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10AprApril 10, 2023

Colombia. Álvaro Uribe, de frente contra la reforma pensional de Petro: “Habrá más dinero en el presente, pero más deuda futura”

Tal parece que el gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro no se salvará del que se creía sería su mayor opositor: el expresidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez, quien ha criticado, sino todas, la mayoría de iniciativas que desde el Ejecutivo vienen promoviendo para el país. Los últimos cuestionamientos fueron dirigidos a la reforma pensional. Esta nueva andanada contra otro de los proyectos que radicó la ministra de Trabajo, Gloria Inés Ramírez, se suma a los dardos que Uribe ha enviado contra otras...

April 10, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasColombia, Refoema de Pensiones

10AprApril 10, 2023

Perú. La larga agonía de las AFP

En el Congreso está por discutirse un nuevo retiro de los fondos de las AFP y estas lo resisten alegando que con ello se atenta contra las pensiones del futuro. El presidente del BCR, Julio Velarde, ha llamado “locura” a dicha iniciativa. ¿Que los aportantes a las AFP puedan disponer de parte de su ahorro previsional aún arriesgando su futura pensión, es una mala idea? Depende. Así como es verdad que la pensión de mañana depende del ahorro de hoy,...

April 10, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Perú

10AprApril 10, 2023

US. The healthcare system is unprepared for an aging population

A conservative estimate of 30,000 geriatricians will be needed to care for older adults by 2030, currently there is only about a quarter of that. The U.S. healthcare system must address the shortage of geriatricians -- and fast. The U.S. population is growing and aging, with an estimated 42% increase in those aged 65 and older between 2019 and 2034. The shortage of primary care providers in the U.S. means 17,800 to 48,000 fewer doctors will be available than needed within...

April 10, 2023

NewsHealthcare Aging, US

10AprApril 10, 2023

Nigeria. PenCom Warns Retirees Against Fraudulent Pension Group

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says the activities of a group named Association of Pension Desk Practitioners of Nigeria (ASSOPEP) which claim to assist with pension and retirement benefits are fraudulent and illegal. Warning the public against doing business with the association, PenCom asked Nigerians to take cautious steps in seeking guidance on retirement benefits. “The general public is kindly requested to note that the claims by ASSOPEP are entirely false as the association has no affiliation with the pension industry...

April 10, 2023

NewsNigeria, Regulation

10AprApril 10, 2023

India. Punjab Govt. Approved The Advance Payment Of Salaries And Pensions To Employees

On 07-04-2023, the Government of Punjab Finance Department issued a Notification concerning the Disbursement of Pay and Allowance in Advance for April 2023 Punjab. Due to Eid-ul-Fitr 2023, Punjab pensioners will also receive an advance pension for the month of April 2023. The Punjab Government will pay the April 2023 salary on April 17, 2023. Pay and Allowance Disbursement in Advance for Punjab Employees April 2023 Punjab The Governor of Punjab is pleased to approve the advance payment of pay and allowances...

April 10, 2023

NewsIndia, Pension Payout

10AprApril 10, 2023

UK. £1 million in savings are needed for a comfortable early retirement, experts say”

Savers hoping to retire early with a “comfortable” income will need a pension worth £1m – and to save more than £11,000 a year throughout their career to build up the pot. Early retirement is currently in vogue, with 565,000 workers having left the workforce since the start of the pandemic, according to the House of Lords. While the reasons behind the exodus are unknown, the primary driver is thought to be early retirement among those aged between 50 and...

April 10, 2023

NewsPension design, UK

05AprApril 5, 2023

Priorities for social security Trends, challenges and solutions

By Raúl Ruggia-Frick The International Social Security Association (ISSA) draws its value, strength and dynamism from its global membership, which consists of national institutions that administer the main social security programmes in their countries. This gives the Association a unique and privileged vantage point from which to identify and analyse priority administration and policy challenges in social security, and the many innovative responses and creative solutions to these. The ISSA was looking to the future when it set the priorities of...

April 5, 2023

Books, Books, System Sustainability2021, Africa, Health, Social Security

05AprApril 5, 2023

How America Saves 2022

By Vanguard Over the past decade, retirement plan sponsors have increasingly turned to automatic solutions to influence employee retirement saving behavior. As a result, plan participation rates have increased, automatic enrollment designs have become stronger, and participant portfolio construction has continued to improve with more age-appropriate asset mixes and less extreme equity allocations. During 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact many parts of the economy. While it pushed to recover, the economy faced prominent headwinds that stoked several forms of...

April 5, 2023

Books, Books, Savings2022, Retirement Planning, savings, US, Withdrawals

05AprApril 5, 2023

Pension Reforms and Couples’ Labour Supply Decisions

By Hamed Markazi Moghadam, Patrick A. Puhani & Joanna Tyrowicz To determine how wives' and husbands' retirement options affect their spouses' (and their own) labour supply decisions, we exploit (early) retirement cutoffs by way of a regression discontinuity design. Several German pension reforms since the early 1990s have gradually raised women's retirement age from 60 to 65, but also increased ages for several early retirement pathways affecting both sexes. We use German Socio-Economic Panel data for a sample of couples...

April 5, 2023

Articles, Labor Market2023, Germany, Pension Reform, Retirement Age, Retirement Planning

05AprApril 5, 2023

Mandatory Pension Contributions: Effects on Household Consumption and Savings

By Linda Sandris Larsen, Ulf Nielsson, Mara Nutu & Jesper Rangvid Using rich register data from Denmark, we study whether people save enough to maintain their pre-retirement level of consumption during retirement. We find that 77% of retirees do. This high fraction is driven by mandatory labour market contributions. The 23% of individuals who do not save enough to maintain their pre-retirement level of consumption are less likely to have mandatory pension schemes and do not compensate for the lack...

April 5, 2023

Articles, Savings2023, Pension design, savings