September 2021
06Sep

Bolivia. Gobierno calcula que la devolución de aportes a las AFP puede ser a fin de mes o en octubre

De acuerdo con la viceministra de Pensiones y Servicios Financieros, Ivette Espinoza, la devolución parcial o total de los aportes a las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensionas (AFP) se podrá concretar a fines de septiembre o inicios de octubre. Sobre los tiempos establecidos, Espinoza sostuvo que se está en los plazos acordados y que para reducirlos ya están trabajando en la reglamentación de la nueva ley aprobada en Senadores. La autoridad recordó que una vez que el presidente del país, Luis...

September 6, 2021
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06Sep

Biggest funds increase 11.5% to hit $21.7 trillion in 2020

Assets of the world's 300 largest retirement funds increased 11.5% to $21.72 trillion in 2020, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic that ravaged stock markets and economies in the first half of the year, according to the latest annual survey by Pensions & Investments and Willis Towers Watson PLC's Thinking Ahead Institute. Read also Sweden. AP2 continues sustainability journey with stellar returns and costs The top funds' assets also grew at a faster rate than a year earlier, when they...

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06Sep

India. Atal Pension Yojana dominates social security scheme with 66% NPS subscriber base

Atal Pension Yojana has emerged as the most popular social security scheme under the National Pension System with over 2.8 crore subscribers, mainly from the non-metro centres. Out of 4.2 crore National Pension System (NPS) subscribers, over 66 per cent or 2.8 crore opted for the APY at the end of 2020-21, says the annual report of the National Pension Systems Trust (NPS Trust). The State Government Scheme ranks second with 11 per cent share, while the central autonomous bodies (CAB)...

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06Sep

Nigerian pension fund asset rises to N12.8 trillion as RSA contributors hits 9.4 million

Nigeria’s total pension asset value rose by N123.47 billion in July 2021 to close at N12.78 trillion compared to N12.66 trillion recorded in the previous month. This is contained in the pension funds industry report for the review month as released by the National Pension Commission. According to the report, the net asset value of Nigeria’s pensions fund recorded a 0.98% increase in the month of July 2021, while 22,349 RSA registrations were recorded in the same month increasing total...

September 6, 2021
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06Sep

South Korea. State pensions face mounting calls for reform

Calls are expected to grow for the reform of four state-run pension funds, as nearly 60 trillion won ($51 billion) will be allocated for public spending next year, up 6.2 percent from this year's 55.8 trillion won. The year-on-year increase will require a greater amount of taxpayers' money to slow the hemorrhaging of the funds, as a rapidly aging society and overall decrease in labor productivity cause government welfare expenditures to snowball. Mandatory spending by law cannot be curbed unless a...

September 6, 2021
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03Sep

Social Investment: A New Zealand Policy Experiment , Jonathan Boston and Derek Gill (eds) (2018)

By Alessandra De Marco The notion of prioritising ‘productive’ social investments over ‘consumptive’ social spending has long been advocated but only sporadically applied. Since 2011, however, New Zealand governments have implemented an ambitious, multi-agency social investment agenda that promises to overhaul public social spending through analyses of citizen-derived data. This commentary focuses on the development and features of the social investment agenda. In doing so, it discusses the apparent primacy of fiscal outcomes over social outcomes, and the practices and...

September 3, 2021
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03Sep

World Social Protection Report 2020–22

By ILO Despite progress in recent years in extending social protection in many parts of the world, when the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit many countries were still facing significant challenges in making the human right to social security a reality for all. This report provides a global overview of progress made around the world over the past decade in extending social protection and building rights-based social protection systems, including floors, and covers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In...

September 3, 2021
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03Sep

México. DiDi, Consar y BID firman acuerdo para fomentar ahorro para el retiro

DiDi Food, la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) firmaron un acuerdo para implementar un programa piloto en México que sirva para fomentar el ahorro voluntario para el retiro, principalmente entre trabajadores que no están registrados ante el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, y que por lo tanto no cuenta con la aportación de sus patrones. En concreto, anunciaron en conferencia remota que con el programa se fomentará el...

September 3, 2021
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03Sep

Chile. Juzgado ordena a AFP pagar con fondos propios cotizaciones adeudadas por empleador a dos trabajadores

El Juzgado de Letras de Paillaco le ordenó a la AFP Planvital SA pagar con fondos propios las cotizaciones adeudadas por el empleador a dos trabajadores, tras establecer el actuar negligente de la administradora al no perseguir el cobro de la deuda a través de las vías legales. En el fallo, la magistrada Lucía Massri Ergas le dio un plazo de 10 días a la AFP para informar la forma en que dio cumplimiento a lo ordenado, dando cuenta del...

September 3, 2021
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03Sep

U.S. corporate pension funding rises in August – 2 reports

Funding ratios for U.S. corporate pension plans increased in August, according to reports from Legal & General Investment Management America and Wilshire. LGIMA found in its monthly pension solutions monitor that the funding ratio of a typical corporate pension plan increased by 1.6 percentage points to 90.8% in August primarily due to strong performance from global equities. LGIMA estimated U.S. Treasury rates rose 3 basis points while credit spreads widened by 2 basis points, resulting in the average discount rate rising...

September 3, 2021
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