October 2021
01Oct

Puerto Rico. La Cámara de Representantes aprueba la medida sobre la reestructuración de la deuda

La Cámara de Representantes aprobó con enmiendas -tras más de tres horas de debate- la medida que crea la Ley para Ponerle Fin a la Quiebra de Puerto Rico y establece las disposiciones para aprobar la oferta, venta y emisión de los bonos de obligaciones generales. El proyecto, que viabiliza el plan de ajuste de la deuda (PAD) presentado por la Junta de Control Fiscal ante la jueza federal Laura Taylor Swain, sufrió varias enmiendas de último minuto y fue...

October 1, 2021
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España. CEOMA reclama en el Día de los Mayores que la edad no sea “una barrera laboral”

Con motivo del Día Internacional de las Personas Mayores, que se celebra este 1 de octubre, la Confederación Española de Organizaciones de Mayores (CEOMA), como entidad de referencia en el mundo de las personas mayores, ha hecho público un comunicado en el que manifiesta que la edad no es una barrera en la vida y que no debe existir una obligatoriedad de jubilarse a una edad determinada. En este sentido, entiende que el Gobierno debe adoptar una serie de...

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Argentina. El Gobierno Nacional anunció la jubilación anticipada

Durante el acto, realizado en el Museo de Casa Rosada, Raverta destacó: “con la Jubilación Anticipada estamos dando respuesta a miles de hombres y mujeres que han trabajado toda su vida, que ya realizaron sus treinta años de aportes y que no le deben nada al Estado”. “Estos hombres y mujeres, ahora van a tener la posibilidad de jubilarse y contar con la cobertura de la Seguridad Social. Somos un gobierno que reconoce que, frente a la dificultad, hay que...

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01Oct

México. Choferes y repartidores de Uber, DiDi, Rappi y Beat podrán inscribirse al IMSS

El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) firmó un convenio con las plataformas digitales de servicios de transporte de pasajeros y distribución de alimentos Beat, DiDi, Rappi y Uber para que se puedan inscribir al seguro social. El IMSS busca promover la participación de estos empleados en la prueba piloto para la incorporación voluntaria al Régimen Obligatorio del Seguro Social de personas trabajadoras independientes. Bajo el esquema de la prueba piloto, los conductores y repartidores tendrán acceso a los cinco seguros...

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01Oct

These are the key differences between 401(k) and Roth IRA retirement plans

This story is part of CNBC Make It’s One-Minute Money Hacks series, which provides easy, straightforward tips and tricks to help you understand your finances and take control of your money. If you’re thinking about starting to save for retirement, chances are good that you are looking at both Roth IRA and 401(k) plans. Both offer tax benefits and can help you grow your wealth over time, but there are several key differences between the two. The biggest one? When...

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01Oct

Pension funds acquire forestry asset

Two European pension funds are set to purchase a 62% share in a timber producer in New Zealand. APG Asset Management on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ABP, and the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF) have entered an agreement to purchase Sinotrans New Zealand's shareholding in Wenita Forest Products. Wenita is the largest timber producer in Otago, New Zealand and spans almost 30,000 hectares of sustainably managed forests. It is recognised as one of the premier softwood plantation assets...

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01Oct

Number of pension age Germans projected to increase 22 pct by 2035: Destatis

The number of people of retirement age in Germany will rise by 22 percent by 2035, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. The number of people aged 67 or over in the country will go up to 20 million, a 22 percent increase from 2020, the first medium-term population projection conducted by Destatis showed. The head of the Federal Employment Agency, Detlef Scheele, was quoted in the media as saying in August that Germany needed 400,000 new workers per...

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Ghana. NPRA targets to rope in 11 million workers into pension schemes

Mr Alhassan Yakubu Fuseini, the Tamale Zonal Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), says the Authority plans to rope in 11 million workers in the formal sector onto pension schemes. He said as the NPRA works to achieve its target, it would also ensure that coverage for the informal sector was increased from the current three per cent to 40 per cent by 2026. “In order to meet this goal, it will be critical for the pension sector actors...

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Uber to Begin Rolling Out Pensions to 70,000 UK Drivers

More than seven months after the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers are not self-employed and thus are entitled to a retirement savings plan, the ride-sharing firm said it will begin offering pensions to its 70,000 drivers working in the country. The move will cost the ride-sharing firm millions of pounds in missed pension payments that stretch back as far as 2107. The company had previously deemed its drivers independent self-employed contractors, part of an ongoing struggle in...

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Values at Work: Sustainable Investing and ESG Reporting

By Daniel C. Esty, Todd Cort Sustainable investing is a rapidly growing and evolving field. With investors expressing ever greater interest in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics and reporting, companies face a sustainability imperative and the need to remake their business models to respond to an array of pressing issues including climate change, air and water pollution, racial justice, workplace diversity, economic inequality, privacy, corporate integrity, and good governance. From equities to fixed income and from private equity to...

October 1, 2021
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