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29MarMarch 29, 2023

French unions vow further protests on 10th general strike against Macron’s pension plans

French unions vowed to continue demonstrations next week amid another day of protests Tuesday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reforms — the 10th general strike this year. Clashes broke out between small groups of protesters and police, especially in Paris, where some people also ransacked a supermarket. But the number of protesters also decreased almost everywhere in the country compared to last week, according to estimates by both French authorities and unions. Around 730,000 people protested in total,...

March 29, 2023

NewsFrance, Pension Reform

29MarMarch 29, 2023

Why all policies, including pension reform, must consider climate change

“Retrait, climat, même combat,” shouted protesters during the demonstrations taking place across France this past weekend against President Emmanuel Macron’s planned, and much opposed, reform of his country’s pension regime. For these protestors, retirement and climate change are all part of the same problem, the same fight. “No retired people on a burnt planet,” they insisted. The impacts of a warming planet on the world of work are absent from the French government’s plans, yet extreme weather conditions, in particular...

March 29, 2023

NewsClimate crisis, ESG, Pension Reform

29MarMarch 29, 2023

US. Retirement Figures in DOL Budget’s SECURE 2.0 Implementation Plan

The Department of Labor (DOL) in its budget proposal for fiscal year 2024 seeks funding to implement SECURE 2.0, and that includes retirement-related priorities. The DOL seeks $4,672,000 to Implement SECURE 2.0. The DOL indicates that it has no choice but to do so. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, notes the DOL, included mandates for implementing SECURE 2.0, and that included “a wide range of retirement-focused issues.” However, they add, the Act “did not appropriate any additional resources for implementation.” SECURE...

March 29, 2023

NewsRegulation, savings, US

29MarMarch 29, 2023

Canada to Ask Pension Funds to Disclose Crypto Exposure

Canada's national government said federally regulated pension funds in the country will need to disclose their crypto assets exposure to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), as Ottawa tightens its regulatory oversight on the volatile industry. "To help protect Canadians’ retirements, Budget 2023 announces that the government will require federally regulated pension funds to disclose their crypto-asset exposures to OSFI," the government said in the new 2023 budget plan. The federal government will also work with provinces...

March 29, 2023

NewsCanada, Cryptocurrencies, Investment

28MarMarch 28, 2023

Reforma de pensiones incrementará recursos en Bolsa en México

Con la reforma al sistema de pensiones de México, los recursos en las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores) prácticamente se duplicarán y beneficiará al mercado de valores porque se anticipa mayor flujo e inversiones en acciones de empresas mexicanas, consideró Carlos Peyrelongue, analista de Investigación en Merrill Lynch México. El especialista, mencionó en entrevista, que con el aumento de las participaciones patronales, los recursos que administran las Afores representarán 32% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) hacia el 2030,...

March 28, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasInversión, Mexico

28MarMarch 28, 2023

Crisis en Francia y el debate de pensiones en Chile

La semana pasada tuvimos la noticia de que el presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, mediante un decreto aprobó su reforma previsional. La aprobación de esta medida que aumenta la edad mínima de jubilación desde los 62 a los 64 años, ha provocado una ola de protestas en el país europeo que ha dejado cerca de 300 detenidos. ¿Cuál es el propósito de esta medida? La medida busca reducir los déficits del sistema previsional francés, el cual se estima que para...

March 28, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasChile, Edad de retiro, Francia, Reforma de Pensiones

28MarMarch 28, 2023

Ecuador. Fondos de jubilación en el sector privado se vuelven más asequibles para despertar interés. Ahora captan a quienes tienen entre 30 y 35 años

La frágil situación que arrastra el Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) desde hace años y que amenaza la sostenibilidad financiera del sistema, según estudios actuariales, ha puesto a pensar a muchos afiliados en si alcanzarán a cobrar una pensión cuando llegue el momento de jubilarse. Actualmente existen 3′747.546 afiliados y 619.308 jubilados y pensionistas. Hay seis afiliados por cada pensionista. Antes la relación era distinta, había más afiliados por cada jubilado. Pero con el tiempo las jubilaciones han crecido...

March 28, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Ecuador

28MarMarch 28, 2023

UK. Government backs expansion of automatic enrolment

Automatic enrolment was introduced in 2012 with the aim of helping more people save for their retirement. Since then 10.8 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme and pension participation in the private sector has increased from 41% in 2012 to 86% in 2021, according to recent analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions ("DWP"). We celebrated ten years of automatic enrolment in our previous blog wherein we discussed the possibility of future reform...

March 28, 2023

NewsCoverage, Operations, Regulation, UK

28MarMarch 28, 2023

Ghana. Government rolls out pension scheme for cocoa farmers

Government, through Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has rolled out the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme (CFPS) to ensure a decent pension for cocoa farmers, improve their welfare, and also make farming attractive to the youth. This comes after the Cocoa Management Systems (CMS) recorded some momentous strides after piloting the scheme for three weeks in August 2021 in New Edubiase and some other districts in the Ashanti Region. Just as government and private sector workers contribute during their working life, it has...

March 28, 2023

NewsGhana, Informal Sector, Pension design

28MarMarch 28, 2023

China’s Cities Are Buried in Debt, but They Keep Shoveling It On

China has long pursued growth by public spending, even after the payoff has faded. Cities stuck with the bill are still spending — and cutting essential services. In 2015, when Shangqiu, a municipality in central China, laid out a plan for the next two decades, it positioned itself as a transportation hub with a sprawling network of railways, highways and river shipping routes. By the end of 2020, Shangqiu had built 114 miles of high-speed rail, and today several national railways...

March 28, 2023

NewsChina, Public Pensions

March 2023