October 2020

07Oct

Government unlikely to target South Africa’s retirement funds

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) says that government is unlikely to force retirement funds to invest in specific projects through prescribed assets. Leon Campher, chief executive of ASISA, said that in recent months the various National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) partners, namely government, labour, business and community, tabled their economic recovery plans and not a single one mentioned the prescription of assets as a possible solution. “It needs to be noted that not...

October 7, 2020
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07Oct

US. Half the population struggles with retirement

Way back in 1992, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article warned that “[w]ith savings rates down, the future of Social Security in question and traditional plans going the way of the eight-track tape, experts say there’s a retirement crisis looming in America.” Read also US. Can designing DC plans with deferred income annuity options help fill the pension gap? A non-stop drumbeat of articles featuring similar warnings have continued down to the present day, although “retirement crisis” remains opaque as a...

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07Oct

UK. New pensions dashboards will save British workers billions

Today in Britain, we know that our population over the age of 65 is growing. By 2024, 24 per cent will be over 65. In my own constituency of Grantham and Stamford, 30 per cent of the population today is over the age of 65. Britain may be getting older, but our pensions system needs to be modernised. The government’s Pension Scheme Bill aims to do exactly that. The bill does three things. Firstly it gives The Pensions Regulator...

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06Oct

Panorama de las fintech Principales desafíos y oportunidades para el Uruguay

Por Martín Lavalleja Las empresas que proveen productos y servicios financieros innovadores, mediante la utilización de tecnología han tenido un crecimiento exponencial en el mercado financiero mundial en los últimos años. Estas empresas reducen los costos y simplifican los procedimientos, mejorando la eficiencia de los servicios financieros, lo que favorece la inclusión financiera y el acceso al crédito para las pequeñas y medianas empresas. América Latina no se ha quedado al margen de esta evolución, produciéndose un marcado crecimiento...

October 6, 2020
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06Oct

Tendencias recientes en la edad de acceso a la jubilación

Por María Moraga y Roberto Ramos En este artículo se analizan las tendencias recientes en la edad media de jubilación a la luz de la reforma de 2011 y de las distintas modalidades de acceso a la jubilación. El análisis arroja los siguientes resultados. En primer lugar, la edad efectiva de jubilación ha tendido a aumentar en los últimos años como resultado del incremento neto de la edad de jubilación dentro de cada modalidad de jubilación, que ha más...

October 6, 2020
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06Oct

Ahorro previsional voluntario en Chile: evidencia y propuestas para su masificación

Por Nicole Winkler Sotomayor, Pablo Correa González, Francisca Lira Domínguez & Rodrigo Cruz Doggenweiler Las bajas pensiones es un tema de preocupación global y Chile no es la excepción. La experiencia internacional muestra que una forma de mejorar la tasa de reemplazo es mediante el ahorro voluntario (APV), muchas veces con enrolamiento automático y descuelgue voluntario. En este trabajo, por una parte, se hace una descripción del sistema de pensiones chileno y la evolución del APV en los últimos...

October 6, 2020
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06Oct

Análisis del mercado laboral para la población de 55 años y más y sus implicancias para el ahorro previsional

Por Instituto de Sociología de chile El Consejo Consultivo Previsional y la Comisión de Usuarios del Sistema de Pensiones, a través de la Subsecretaría de Previsión Social del Gobierno de Chile, han encargado al Instituto de Sociología y Centro de Geriatría y Gerontología UC la realización de este estudio con la finalidad de contar con un diagnóstico detallado de la situación del mercado laboral para la población de 55 años y más, de sus implicancias para el ahorro previsional y con...

October 6, 2020
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06Oct

UK. State pension age hits 66 and set to rise further

The age at which most people start to receive the state pension has now officially hit 66 after steady rises in the qualifying age in recent years. Men and women born between 6 October, 1954, and 5 April, 1960, will start receiving their pension on their 66th birthday. For those born after that, there will be a phased increase in state pension age to 67, and eventually 68. It comes as the chancellor vowed the "triple lock" pledge is...

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06Oct

Is Canada Pension Plan really committed to fight climate crisis?

Last month, Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), wrote that climate change is the crisis beyond COVID-19 that we can’t afford to ignore, stating that “the full effects will depend on the actions we take now and in the future.” Read also Canada. The Minister of Finance tables Bill 68 to allow the establishment of target benefit pension plans We strongly agree. So why, then, is CPP pouring billions of our retirement savings into oil, gas and...

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06Oct

Nigeria. Workers withdraw N2.56 billion in 25% early pension withdrawal

This is in line with the provisions of the Pension Reforms Act 2014, which allows pension fund contributors to withdraw 25% of their contributions if they lose their jobs and have not found any in 4 months. Read also Government unlikely to target South Africa’s retirement funds This was confirmed by the Pension Commission in its second quarter report published on its website. According to the data, about 4,688 Retirement Savings Account (RSA) holders were disengaged from work but unable...

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