June 2021
02Jun

CPPIB, Phoenix Mills to Develop Retail Center in India

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is developing a shopping center in the affluent Alipore, Kolkata, neighborhood in India, as part of a new joint venture with mall operator Phoenix Mills. India is an important destination for CPPIB, the pension fund said last week. The joint venture will fund the mall with about $77 million (C$93 million), which will be invested in tranches into Mindstone Mall Developers Private. After construction is completed in the latter part of 2024, CPPIB will...

June 2, 2021
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01Jun

Por qué China relajó su controvertida política de natalidad y permitió que las parejas puedan tener 3 hijos

Las parejas chinas podrán tener tres hijos si así lo desean. Así lo anunció China este lunes, un importante giro en su política de natalidad impulsado por el rápido envejecimiento de su población y el desafío social y económico que esto conlleva. La noticia, que relaja la política de dos hijos a tres, se produce poco después de que se publicaran los datos del censo, que mostraron una fuerte caída en las tasas de natalidad. Y es que el abandono de la política...

June 1, 2021
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01Jun

Afore XXI Banorte crea programa de igualdad de género

Gabriela Luna, subdirectora de administración de activos e inversiones de Afore XXI Banorte, explicó que esta nueva política interna laboral podría ayudar a que las restantes nueve administradoras de fondos analicen su estado actual y migren en sus políticas internas ya que es una realidad que el movimiento global está llevando a que la sociedad sea cada vez más inclusiva. Afore XXI Banorte ha creado el Programa Institucional de Equidad y Género que servirá para la transformación de las prácticas laborales en...

June 1, 2021
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01Jun

Germany plans pension taxation reform after election

Germany's Finance Ministry said on Monday it plans to reform the taxation of pensions after September's federal election, responding to the federal fiscal court's demand for an overhaul to avoid the double taxation of future retirement savings. "This is a proposed solution that we can imagine," State Secretary Rolf Boesinger said in Munich. He spoke after the court dismissed one couple's double taxation complaint but said future pensioners were at risk of having to pay taxes twice under existing transitional regulations. The...

June 1, 2021
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01Jun

Bulgaria Is Ageing Fast, 31 Percent of Population Will be over 65 in 2070

The Bulgarian population is ageing and this will cause major problems in the payment of pensions in the coming years. The share of people over the age of 65 relative to the total population will increase from about 21% in 2019 to 31% in 2070. This is written in the Country's Convergence Programme, which was recently sent to the European Commission, informs Trud daily. The Bulgarian pension system faces serious demographic challenges, the document says. Forecasts from the European statistical...

June 1, 2021
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Ghana. NPRA advises commercial drivers to join third tier pensions

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has called on commercial drivers to register and benefit from the third tier pension scheme for a secured future. Mr Samuel Baffour Awuah, Corporate Affairs Officer of the NPRA who made the call said the third tier pension provided decent retirement packages for beneficiaries. Speaking at separate sensitization exercises held for taxi and commercial drivers in Sunyani, Mr Awuah explained retirement was inevitable and a reality of life, which could not be escaped whether in...

June 1, 2021
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May 2021
31May

México. Preocupa a inversionistas el efecto de la inflación en sus ahorros

Aunque todavía México está inmerso en la crisis de Covid- 19, algunos indicadores ya apuntan a una recuperación económica, que ha ido de la mano de mayor inflación, un fenómeno que inquieta a países, empresas, trabajadores e inversionistas de todo tamaño. Leer también La complejidad de la crisis por Covid-19 y la fragilidad del mercado de trabajo mexicano. Las brechas entre hombres y mujeres en la ocupación, la desocupación y la disponibilidad para trabajar Ignacio Saralegui, estratega sénior de Inversiones para...

May 31, 2021
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31May

China introduces three-child policy to alleviate problem of ageing population

China's government has announced it is scrapping a policy limiting couples to two children and will now allow them to have three. The change was approved during a Politburo meeting chaired by President Xi Jinping, according to official news agency Xinhua. The government said the problem of an ageing populace was deepening and the change would help to improve the structure of China's population and maintain its advantage in human resources. The policy change will come with "supportive measures, which will be...

May 31, 2021
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31May

German court rejects complaints against double taxation of pensions

Germany's federal fiscal court on Monday rejected as unfounded a retired couple's objection to their retirement benefits being double taxed. The court case resulted from a 2005 change in the law that made pensions liable to tax. Until then, pensions had been essentially tax-exempt as the contributions were made from taxed salaries. Under the 2005 law, pension contribution payments gradually became essentially tax free while the taxable share of pension income was increased in a process set to conclude by 2040. The...

May 31, 2021
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31May

Net-zero future confronts oil-rich nations

Ali Allawi, Iraq’s Finance Minister, found himself in a quandary last year as the spread of coronavirus cut demand for oil and prices tumbled. Allawi’s treasury, which receives more than 90 per cent of its revenues from crude sales and spends 45 per cent of its total budget on salaries and pensions, suddenly didn’t have enough money to pay millions of public employees and retirees. OPEC’s second-largest producer borrowed billions of dollars, mostly from local banks, to bridge the shortfall. But...

May 31, 2021
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