September 2025

UK. Industry urges policy shift to revive DB and accelerate CDC

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has called for a policy reboot to keep existing defined benefit (DB) schemes open and to fast-track collective defined contribution (CDC) schemes, as the relaunched Pensions Commission turns its attention to pensions adequacy. In a new paper, Past Lessons, Future Gains, SPP argued that the current adequacy crisis cannot be fixed by contribution reviews alone and urged the commission to examine the type of scheme people save into, warning that the long shift from...

US. Fewer people counting on a ‘miracle’ to retire comfortably

Americans are feeling more optimistic about their chances of a secure retirement — a lot more. A new study from Natixis Investment Managers shows the number of U.S. investors who believe it will “take a miracle” to achieve retirement security dropped to 21% in 2025, a major change from 39% in 2023 This big swing in attitude is largely attributed to the excellent performance of the stock market lately. The S&P 500 has delivered two back-to-back years of returns over 20%,...

Extended lifespans create retirement crisis fears among Hongkongers

Hongkongers live longer than almost anyone else on earth. The latest census confirms that women can now expect to reach an extraordinary 88.4 years, while men live on average 82.8 years. These are statistics that health officials applaud, a testament to medical advances, hygiene, social discipline and decades of investment in public healthcare. Yet this same triumph of longevity has delivered an uncomfortable paradox i.e. for many it feels less like a blessing, more like a curse. A new...

México. Urge Ley de Inversión Mixta, coinciden especialistas

México requiere una Ley de Inversión Mixta para avanzar en la inversión en infraestructura sin sobrecostos, para que las se mantenga competitividad en las empresas, con desarrollo social, coincidieron especialistas en foro de la Cámara de Diputados. En el foro de Análisis de la Iniciativa de la Ley de Inversiones Mixtas organizado por TMSourcing se apuntó que México requiere 20 billones de pesos para desarrollar las carreteras, energía, puertos y aeropuertos en la siguiente década, apuntó el...

¿Por qué Colpensiones pedirá el traslado de 45.000 afiliados en fondos privados?

Colpensiones asegura que son miles los trabajadores que, por obligación, deberían estar en Colpensiones. De acuerdo con Dussán, estos trabajadores, por ser de alto riesgo, deberían estar en el sistema que administra el fondo público. Según el funcionario, la decisión se toma teniendo en cuenta que hay normativa vigente que algunos oficios, que comprometen más la vida de los cotizantes, deben llevar a que estos estén en Colpensiones. Dijo Dussán que es una norma que no se venía aplicando en...

Cada país tiene su momento propicio para hacer una reforma fiscal o pensionaria: CISS

Cada país tiene su momento propicio para realizar una reforma fiscal, pensionaria o de seguridad social, y corresponderá al gobierno de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum determinar cuándo convocar a la sociedad sobre una reforma de este tipo, dijo Pedro Kumamoto, secretario general de la Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social (CISS). “Estamos seguros que no puede ser una determinación del Poder Ejecutivo, sino que tiene que ser una construcción de consensos sociales porque quiero insistir en ello, lo que hemos visto...

Por qué los trabajadores europeos necesitan cambiar de empleo

El mercado laboral del continente no está preparado para una era de cambios disruptivos Todos coinciden en que Europa se está quedando atrás de Estados Unidos y China, y en que hay que hacer algo. El problema reside en decidir qué hacer. Hace aproximadamente un año, Mario Draghi, el veterano estadista de la UE, presentó una agenda audaz, instando a los responsables políticos a ampliar el mercado único reduciendo las barreras al comercio interior y unificando los mercados de capitales....

US. House Oversight probes whether American retirees’ pension funds are being weaponized: ‘Progressive playbook’

The House Oversight Committee is setting its sights on insurance companies that may have discriminated against entities with right-wing views. The committee is also looking into whether retirees' pension accounts were being used to invest in progressive policies they may not necessarily agree with, Fox News Digital has learned. "The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating improper restrictions on access to capital and capital markets of individuals and entities based on political viewpoints or involvement in certain industries (such...

UK. Invisible workers face pension crisis

New research from PensionBee, a leader in the consumer retirement market, reveals a deepening divide in the UK’s pension system, with millions of self-employed, gig economy and lower-income workers being denied the same chance of a secure retirement as those in traditional employment. Of the most striking results of the survey of 1,000 UK adults working in the gig economy, was that only 16% of those earning under £15,000 report paying regularly into a personal pension, whilst less than...

Leveraging pension funds as an alternative source for climate funding in Ghana

Ghana can unlock a transformative source of climate finance by strategically channelling part of its growing pension fund assets into climate-aligned investments. With pension assets reaching GH¢86.23 billion as of 2024, the country has significant untapped potential to bridge climate financing gaps. Directed deployment of this capital into renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and resilient infrastructure, enabled under existing NPRA and SEC guidelines, offers a scalable pathway to accelerate progress toward national climate commitments, deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...