February 2021
15Feb

UK. Govt urged to conclude net pay review in Spring Budget

The government should support the retirement incomes of lower paid workers by concluding the net pay review in this year’s budget, according to Now Pensions. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring 2020 Budget, released on 11 March last year, had stated that the government would “shortly publish a call for evidence on pensions tax relief administration” following the inclusion of plans for a comprehensive review of issues caused by the anomaly in the Conservative Party’s 2019 election manifesto. However, this review was paused...

February 15, 2021
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Ireland. Pensions timebomb waiting to go off unless we take action now

As we battle our way through the Covid-19 pandemic the Government has had to deal with an extraordinary crisis with no advance warning or time for preparation. However, there is another major issue that has been gathering pace for some time and which also affects everyone in this country – and that is the “pension crisis”. In this case the Government has had time to plan, be prepared and act and that time is now. Luckily, much of the work...

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15Feb

U.S. Signals Policy Shift on California State Retirement-Savings Program

Signaling a shift in retirement policy, the U.S. Labor Department has dropped its support for a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a California state retirement-savings program for people who lack access to 401(k) plans at work. In a notice filed in a federal appeals court on Feb. 5, the agency said because of the change in administration, it “no longer wishes to participate” in the case and “does not support either side.” The reversal “isn’t surprising,” said John Scott, director of...

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15Feb

How your retirement investments can help protect the environment

As a climate-conscious consumer, you might already be cutting down on your water use, buying from eco-friendly companies for your everyday needs, and making the switch away from single-use plastic. But have you thought about how your money is impacting the environment when it's not in use? Take your retirement account. If you're lucky enough to have retirement investment options, you most likely consider it a "set it and forget it" kind of decision. But there's good reason to go...

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15Feb

Ageing can be cured—and, in part, it soon will be

ld age is a massacre,” wrote Philip Roth, long before the pandemic underscored its hazards. Even those who count as young must often watch the ineluctable drift of loved ones into decrepitude. Andrew Steele has a hopeful message for all those facing this prospect (ie, everyone). Old age needn’t be a massacre; in fact, old age needn’t even be old. Mr Steele’s thesis in “Ageless” is that ageing can be cured—and, at least in part, that it very soon will...

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12Feb

Presidente de la Asociación de AFP de Colombia: “En Chile tienen una situación muy polarizada, que ha ideologizado mucho el debate público”

El economista Santiago Montenegro comenta que en Colombia también surgió la idea de retirar fondos durante la pandemia, pero no prosperó, e incluso se opusieron los sindicatos. Cree que en Chile fue distinto porque este tipo de discusiones están muy politizadas. “Lo que yo diría es: sigan las recomendaciones de la última Comisión Bravo, o hagan otra Comisión, pero no tomen decisiones apresuradas”. Ese es el consejo que da el presidente de la Asociación Colombiana de AFP y Cesantías (Asofondos,...

February 12, 2021
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12Feb

México. La pandemia hace que se disparen quejas por expediente electrónico

Las quejas de usuarios de las Afores relacionadas con la integración de su expediente electrónico, requisito para trámites como la pensión o retiro por desempleo, se incrementaron más de 500 por ciento anual en 2020, según datos del acuerdo con los registros de la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (Condusef). El expediente electrónico es un archivo digital que contiene todos los documentos de los aforados, con datos personales, fotografía y biométricos como...

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12Feb

Chile. AFP: 2020 se corona como el año con la mayor cantidad de traspasos desde el debut de los multifondos

Salvo ciertas restricciones para quienes están por jubilarse, actualmente Chile es el único país de Latinoamérica donde no existe prohibición de realizar traspasos voluntarios entre multifondos. En los últimos años, la fuerza que han ido ganando estos cambios, llegó a tal punto que en 2020 se registraron 10.936.987 traspasos totales, siendo la mayor cantidad desde que se crearon los multifondos en 2002. De acuerdo con el análisis de la consultora Ciedess, dicha cantidad representó un aumento 334,8% al comparar con la situación observada en 2019. Esto significó...

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12Feb

Major UK pensions bill becomes law

The UK’s Pension Schemes Bill became law today upon receiving Royal Assent, with the government describing the event as confirming “the biggest shake-up of UK pensions for decades”. Introduced in the House of Lords in January 2020, the bill completed its passage through parliament last month after the government gave reassurances in relation to proposed funding rules. Read also UK roundup: £1trn of DB pension risk to be insured by 2031, says Hymans Guy Opperman, minister for pensions, said the Royal Asset...

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Danish pension giant ATP makes first investment in social bonds

Denmark’s ATP, one of the first pension funds globally to buy green bonds, has made its first investments in so-called social bonds as part of its sustainable portfolio, it said on Thursday. Social bonds, which are debt issued for socially beneficial projects such as eradicating child labour or strengthening workers’ rights, have caught the eye of investors during the COVID-19 pandemic, when ethical investments have surged. “In 2020, we decided to take it one step further and expand our universe to...

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