July 2020
07Jul

Greece. Main and auxiliary pensions to be paid together

Starting next month, Greek pensioner will be receiving their main and auxiliary pensions at the same time, Labor and Social Security Minister Yiannis Vroutsis told Skai TV on Saturday, adding that more changes to improve the pensions and the social security system are in the pipeline. Besides the simultaneous payment of pensions as of August, Vroutsis said that pensioners with at least 30 years of service will also see an increase to their main pension from September. He added...

July 7, 2020
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07Jul

Canada. Department of Finance Announces Additional Relief Measures Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Department of Finance announced the release of proposed amendments to the Income Tax Regulations (Canada) that would assist registered pension plan (RPP) administrators and sponsors to manage and maintain their benefit obligations through the COVID-19 pandemic. The temporary relief measures that apply to RPPs are as follows: Extend the deadline to retroactively credit pensionable service: Pursuant to subsection 8308(4) of the Regulations, a member of a defined benefit provision of a pension plan may be permitted the option...

July 7, 2020
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07Jul

The coronavirus crisis is pushing 13 UK universities towards insolvency, study says

Social distancing measures, travel restrictions and lockdowns have tested the ability of universities to survive without students. The institutions at higher risk of collapse are those with a large share of international students and those with significant pension obligations, the IFS said. Thirteen universities, or colleges, in the U.K. are at risk of going bankrupt as the coronavirus pandemic hits their finances and challenges the entire sector, a study by Institute for Fiscal Studies warned Monday. Social distancing...

July 7, 2020
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06Jul

México. El desempleo motivó el retiro de $7,000 millones de las Afores en el primer semestre

Para el primer semestre del año, la pérdida de empleos en México, derivado de la crisis por la pandemia Covid-19, provocó el retiro de aproximadamente 7,000 millones de pesos de las Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro (Afore), de acuerdo con la Amafore. En diálogo con LPO, Bernardo González, director de La Asociación Mexicana de Afores (Amafore), explicó que para mediados de junio se registraron alrededor de 750 mil solicitudes de retiro por desempleo. En cálculo del gobierno, se...

July 6, 2020
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06Jul

Colombia. Las AFP vendieron más de $30.105 millones en acciones durante junio

Luego de ocho meses seguidos liderando las compras netas de acciones en la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC), las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones presentaron ventas netas durante junio, mientras que los inversionistas extranjeros modificaron su comportamiento al registrar compras netas. Mientras que las AFPs acumularon ventas por $30.105 millones, los inversionistas extranjeros compraron $1.626 millones en acciones durante el sexto mes del año, según detalló un informe de Casa de Bolsa. Sin embargo, los principales vendedores netos...

July 6, 2020
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06Jul

Nigeria. Edo govt spends N25bn on pension, clears arrears with N4.3bn

The Edo State Government has expended over N4.3 billion in clearing the backlog of outstanding pension arrears owed about 3,128 pensioners in the state. The state government also spent N25, 047,472,632.77 in the monthly pension payment of 13,081 pensioners from November 2016 to May 2020. According to a Mid-Year Report by the Edo State Pension Bureau as at 30th June, 2020,“the government spent a total of N771,714,393.01 between November and December 2016 for the payment of pensions;...

July 6, 2020
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06Jul

Choosing Retirement Investments Based On Age Alone Is Faulty

I was talking with a young couple the other week regarding their retirement investment selection in their 401(k) plan. They both had selected choices based upon their retirement age. They will hit that age in 2050. If you aren’t retiring for 30 years, that might seem like a good choice. But what does that year really mean when it comes to investing for retirement? This type of investment approach is typically referred to as a target-date strategy. I gave...

July 6, 2020
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03Jul

Annual Report on Financing Old Age Care in China (2017)

By Keyong Dong, Yudong Yao This book provides comprehensive analysis and descriptions of China's ageing finance system . China is undergoing the largest, fastest and longest process of population ageing in the world. It becomes a pressing challenge to the Chinese social security system in this era. Many developed countries have been going through this process. Pension and other financial tools have been studied and practiced for decades. China now is developing its own ageing finance systems by...

July 3, 2020
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03Jul

Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement

By David A Wise, Courtney C Coile, Kevin Milligan Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force when they reach the age of eligibility for benefits. Disability insurance programs can also play a significant role in the departure of older workers from the labor force, with many individuals in some countries relying on disability insurance until they are able...

July 3, 2020
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03Jul

Protecting South Asia’s poor and vulnerable against COVID-19

By Lynne Sherburne Benz, Stefano Paternostro, Zaineb Majoka When India went into lockdown in late March as a result of COVID-19, one of the country’s biggest priorities was to ensure access to food. As millions risked starvation, the government mobilized its existing Public Distribution System (PDS) to give away food rations to over 800 million people, thus averting a catastrophic food crisis. As the coronavirus spreads exponentially across South Asia, food insecurity is just one of the many challenges...

July 3, 2020
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