The day you retire, a weight on your shoulders seems to remove itself as you no longer need to work to survive. The years of punching a clock, worrying about losing a job and making uncomfortable small talk with that guy from accounting are over. But, among the bliss that is your 20-year vacation, there is a list of risks that retired individuals face more now than when they were working. Economic risks These may feel obvious to some....
Por FIAP En su último informe “Allianz Global Pension Report 2020: The Silver Swan”, Allianz encuentra que al analizar 70 sistemas de pensiones en términos de sostenibilidad y adecuación, solo unos pocos ya han logrado que su sistema de pensiones sea resiliente a los cambios demográficos, sobre todo Suecia, Bélgica y Dinamarca. El informe toma el pulso a los sistemas de pensiones de todo el mundo con el indicador de pensiones “Allianz Pension Index” (API). El índice sigue una lógica...
Por Rodrigo Martínez, Amalia Palma, Adriana Velásquez La cuarta revolución tecnológica está en curso desde hace un tiempo. Más allá de Internet y el uso generalizado de las tecnologías de información, se avanza en nuevas tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial, la impresión en tres dimensiones, la robótica y la automatización de vehículos, entre otras, que modifican actividades y procesos. Los cambios en los sistemas de producción, consumo, gestión y gobernanza tendrán efectos en la salud, la educación, la vivienda...
Por Pablo Moreno, Andres Berg, Matias Petersen De un tiempo a esta parte, la confianza ciudadana en los sistemas de pensiones ha ido mermando en todo el mundo. La lista de problemas es amplia: bajas tasas de reemplazo, rendimiento moderado de los ahorros invertidos, escaza transparencia y fiscalización de las administradoras de fondos, envejecimiento de la población y cobertura insuficiente para ciertos grupos sociales. La percepción de muchos es que los sistemas de seguridad social no funcionan correctamente (OECD,...
Por: Alicia Bárcena, Carissa F. Etienne Este informe conjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) se publica en un momento en el que varios países de América Latina se han convertido en el epicentro de la pandemia de COVID-19. La región es en particular vulnerable por sus altos niveles de informalidad laboral, urbanización, pobreza y desigualdad, así como por sus sistemas frágiles de salud y protección social,...
A 39-basis-point drop in the monthly discount rate to a record-low 2.26% canceled out strong asset gains and lowered the funded ratio for the US’s 100 largest corporate pension plans to 81.1% at the end of July from 83.5% a month earlier. Read also US. Public Funds Lead Institutional Investment Rebound According to consulting firm Milliman’s Pension Funding Index (PFI), the funded status of the plans worsened by $68 billion during July, while the deficit jumped to $388 billion as...
Axa Mansard, the Nigerian branch of French insurer Axa, is on the verge of finalizing the sell-off of its pension fund administrator. The company sold the 60% stake (representing nearly 2.1 billion shares) it holds in Axa Mansard Pension Ltd to Eustacia Limited, a member of investment group Verod. “This transaction marks a new step in AXA ́s broader strategy to focus on and grow our Life, Property & Casualty (P&C) and Health businesses across all its territories. The...
The defined benefit (DB) pension transfer market has caused a lot of problems for the advice industry, with rising professional indemnity insurance premiums and pension scheme scandals. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out a range of measures in June 2020 designed to address weaknesses, in a bid to transform the space. This included steps to reduce conflicts of interest by banning contingent charging, as well as help for advisers “who want to do the right thing and provide...
Changes approved by the Brazilian Social Security National Council (Conselho Nacional de Previdencia Social, CNPS) to the pensioner deductible loan regulation in response to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic are expected to be Credit Neutral for Fitch's rated portfolio of pension deductible loan (PDL) securitizations, says Fitch Ratings. Proposed changes, which seek to increase availability of credit in the economy, consider (i) increasing the maximum credit limit to 1.6x (from 1.4x) of the obligor's monthly income for...
Debt-ridden Thai Airways International (THAI) will have to pay more than 1,600 employees pensions worth 5.4 billion baht over the next 13 years, according to a source at the airline. The revelation came as THAI puts together a debt rehabilitation plan -- which necessitates aggressive cuts to employee salaries and other expenses -- to be submitted to the Central Bankruptcy Court on Aug 17. It has also appointed six members of its board of directors to execute the plan....
