July 2021
23Jul

Alternative Risk Transfer: Integrated Risk Management through Insurance, Reinsurance, and the Capital Markets

By Erik Banks A practical approach to ART-an alternative method by which companies take on various types of risk This comprehensive book shows readers what ART is, how it can be used to mitigate risk, and how certain instruments/structures associated with ART should be implemented. Through numerous examples and case studies, readers will learn what actually works and what doesn't when using this technique. Erik Banks (CT) joined XL Capital's weather/energy risk management subsidiary, Element Re, as a Partner and Chief Risk...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

Towards Improved Retirement Savings Outcomes for Women

By OECD Labour market inequalities are well-known to be the main drivers of the gender pension gap. This publication focuses on helping governments find solutions for retirement savings arrangements that do not further exacerbate these inequalities. This study first analyses why the gender pension gap exists and sheds light on some of the behavioural and cultural factors that contribute to these inequalities. Country case studies assess how demographics, labour markets and other factors may affect gaps in pension coverage, assets...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

Chile. Ley corta en pensiones: plan del gobierno apunta a empezar a pagar nuevos beneficios en septiembre

Múltiples reuniones son las que han sostenido los ministros de Hacienda, Rodrigo Cerda, y de Trabajo, Patricio Melero, con diputados y senadores de oposición y del oficialismo por la ley corta de pensiones que prepara el Ejecutivo, en vez de la reforma previsional actualmente en el Congreso, para aumentar el Pilar Solidario desde un 60% a un 80% de la población. En tales instancias, desde el gobierno han mostrado a los parlamentarios una presentación donde, entre otras cosas, se enseña...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

México. Así será la jubilación de la primera generación de Afore

Debido a la reforma de pensiones aprobada en 2020 y de acuerdo con datos de la CONSAR, ya han enviado solicitud de jubilación más de un centenar de trabajadores bajo el sistema de Afores, sin embargo las pensiones que reciban podrían no ser suficientes De acuerdo con datos de la CONSAR (Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro), ya han enviado solicitud de jubilación más de un centenar de trabajadores bajo el sistema de Afores, por lo que...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

Importance of ‘social’ pillar in ESG increases for pension funds despite dearth of index strategies, survey finds

The ‘S’ pillar of environmental, social and governance (ESG) is becoming increasingly important for pension funds, however, a dearth of core-social related indices remain, according to a survey conducted by CREATE Research in partnership with DWS. The survey, which interviewed 142 pension plans, found 66% expect to increase their allocations to ‘S’ pillar passive funds over the next three years despite just 14% currently using core social-related indices. In the subsequent report, titled Passive Investing 2021: Rise of the social pillar...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

UK. Can CDCs solve the pension funding problem?

Defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes have been in decline for years and in most professions younger employees are offered defined-contribution (DC) schemes, which lack many of the former's benefits. But a new option aims to deliver the best of both types of pensions. This week, the government has issued a consultation on draft legislation for Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) Schemes, spurred on by Royal Mail (RMG) which had been lobbying for new legislation to accommodate CDCs since 2018. CDC pensions work by...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

US. Illinois pensions among worst-funded in nation, report confirms

A new report confirms Illinois is among the worst in the country when it comes to funding its public pensions. The report was distributed by the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy nonprofit. It indicates the state is only 39% funded for future pension obligations, the second-worst ratio in the country. “Illinois has had this problem for decades,” said Katherine Loughead, senior policy analyst with the Tax Foundation. “It's not getting any better. It is the major driver of Illinois’ chronic...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

Joint Retirement of Couples: Evidence from Discontinuities in Denmark

By Esteban García-Miralles & Jonathan M. Leganza We study how social security influences the retirement behavior of couples. First, we exploit over two decades of full-population data and a discontinuity design to document sizable retirement spillovers to spouses when individuals reach pension eligibility age. Next, we explore underlying mechanisms. We find age differences within couples to be a fundamental determinant of joint retirement, which is driven by older spouses working longer. Accounting for these age differences reveals a strong gender...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

The Fintech Gender Gap

By Sharon Chen, Sebastian Doerr, Jon Frost, Leonardo Gambacorta & Hyun Song Shin Fintech promises to spur financial inclusion and close the gender gap in access to financial services. Using novel survey data for 28 countries, this paper finds a large 'fintech gender gap': while 29% of men use fintech products and services, only 21% of women do. The gap is present in almost every country in our sample. Country characteristics and several individual-level controls explain about a third of...

July 23, 2021
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23Jul

Pensions and Timing of Retirement: The Case of the Public Service Pension Scheme in Uganda

By Kibs Boaz Muhanguzi Unsustainable defined-benefit public pension scheme, rising life expectancy, and high level of unemployment endanger the socioeconomic and political stability of Uganda’s economy. This research approaches the problem from labor supply point of view by: (i) analyzing the effect of the public service pension scheme on timing of retirement; (ii) investigating the required early retirement incentives that would increase employment in the public service; and (iii) determining the predictors of postretirement employment in the public service in...

July 23, 2021
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