2023

Chile: hasta 70% de ahorristas retiraría fondos pensionales

Con mucha polémica y debate, se reinició la discusión del llamado sexto retiro en la Comisión de Constitución de la Cámara Baja de Chile. Son seis las iniciativas que comparten la idea matriz de permitir el retiro de una parte desde los fondos de las AFP, que va desde el millón de pesos, pasa por hasta el 10% e incluso abarca la totalidad de los ahorros previsionales. Mientras los diputados hacían la presentación de sus proyectos, en la entrada de...

April 20, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAhorro, Chile, Retiro de Fondos

20AprApril 20, 2023

México. Proponen que pensiones para policías de NL sean imprescriptibles

Otorgar pensiones o jubilaciones imprescriptibles, es decir que no pierdan vigencia, a policías fue votado este miércoles con abstención de Movimiento Ciudadano, en el Congreso de Nuevo León. De acuerdo con el asunto, impulsado por Javier Caballero, del PRI, explicaron que será imprescriptible siempre y cuando el integrante de la policía, jubilado, pensionado, pensionista o sus beneficiarios satisfagan todos y cada uno de los requisitos establecidos por la reforma por adición un párrafo segundo al artículo 198 Bis 12 de...

April 20, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasMexico, Pensiones Públicas

20AprApril 20, 2023

El aumento de la edad de retiro, una constante en las reformas jubilatorias en América Latina

Pocos países en el mundo escapan a la necesidad de revisar cada tanto su sistema de seguridad social, y en casi todos los casos el punto más polémico es el aumento de la edad mínima de retiro. Este año hemos visto en Francia multitudinarias protestas contra la reforma jubilatoria impulsada por el presidente Emmanuel Macron, que lleva la edad mínima de 62 a 64 años a partir de 2030, y adelanta a 2027 la exigencia de cotizar 43 años, en...

April 20, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAmérica Latina, Edad de retiro, Reforma de Pensiones

20AprApril 20, 2023

UK. DB pension trustees urged to assess risk management amid rising insolvencies

Defined benefit (DB) pension scheme trustees have been encouraged to review how they are managing their pension risks after data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that company insolvencies increased in March. According to the ONS, total insolvencies were up by 16 per cent compared to March last year, while the number of compulsory liquidations more than doubled, up by 106 per cent year-on-year. Furthermore, total bankruptcies and debt relief orders increased by 28 per cent over the same...

April 20, 2023

NewsRisk, Sustainability, UK

20AprApril 20, 2023

South Africa ranked bottom in global pensions rankings

The South African pension system has been ranked at the bottom of a global ranking of 75 countries by financial services company Allianz. The Allianz Pension Index, published in the firm’s Global Pension Report, ranked countries based on three pillars: analysis of basic demographic and fiscal conditions; determination of the sustainability (eg funding and contribution periods) and adequacy (eg degree of diffusion and pension level) of the pension system. “With an overall score of 4.2, the South African pension system is...

April 20, 2023

NewsAdequacy, Coverage, South Africa

20AprApril 20, 2023

US. Prudential agrees to pay denied life insurance claims in settlement with US Labor Department

In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor, Prudential Financial has pledged to no longer deny claims on life insurance policies after collecting premiums from policyholders it later determined had failed to prove "insurability" to qualify for coverage. DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration had investigated Prudential Financial after more than 200 beneficiaries were denied claims between 2017 and 2020 over questions of whether deceased policyholders actually qualified for coverage through employer-based supplemental life insurance programs — only after Prudential...

April 20, 2023

NewsRegulation, US

20AprApril 20, 2023

‘Big news’ is India’s population growth is below replacement level: UN expert

While India's population at 1.4 billion has surpassed that of China's, the "latest big news" is that the population growth is below the replacement fertility rate in India and it has a "window of opportunity", according to Rachel Snow, the lead demographer of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The continued trajectory for India is that while the young population entering the reproductive phase will boost overall fertility, "given the fertility pattern already evident, we can start to anticipate the decline,...

April 20, 2023

NewsAging, China, India, Labor Market

April 2023