November 2020

11Nov

U.K. deficits worsen in October as COVID-19 resurgence bites

The total deficit of U.K. defined benefit funds covered by the Pension Protection Fund's 7800 index increased 1.3% in October, to £168.2 billion ($217.7 billion). The deficit was £166.1 billion at the end of September. Deficits also worsened for the year ended Oct. 31, from £74.3 billion, said an update Tuesday by the London-based PPF. The PPF is the lifeboat fund for the defined benefit plans of insolvent U.K. companies. The funding ratio of the corporate pension plans worsened...

November 11, 2020
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11Nov

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund Returns 3.05% in Q2

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) posted an investment return of 3.05% gross of fees during the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 to raise the asset value of the world’s largest pension fund to 167.536 trillion yen, or $1.62 trillion. The fund is now $440 billion larger than the world’s second largest pension fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which currently has an asset value of roughly $1.18 trillion. To put that in perspective, the gap between...

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South Africa. The scary facts about the gender pension gap

Echoing concerns raised by the World Economic Forum earlier this year, 10X Investments’ new South African Retirement Reality Report adds more data showing this worrying trend of women falling further behind men. 10X’s third annual Retirement Reality Report (RRR20) shows that the retirement savings gap between the genders has grown in the last year, not only because the gender pay gap has widened, but because many women continue to reject the best option they have for narrowing the gap,...

November 11, 2020
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10Nov

United Kingdom (UK) Post – Retirement Pensions Market 2020

By Research and Markets This report explores trends in the way individuals fund their lifestyle in retirement. It examines pension decumulation and provides details on the way pension plans are accessed for the first time, exploring differences by pension pot size. Current and historical data on the size of common retirement income products is provided. The report also discusses to what extent individuals are confident that their lifetime investments will last through retirement. In addition, it explores consumers’ attitudes and...

November 10, 2020
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10Nov

Nueva Constitución y Sistema de Pensiones Chile

por Ignacio Muñoz Castillo Este libro aborda dos ejes centrales de la actual discusión social chilena, desarrolla un análisis general de la Constitución con el objetivo de identificar y exponer los temas esenciales, que a juicio del autor, son necesarios reformar con urgencia, propone estrategias disruptivas basadas sobre los principios de igualdad de oportunidades básicas, educación y justicia. Analiza el sistema de pensiones en detalle, con una redacción didáctica, que le permite al lector entender la génesis del...

November 10, 2020
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10Nov

Portarse mal

por Richard H. Thaler Este economista ha demostrado que las decisiones no necesariamente obedecen a criterios racionales, sino que entran en juego variables psicológicas que las desvían de un racional comportamiento del Homo economicus.La economía tradicional parte de factores racionales. Pero desde el comienzo de sus investigaciones, Thaler se dio cuenta de que estos principios no tienen nada que ver con la gente de verdad. Ya sea que compremos una radio, los boletos de un partido o solicitemos...

November 10, 2020
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10Nov

Medición del grado de competencia en el mercado de Afores: la aplicación del enfoque no paramétrico de la NOIE – enfoque no paramétrico de la NOIE

Por Óscar Iván Almendárez Carreón Julio César Arteaga García Este trabajo estudia la competencia entre las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro de México. Para tal efecto, se utiliza la metodología del enfoque no paramétrico de la Nueva Organización Industrial Empírica propuesto por Panzar y Rosse (1987) para estimar el grado de competencia entre estas empresas. Se utiliza información financiera anual disponible en la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro para el...

November 10, 2020
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10Nov

El rol de la tecnología y la economía del comportamiento para incrementar el ahorro previsional: experiencias recientes en Chile, Colombia, México y Perú

Por FIAP En promedio solo poco más de cuatro de cada diez trabajadores de América Latina y El Caribe cotizan a algún sistema previsional, de modo que unos 130 millones de personas están trabajando sin ahorrar para una pensión. Ante este panorama, se requiere de buscar soluciones innovadoras. La creciente penetración y uso de nuevas tecnologías en la población junto con el desarrollo de la economía del comportamiento (disciplina que estudia los factores psicológicos que están detrás de que...

November 10, 2020
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UK. Pension professionals call for TPR to focus on covenant sustainability amid Covid-19

The majority (67 per cent) of pension professions believe that The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should adjust its 'tougher' approach to focus on the sustainable growth of scheme sponsors amid the economic impact of Covid-19, according to a survey from Herbert Smith Freehills. The poll, undertaken during a recent webinar, revealed that just 21 per cent thought that the regulator’s existing 'clearer, quicker, tougher' approach, initially adopted in light of recent high-profile corporate failures, should be maintained in the current...

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Ghana. SSNIT saves ¢200m after value for money audit, renegotiation of legacy investment-related costs

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has saved some ¢200 million on legacy investment-related costs. This was achieved through value for money audit and renegotiations of such costs. According to the Director-General, Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang the measure taken was relevant for the sustainability of the trust. “The cost-saving measures implemented by the leadership of the Trust have helped to improve the financial health and long-term sustainability of the Trust”, he said in a speech delivered at the...

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