March 2023
21Mar

US. Some Public Pension Funds Are Pulling Back on Private Equity

Some U.S. public pension and investment funds are pulling back on private equity after a decade of state and local retirement systems aggressively pursuing the expensive, risky and hard-to-trade asset class. Maryland’s $65 billion retirement system is investing less new money in private equity. At Alaska’s $77 billion state fund, the investment chief wants to cancel a planned ramp-up. And the $615 million pension fund of Mendocino County, Calif., last month opted against introducing private equity to its investment mix. “We...

March 21, 2023
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17Mar

Pension Tax Limits

By Gov.UK Individual members of registered pension schemes who make annual pension contributions over the standard annual allowance (AA), money purchase annual allowance (MPAA), or tapered annual allowance (tapered AA), and who therefore expect to become subject to an AA charge. Individual members of registered pension schemes who already have or expect to have pension savings exceeding either the standard lifetime allowance (LTA) or their protected LTA, and who therefore expect to become subject to an LTA charge. Scheme administrators of registered pension schemes who will need to...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Challenges and Opportunities

By P. Brett Hammond, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Challenges and Opportunities responds to rising global interest in environmental, social, governance (ESG), and impact investing to generate positive impact while generating financial return. Contributors explore the pros and cons of pension ESG investments and discuss case studies from the US and around the world. The findings will interest researchers, management/advisory firms, financial advisors, asset owners, and policymakers Read book here

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Longevity, Health and Housing Risks Management in Retirement

By Pierre-Carl Michaud & Pascal St-Amour Annuities, long-term care insurance and reverse mortgages remain unpopular to manage longevity, medical and housing price risks after retirement. We analyze low demand using a life-cycle model structurally estimated with a unique stated-preference survey experiment of Canadian households. Low risk aversion, substitution between housing and consumption and low marginal utility when in poor health explain most of the reduced demand. Bequests motives are found to be a luxury good and play a limited role....

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

The Importance of Goals-based (and Values-based) Liability Indices: Applied to Impact and Green Investing

By Arun Muralidhar, Roland van den Brink, Patrick Groenendijk & Ronald van der Wouden Investors are creating portfolios that align with their specific goals and values. We posit that goals and values should be translated into Goals-based Liability Indices (“GLIdes”). GLIdes can be used to achieve goals, benchmark the asset portfolio, and improve governance.They allow Boards to measure progress to their overall (or multiple) goal(s) and also the relative risks of their investment policies and implementation. We first introduce the...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

The Health-Consumption Effects of Increasing Retirement Age Late in the Game

By Eve Caroli, Catherine Pollak & Muriel Roger Using the differentiated increase in retirement age across cohorts introduced by the 2010 French pension reform, we estimate the health-consumption effects of a 4-month increase in retirement age. We focus on individuals who were close to retirement age but not retired yet by the time the reform was passed. Using administrative data on individual sick-leave claims and non-hospital health-care expenses, we show that the probability of having at least one sickness absence...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Gobierno colombiano presenta “ambiciosa” reforma laboral con justicia social

Bogotá, 16 mar (EFE).- El Gobierno colombiano presentó este jueves su proyecto de reforma laboral, definido como "ambicioso" para mejorar las condiciones e ingresos de los trabajadores "en un mundo que nos exige justicia social". Al acto, que comenzó con tres horas de retraso, lo encabezó la ministra de Trabajo, Gloria Inés Ramírez, acompañada por la vicepresidenta Francia Márquez, el ministro del Interior, Alfonso Prada, y otros funcionarios, mientras que el presidente Gustavo Petro llegó para el cierre. "Podemos decir que...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Macron impone reforma de las pensiones sin el voto de los diputados

El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, adoptó su reforma de las pensiones sin el voto de los diputados, arriesgando la caída de su primera ministra en moción de censura y recrudecimiento de las protestas en las calles. "No podemos hacer apuestas sobre el futuro de nuestras pensiones", dijo la primer ministra Élisabeth Borne quien, ante el temor de no lograr los votos legislativos necesarios para la reforma, activó el artículo 49.3 de la Constitución en una caótica sesión de la Asamblea...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Reportan Afore minusvalías por 121 mil mdp en febrero

Las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afore) registraron en febrero pasado minusvalías para los trabajadores por 121 mil 117.2 millones de pesos, de acuerdo con información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Lo anterior se da luego de que en enero pasado las 10 administradoras que operan en el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR) obtuvieron plusvalías por el orden de 151 mil 318 millones de pesos. De esta forma, en los dos...

March 17, 2023
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17Mar

Swiss parliament backs pension overhaul but critics seek referendum

Parliament has approved an overhaul of the occupational pension scheme - a key element of Switzerland's social security system. However, voters are likely to have the final say on the issue as political parties on the left, possibly backed by the main farmer's organisation, have announced they will challenge the reform via a referendum. The legal amendment approved by parliament is intended to secure the level of the occupational pension, strengthen financing and improve the protection of part-time employees, notably women. At...

March 17, 2023
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