May 2021
03May

Japan. GPIF looks to study private equity replication

Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund may be mulling changes to an alternatives investment program that's been cautiously deliberate until now. On April 20, the ¥177.7 trillion ($1.63 trillion) Tokyo-based giant made two separate announcements speaking to potential changes: the first was a callout for information from managers of domestic real estate, a sign GPIF could be moving beyond the fund-of-funds platforms it's focused on in recent years to directly hire general partners; the second was a paper exploring ways to...

May 3, 2021
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April 2021
29Apr

Colombia. Pensionados que reciban más de $7 millones pagarán con reforma tributaria

Los problemas de cobertura del sistema pensional no son nuevos. En Colombia, hay muy pocos adultos mayores que reciben una mesada y los montos son muy desiguales. Según varios análisis, el Gobierno destina cerca de 30% de todo el recaudo tributario para el pago de estas pensiones, en especial, las que reciben las personas de ingresos más altos y este es uno los puntos que quiere cambiar la próxima tributaria. La idea es cambiar la realidad del sistema, en el...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

Is Bitcoin Prudent? Is Art Diversified?: Offering Alternative Investments to 401(k) Participants

By Edward A. Zelinsky Whether any category of alternative investments ought to be considered for the menus offered to 401(k) participants is a fact-intensive question. Central to this inquiry are ERISA’s legal tests of prudence, diversification and loyalty. These tests require such fact-driven inquiries as the acceptability of a particular category of investments to investors in general and to professional defined benefit trustees in particular and the trustee’s motivation for embracing such investments. Another important concern when making this inquiry...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

Rethinking Retirement Savings

By Jason Fernandes, Janelle Orsi In this Commentary, we demonstrate that the rules governing retirement savings have been funneling tens of trillions of dollars into a narrow class of return-maximizing investments, including industries that have been driving inequality and widespread ecological destruction. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), along with its state law analogs, directs trustees to seek the highest risk-adjusted return on plan assets, regardless of the consequences to workers, their communities, and the planet. American...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

What Explains Low Old-Age Income? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

By Olivia S. Mitchell, Robert L. Clark, Annamaria Lusardi We examine respondents in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to observe how their financial situations unfolded as they aged. We focus on low income older adults and follow them over time to identify the factors associated with having low income at baseline and thereafter. We find that (a) real income remained relatively stable as individuals approach and enter retirement, and progress through their retirement years, and (b) labor force participation...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

Perú. AFP: Comisión del Congreso evaluará insistencia de ley que permitiría nuevo retiro de fondos

La Comisión de Economía del Congreso debatirá este jueves la insistencia del proyecto de ley que permitiría nuevos retiros de los fondos de pensiones de las AFP. La iniciativa fue observada por el Poder Ejecutivo esta semana, por lo que primero se deberán revisar las observaciones a la autógrafa antes de pasar la insistencia al Pleno del Congreso. Leer también Perú. Keiko Fujimori dice que duplicará el beneficio de Pensión 65 Según el congresista de Podemos Perú, Aron Espinoza, por el momento...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

República Dominicana . Adafp invita a familiares de afiliados fallecidos a iniciar trámites en AFP

La Asociación Dominicana Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (Adafp) invita a visitar su página web para verificar si en el listado de afiliados fallecidos hay un familiar, caso en el que sugiere acudir a las oficinas de servicios de las AFP e iniciar los trámites para que reciban la protección que les corresponda, pues los derechos de los sobrevivientes y herederos están totalmente garantizados. El gremio publicó en su web, un listado de afiliados a las AFP que han fallecido,...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

UK. FCA mulls online test for high risk investments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed to force people to take an online test before they can invest in high risk assets, as part of a round up of ideas on curbing risks in the market. In a discussion paper out this morning (April 29) the regulator said it was keen to prevent consumers from accessing high-risk investments that they do not understand. The FCA is concerned that despite its existing marketing restrictions, too many consumers are still investing in...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

US. Wall Street Bets Bigger on ESG as Sustainability Takes Hold

The greed-is-good ’80s power brokers are long gone, replaced by a generation of investors that at least present themselves as kinder, gentler and more environmentally and socially conscious. Read also NY State Pension Commits to $400 Million in Sustainable Investments But the almighty dollar — maybe a little less than omnipotent now — is still the tool of the trade on Wall Street and the big money players are using their influence to steer companies to a better future with a...

April 29, 2021
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29Apr

Biggest Pension Fund in Denmark Takes a Hit on Its Bond Exposure

Denmark’s biggest pension fund, ATP, lost almost $200 million on its investment portfolio after its exposure to bond markets backfired. “ATP’s current investment strategy is relatively heavily exposed to interest rates, and this makes it sensitive to the rising interest rates that we saw in the first quarter,” Chief Executive Officer Bo Foged said in a statement. The fund, which oversees about $150 billion in assets, is trying to get parliamentary approval to shift into riskier corners of the market after the government...

April 29, 2021
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