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16MarMarch 16, 2023

Chile. Presidente Boric y reforma previsional: “Esperaría que las peleas y diferencias políticas no terminen en darle un portazo a la gente”

El gobierno ha conformado una mesa técnica para abordar la reforma previsional. Tras el rechazo del proyecto tributario, han continuado las conversaciones para avanzar en las pensiones. En medio de su visita a Tarapacá, el presidente Gabriel Boric, dijo que espera que avance la tramitación y llamó al Congreso a no darle un portazo a la ciudadanía. “La ley de pensiones ya fue ingresada hace un buen rato, está tramitándose en el Congreso. Espero que prime una altura de miras....

March 16, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasChile, Reforma de Pensiones

16MarMarch 16, 2023

UK abolishes tax threshold on pension allowance to encourage people to work longer

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday said he would abolish the tax thresholds high earners face when they invest in pensions, in a bid to encourage them to keep working and reduce the number of people taking early retirement. Hunt said in his annual budget that he would scrap the so-called lifetime allowance, which had meant that people faced a 25% levy if they saved around 1.1 million pounds ($1.33 million)in their pension pots. The capped amount of money that...

March 16, 2023

NewsRetirement Age, savings, Taxation, UK

16MarMarch 16, 2023

US. Ohio public employee pension funds lose more than $30 million in bank collapse

Ohio's public pension systems collectively lost tens of millions of dollars invested in Silicon Valley Bank of California and Signature Bank of New York, two of the largest banks to fail in U.S. history Ohio's State Teachers Retirement System took the biggest hit. Last week, it had SVB shares worth $27.2 million, which represents 0.03% of the fund's total portfolio. It did not own shares of Signature. Last week, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System held shares in SVB worth $3.2 million...

March 16, 2023

NewsInvestment, Pension Management, US

16MarMarch 16, 2023

Zimbabwe. NSSA expedites informal sector programme as it decries paltry 24% population coverage

The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has decried the fact that just a paltry 24% of the working population is entitled to the scheme’s coverage amid plans to expedite a pensions program for the informal sector. Millions of Zimbabweans are currently failing to qualify for pension subscriptions with NSSA because of rising informal companies which are easily evading subscription with the social authority. Speaking to media practitioners during the launch of the 2023 Insurance and Pensions Journalists Mentorship Program, NSSA acting...

March 16, 2023

NewsCoverage, Informal Sector, Zimbabwe

16MarMarch 16, 2023

Spain’s unions back government public pension reform

Spain's left-wing government won the backing of unions to reform the nation's public pension system on Wednesday, in stark contrast with neighboring France, where plans to raise the retirement age have led to waves of strikes and mass protests. The leaders of Spain’s two main labor unions, UGT and CC.OO., appeared alongside Minister of Social Security José Luis Escrivá in Madrid to christen the plan the union heads both deemed “historic.” CC.OO. secretary general Unai Sordo said that the reform would...

March 16, 2023

NewsPension Reform, Spain

16MarMarch 16, 2023

Czech president: will sign bill allowing slower rise in pensions

Czech President Petr Pavel said on Wednesday he would sign a bill slowing down an inflation-linked pension hike, a bill the ruling coalition pushed through to relieve pressure on budget at the time of soaring inflation. The centre-right government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala has said the bill would save around 20 billion crowns ($879 million) worth of spending in the central budget, currently planned with a 295 billion-crown deficit this year. The change has to be implemented by late March...

March 16, 2023

NewsCzech Republic, Public Pensions

15MarMarch 15, 2023

Brasil, México, Colombia, Chile y Argentina ante una eventual crisis por la quiebra del SVB

La quiebra del Silicon Valley de California, orientado a las empresas tecnológicas, y la consiguiente caída del Signatura Bank, con casa matriz en Nueva York, impactó en las acciones y títulos de los principales mercados bursátiles de América latina en forma distinta. Las cinco principales economías de la región, Brasil, México, Colombia, Chile y Argentina no reaccionaron en cadena ante las turbulencias financieras y las caídas de los valores bursátiles en distintos lugares del mundo. Sin embargo, hay temor en...

March 15, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAmérica Latina, Economía Política

15MarMarch 15, 2023

Colombia. Gustavo Petro les pide a los fondos privados de pensiones traer al país el ahorro de los trabajadores que tienen en el exterior en inversiones

Ante la crítica situación financiera que se vive en Estados Unidos, el presidente Gustavo Petro hizo un pedido urgente. “Les solicito a las administraciones de los fondos privados de pensiones, dado el derrumbe de mercados extranjeros, traer al país el ahorro pensional”. El primer mandatario explicó que “hoy el 55 % de la cartera de los fondos pensionales, es decir del stock del ahorro de los cotizantes, está fuera del país”. El presidente se refiere a los efectos que podría tener...

March 15, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasColombia, Inversión

15MarMarch 15, 2023

Perú. ¿Cuáles son las dos propuestas para reformar el sistema de pensiones?

La Asociación de AFP, que agrupa a cuatro Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones en el Perú, expresó a Canal N que se presentó una propuesta de reforma del sistema de pensiones que garantice una pensión mínima en beneficio de los afiliados. Asimismo, planean aumentar la competencia entre las administradoras de fondos e incentivos al aporte del Estado. “Este planteamiento, que premia el esfuerzo de ahorro, base fundamental para construir una pensión para la vejez, busca garantizar una pensión mínima mensual...

March 15, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasPerú, Reforma de Pensiones

15MarMarch 15, 2023

What the SVB Collapse Teaches Us About Retirement Planning

The startling and swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, along with crypto-friendly Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank, shocked industries and investors on a national and global scale. Even as the U.S. Treasury steps in to suppress economic turmoil, its unknown what lies ahead with the U.S. banking system or whether we’ll see additional bank failures in the short-term. In its aftermath, the bank runs and subsequent crashes, along with lingering talks of a recession, touch on the significance behind adequate...

March 15, 2023

NewsInvestment, Political economy, Retirement Planning

March 2023