September 2021
10Sep

Jamaica. John Robinson Is New Chairman Of The FSC

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service has announced that former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), John Robinson, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC). Mr. Robinson is a career economist and banker with experience in the financial sector spanning more than three decades, 36 of which were spent at the BOJ up to his retirement in 2020 as Deputy Governor. During his tenure, Mr. Robinson held critical roles at the...

September 10, 2021
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10Sep

Social Protection in Lebanon Bridging the Immediate Response With Long- Term Priorities

By Unicef, ILO, & Beyond Since the Beirut Port explosion in August 2020 the social protection debate has been focused on the immediate and short-term response. Building on ongoing efforts for the development of a national social protection strategy for Lebanon, it is important to align the emergency response with medium term priorities and a longer-term vision for the sector. This paper serves to complement the Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF)1. It draws on the findings of various assessments in...

September 10, 2021
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10Sep

2020 Annual Impact Investor Survey

By Dean Hand, Hannah Dithrich, Sophia Sunderji & Noshin Nova (GIIN Research Team) The 10th edition of the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) Annual Impact Investor Survey reflects insights from 294 respondents that collectively manage USD 404 billion of impact investing assets. Respondents shared their investment activity for the year ending 2019 and their plans for 2020, their reflections on developments over the past decade, and their views of future challenges facing the market. The report also includes longitudinal analysis...

September 10, 2021
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10Sep

The Surprising Ingredients of Swedish Success – Free Markets and Social Cohesion

By Nima Sanandaji Sweden did not become wealthy through social democracy, big government and a large welfare state. It developed economically by adopting free-market policies in the late 19th century and early 20th century. It also benefited from positive cultural norms, including a strong work ethic and high levels of trust. As late as 1950, Swedish tax revenues were still only around 21 per cent of GDP. The policy shift towards a big state and higher taxes occurred mainly during the...

September 10, 2021
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10Sep

The Government Debt Iceberg

By Jagadeesh Gokhale Europe and the United States will soon begin to encounter fiscal constraints the like of which we have never seen before. Federal debt as a percentage of GDP more than doubled between 2000 and 2012. According to the US Congressional Budget Office, total national debt is expected to remain close to 100 per cent of GDP during the next decade and begin to increase thereafter as the baby-boomers fully enter retirement. · Debt levels in European Union countries...

September 10, 2021
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10Sep

Horizon Effect on Optimal Retirement Decision

By Junkee Jeon, Minsuk Kwak & Kyunghyun Park We study an optimal consumption, investment, life insurance, and retirement decision of an economic agent who has an option to retire early any time before the mandatory retirement date. We conduct a thorough theoretical analysis for the optimal retirement problem with general utility function in the presence of mandatory retirement date, which leads to the optimal stopping problem in finite horizon. Furthermore, different marginal utility of consumption before and after retirement is...

September 10, 2021
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09Sep

El Gobierno boliviano promulga ley para el retiro de aportes de jubilación

El Gobierno de Bolivia promulgó este miércoles una ley que permite el retiro total o parcial de los aportes de la jubilación de los fondos de pensiones que se estima que beneficiará a más de un millón de bolivianos, a los que el presidente Luis Arce pidió que 'mediten' si les conviene sacar ese dinero o no. Arce promulgó la ley en un acto en la casa de Gobierno al que asistieron el ministro de Economía, Marcelo Montenegro, y Rosalin...

September 9, 2021
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09Sep

México. Ahorro para el retiro en la era digital: más fácil y solo depende de ti

En México, el ahorro voluntario para el retiro sigue siendo incipiente. No obstante, siempre es un buen momento para comenzar a planear tu retiro laboral y garantizar que contarás con los recursos necesarios para el futuro. De acuerdo con la Fundación de Estudios Financieros, el ahorro voluntario en el país durante 2020 solo representó el 2.4% del monto total que tienen las Afores, que administran más de 5.8 billones de pesos en recursos con un total de 66 millones de...

September 9, 2021
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09Sep

Impulsan creación de pensión a medallistas olímpicos de Puerto Rico desde la Cámara

La Comisión de Recreación y Deportes de la Cámara de Representantes aprobó la creación de la “ Ley de Pensión a Medallistas Olímpicos” entre un bloque de medidas que buscan beneficiar a los atletas que han ganado preseas para Puerto Rico en la máxima justa del deporte. “Esta Asamblea Legislativa considera meritorio otorgarles a nuestros medallistas olímpicos una pensión cuando estos no cuenten con los recursos económicos necesarios para su subsistencia. Además de ser una ley justa y razonable, que...

September 9, 2021
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09Sep

Private pension plans in Latin America and sustainable finance

The private pension plan (PPP) market in Latin America is the region’s largest institutional client segment, with more than USD 900 billion in assets under management (AUM) at the end of 2020. And with projections forecasting AUM to reach USD 1.4 trillion by 2023, the PPPs are a reference point for smaller investors. Along with sovereign wealth funds (SWF), Latin America’s PPPs control a significant share of assets relative to GDP and thus can be very influential in the...

September 9, 2021
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