December 2025
09Dec

Germany. Merz hopes to avoid German coalition crisis with vow to overhaul pensions

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday his coalition has agreed to carry out a comprehensive pension reform next year, a move aimed at easing concerns over an interim pensions bill that had threatened to destabilise his government. The youth wing of Merz's conservatives had said they would not back the new bill, which aims to maintain current pension levels in relation to incomes while incentivizing people to work longer, as it would leave younger Germans to bear the costs. Their...

December 9, 2025
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09Dec

UK. The Pensions Regulator probes barriers to investment in private markets

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has launched an initiative to better understand the barriers people face when it comes to investing in private markets. Through the voluntary Mansion House Accord, 17 workplace pension providers have signalled their intent to invest more in private markets by 2030, including in the UK. The announcement in October of the Sterling 20 partnership between 20 of the UK’s largest pension funds and insurers has continued to build on that momentum. TPR published private markets guidance last year...

December 9, 2025
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03Dec

Panorama Social de América Latina y el Caribe, 2025: cómo salir de la trampa de alta desigualdad, baja movilidad social y débil cohesión social

Por CEPAL El Panorama Social de América Latina y el Caribe 2025 analiza la trampa de alta desigualdad, baja movilidad social y débil cohesión social que perpetúa la crisis de desarrollo en la región. La desigualdad es un fenómeno histórico, estructural y multidimensional que requiere una medición adecuada para diseñar políticas integrales que aborden sus múltiples causas. Superar la desigualdad implica enfrentar de forma integral las desigualdades causadas por las debilidades de los sistemas educativos y fortalecer el papel de...

December 3, 2025
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November 2025
27Nov

Germany’s pension reform becomes a generational conflict

As in France, pensions have become a source of political instability in Germany. For several weeks, the future of the system has poisoned the atmosphere within the government led by conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in office since May 6. Returning from his international trips focused on Ukraine, Merz has had to confront internal rebellion, described as the coalition's most serious crisis yet. The young elected members of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), gathered in the Junge Union organization, have challenged...

November 27, 2025
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September 2025
26Sep

FIAP advierte consecuencias por octavo retiro de AFP en Perú: 80% de los cotizantes se quedarán sin fondos

La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la entidad, Karol Fernández, consideró que "en lugar de continuar dinamitando el ahorro previsional, el Perú necesita fortalecerlo". La Federación Internacional de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (FIAP) advirtió que la aprobación de un octavo retiro desde las carteras previsionales en Perú tendrán "consecuencias preocupantes" para los afiliados. "Con los ocho retiros aprobados entre 2019 y 2025, los fondos ahorrados con tanto esfuerzo por los cotizantes peruanos se reducen desde US$ 52.254 millones a un monto en...

September 26, 2025
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26Sep

Colombia. Fondos privados de pensión ponen plazo para eventual nuevo sistema de jubilaciones

Los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia aseguraron que hay que aprobar más tiempo para la implementación de la reforma Pendiente de que la Corte Constitucional defina el futuro de la reforma al sistema de jubilaciones, los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia siguen pidiéndole al alto tribunal, así como al mismo Gobierno, claridades sobre los cambios que se vienen. Mientras tanto, los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia llaman la atención en que las condiciones sobre las que se aprobó...

September 26, 2025
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26Sep

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...

September 26, 2025
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26Sep

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%,...

September 26, 2025
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26Sep

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...

September 26, 2025
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24Sep

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...

September 24, 2025
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