September 2025
24Sep

Australia. Analysis reveals benefit of lifetime income products

nvestment-linked lifetime income products can enhance retirement outcomes and sustainable regular income for Australian retirees, according to new research from Accurium. The findings of the research are significant, given that a central issue in retirement planning is longevity risk, or the fear of outliving savings, and demonstrate how investment-linked lifetime income products can help by providing income guaranteed for life that can grow with investment performance. It also found that these products improved access to the age pension, with modelling showing...

September 24, 2025
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23Sep

México. Pensiones de oro vs. pensiones de la clase trabajadora: cuando la (enorme) brecha pega en la cartera

El sistema de pensiones en México se caracteriza por su marcada desigualdad, la cual se refleja en la heterogénea capacidad de compra de los hogares en el país y otras características sociales, como deficiencias en salud. Desde sus orígenes, no se estableció un sistema nacional o un modelo único a seguir en materia de seguridad social, lo que cultivó un elevado nivel de fragmentación de éste, dice el Centro de Estudios de las Finanzas Públicas (CEFP). Se estima que en México...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

Chile. Reforma bajo la lupa: mitos y verdades sobre los cambios al sistema de pensiones en Chile

A partir de la promulgación de la Ley 21.735, en marzo de 2025, que estableció un nuevo Sistema Previsional, se introdujo una serie de cambios, entre ellos, un Seguro Social en el pilar contributivo, además, nuevos beneficios y regulaciones. Desde el efecto de la reforma, han surgido distintos comentarios, críticas, e incluso mitos con respecto a los reales beneficios que conlleva. Por ello, a continuación indicaremos los principales mitos y sus reales modificaciones. Verdad o mito: ¿La PGU aumentará para todos...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

México. Afores superan inversiones tradicionales y fintechs en rendimiento

Las Sociedades de Inversión en Fondos para el Retiro destacan por ofrecer mayores rendimientos y beneficios para los trabajadores en México. Las Afore en México continúan consolidándose como las opciones de inversión más rentables para los trabajadores, superando a instrumentos tradicionales como los Cetes y bonos del gobierno, así como a las fintech que operan bajo la figura de Sofipos. Datos recientes muestran que las Sociedades de Inversión Especializada en Fondos para el Retiro lograron rendimientos anuales de aproximadamente 13.9...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

Sistema de pensiones de Perú perdería más de US$ 30.000 millones tras el octavo retiro

Desde 2019, los fondos de las AFP han caído desde los US$ 52.200 millones y podrían quedar en unos US$ 22.000 millones con el nuevo trámite. “Nuestro gobierno ha tomado la posición de opinar favorablemente sobre esta medida”, dijo la Presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, en un evento público el domingo 14 de septiembre, sobre el octavo retiro de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP). Y tan solo tres días después, el Congreso dio luz verde al dictamen que...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

US. Pension Risk Transfer drops in first half

For the second consecutive quarter, activity in the pension risk transfer (PRT) market declined, resulting in sales of $11.5 billion through 2Q, a 56% decrease year-over-year, according to LIMRA’s U.S. Group Annuity Risk Transfer Survey. While the industry is off to a slower start compared to the last few years, which was widely anticipated by most industry insiders, Nationwide’s head of PRT, Paula Cole expects marketplace activity to pick up in the second half of the year. Despite this...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

Nigeria. Micro pension surges nine-fold as tech drives adoption

The Micro Pension Plan (MPP), otherwise known as the Personal Pension Plan (PPP), has grown nine-fold in four years, driven by technology and increased awareness. The plan grew from N168.63 million in 2021 to N1.46 billion in 2025, according to data from the National Pension Commission (PenCom), reflecting that Nigerians are taking steps to secure their future. This trend has also been seen in the voluntary contributions segment under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), where participation grew steadily from...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

UK. PensionBee Urges Pensions Commission to Deliver Bold Reforms to Secure Better Retirements for Millions of UK Savers

Millions risk being condemned to retirement poverty unless the UK’s pensions system is overhauled, PensionBee has warned, as it calls on the Pensions Commission to deliver bold reforms to tackle deep-rooted structural inequalities. In a letter to the Commission, the leading online pension provider highlights how women, unpaid carers, the self-employed and lower-paid workers are being locked out of the progress achieved through Auto-Enrolment, while many others are being held back by a pensions market that is too complex and...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

US. These Trump policies put your retirement at risk. Here’s how to plan for the worst.

Essential strategies to protect your retirement amid increasing uncertainty As the old saying goes: Plan for the worst and hope for the best. If ever you need an incentive to plan for the worst, consider reading about the ways in which the Trump administration's policies may be worsening Americans' retirement prospects and increasing uncertainty in the latest paper - "Projecting New Policy Proposals' Effects on Americans' Retirement Prospects" - written by Lauren Valastro, an assistant professor of law at Texas Tech...

September 23, 2025
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23Sep

How fiduciary duty is shaping pension fund attitudes towards climate risk

From an individual perspective, pensions are promises. Promises of dignity in old age, of rewards deferred, of stability earned over time. From a systemic perspective, however, pensions are systems engineers. Standing at the junction of what is and what will be – set the money aside now to live a good life in the future – pensions effectively enable economic systems to perpetuate themselves. Through investments, they silently design our future or, more often than not, prolong our past decisions. In...

September 23, 2025
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