August 2021
26Aug

UK. ONS warns early retirement could negatively affect individual finances and wider economy

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has warned that the exit of workers aged between 50 and 65 from the workforce could negatively impact both individuals’ finances and the wider economy. The organisation’s Living longer: impact of working from home on older workers study estimated that if the employment rate of people in the age group matched that of those aged 35 to 49 years, it would add more than 5 per cent to UK gross domestic product (GDP), equating...

August 26, 2021
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26Aug

How to avoid green bubbles and diversify against climate crisis

Although green bubbles are emerging as a result of the sustainability boom, investors can find safer ways to tap into the climate transition theme. This is according to Nikesh Patel, head of investment strategy at Kempen, who agreed that bubbles are emerging when investors invest in the theme too narrowly, giving the farmland sector as an example. Read also ESG: Impact Investing ‘If you invest only in listed farmland equities, and that became your focus - you are creating a bubble, because...

August 26, 2021
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25Aug

México. Sugiere IMSS no pedir gestorías para tramitar pensiones por viudez

El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) otorga 11 mil pensiones por viudez al mes y, si los afiliados fallecidos cotizaron al organismo antes del 1 de julio de 1997, la pareja (hombre o mujer) debe saber que tiene derecho a elegir el régimen por el cual quiere recibir su pensión: la ley de 1973 o la de 1997. En la mayoría de los casos, lo que más conviene a los beneficiarios es el régimen de 1973, explicó Omar Cabello,...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

Colombia. Reportan que fondos privados de pensiones ganan $48 billones

Tras un 2020 atípico, las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) evidenciaron un crecimiento de la rentabilidad en la mayoría de sus portafolios, según lo confirmó la Superintendencia Financiera en su más reciente informe mensual de pensiones y cesantías. Cabe recalcar que estas entidades son consideradas uno de los inversionistas institucionales más relevantes de los mercados financieros. Y al ahorro de cada afiliado le asignan un portafolio acorde con su edad, tal como lo estipula la normatividad en Colombia desde...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

Perú. Comisión de Economía busca retomar proyectos sobre ONP y AFP que quedaron del Congreso anterior

La congresista Silvia Monteza, presidenta de la Comisión de Economía, señaló que con los integrantes de este grupo trabajarán todo lo competente a fiscalizar las políticas monetaria, económica y fiscal, además de revisar los proyectos que han quedado pendientes en la Comisión de Economía del anterior Parlamento sobre las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) y la Oficina de Normalización Previsional (ONP). “El próximo miércoles vamos a tener una reunión de instalación, donde aprobaremos el plan de trabajo con los...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

Sweden’s biggest pension manager cuts stocks on inflation concern

The specter of accelerating inflation is prompting the biggest pension manager in Sweden to cut its holdings of stocks and bonds. Read also Ireland. Pensions gap widens as pandemic deepens the divide Alecta, which manages $130 billion, is instead boosting exposure to alternative assets such as infrastructure projects and residential housing in an effort to preserve returns. Read also New Zealand. Super-sharers: How small contributions can push back against inequality "Longer term we may see rising inflation and that is one of the...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

There’s $35 Trillion Invested in Sustainability, but $25 Trillion of That Isn’t Doing Much

Sustainable investment assets grew to $35.3 trillion globally last year amid mounting concerns about societal inequities and climate change. That’s about $1 of every $3 managed globally seeking out a profit from environmental, social and governance concerns, according to Global Sustainable Investment Alliance’s report last month. It’s an impressive number. But the bulk of that money—some $25 trillion—is in a strategy called “ESG integration,” also known as “ESG consideration.” In theory, this means that managers are including ESG data in...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

How Blockchain Can Transform Retirement Planning

Retirement planning deals with massive amounts of data clusters across multiple processes. Keeping participants’ assets safe is one of the major responsibilities of plan providers to ensure customer trust. Read also Canada. Union Files Legal Challenge Over OMERS’ Early Retirement Policy Defined contribution (DC) plans such as the National Pension Scheme in India and 401(k) in the US have become mainstream, but there is no designated registry to track all the retirement plan accounts and their status on one platform. The...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

Ireland. Pensions gap widens as pandemic deepens the divide

Psychologists say we have very little appreciation or concept of ourselves in the future. In other words, our future selves are strangers to each of us. This lack of relationship with our older selves partly explains why we are so bad at planning for the longer term, such as saving towards retirement. According to research published in recent weeks by Standard Life, just under half of people of working age here have an occupational pension here. That's down from just over half at...

August 25, 2021
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25Aug

Why The Decline In Life Expectancy Shouldn’t Affect Your Retirement Plans

By Bob Carlson Average life expectancy in the U.S. declined by 1.5 years in 2020, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is believed to be the largest one-year decline in life expectancy since at least World War II. Life expectancy was 77.3 years in 2020, about the same level as in 2003. Life expectancy should be a major factor in retirement planning. I often recommend that one of the first steps in developing a...

August 25, 2021
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