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18JunJune 18, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: Africa is outperfoming the rest of the world

Obscured by the myriad stories of coronavirus global devastation are three headlines from the continent with no shortage of epidemics, man-made and natural disasters. That would be Africa. Of its 54 countries, six are among the top 10 fastest-growing economies in the world this year. The continent is the favorite bazaar for appreciating equity after Eastern Europe and has one of the stock market's best-performing industries: communications. Africa finds itself with fewer Covid-19 cases than other heavily...

June 18, 2020

News, SliderAfrica, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Political economy

18JunJune 18, 2020

US. Trump SEC Chairman Urges 401ks To Gamble Away Coronavirus Losses

By Edward Siedle Trump SEC Chairman Jay Clayton urges 401k plan sponsors and investors to gamble on private equity funds as a means of recovering coronavirus losses. Since when is it the job of the Chairman of the world’s premier securities regulator to encourage reckless risk-taking by American workers already reeling from pandemic losses? Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor opened the door for plan sponsors to add private equity funds to their 401(k) plans. The Trump administration claims...

June 18, 2020

News, OP Ed, Slider2020, Investment, US

18JunJune 18, 2020

Nationwide anger as Iraq announces pension cuts

Iraq is facing its worst economic crisis since 2003, worsened by the global drop in oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic. Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s government has proposed austerity measures, including capping the amount and number of state salaries and pensions people can receive. Many people rely on pensions and reparations from the government. Al Jazeera's Simona Foltyn reports from Baghdad, Iraq. Read more @Aljazeera

June 18, 2020

News, Slider2020, Asia, Irak, Public Policy

17JunJune 17, 2020

México. Consar firma acuerdo con BID para incentivar ahorro para el retiro

La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) estableció un acuerdo con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y la red Yastás para incentivar el ahorro voluntario para el retiro entre los mexicanos. En un comunicado, la Consar explicó que en el marco del proyecto denominado “Laboratorio de ahorro para el retiro”, llevará a cabo junto al BID diversas investigaciones enfocadas en estudiar mecanismos óptimos que impulsen a los trabajadores mexicanos a realizar aportaciones voluntarias para su...

June 17, 2020

Noticias2020, Ahorro, América Latina, Mexico, Regulación

17JunJune 17, 2020

Colombia. Así han retirado los trabajadores sus cesantías durante la pandemia

Un informe elaborado por Asofondos reveló que los trabajadores afiliados a fondos privados de pensiones y cesantías (Colfondos, Porvenir, Protección y Skandia), han logrado retirar $1,3 billones de su ahorro en cesantías, impulsados por factores como la disminución de ingresos, el pago de hipoteca y educación. Estos retiros se han producido tan solo 11 semanas después del confinamiento y posterior a la declaratoria del Gobierno que permitió, a través del decreto 488, el retiro de cesantías a...

June 17, 2020

Noticias2020, América Latina, Colombia, Coronavirus, Retiro de Fondos

17JunJune 17, 2020

UK. Sustainable Investment And The Race to Zero Emissions During The Covid-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) threw the world's health, economic and financial systems into disarray, but the pandemic did little to distract the U.K. from the climate crisis. A recent survey by Ipsos shows two-thirds of Britons consider climate change to be as serious as the pandemic, and the majority support a green economic recovery. Their voices are not unheard, since leaders at all levels of society are strategizing ways to "build back better" for our planet. The UN's...

June 17, 2020

News, Slider2020, Climate crisis, Coronavirus, COVID-19, ESG, Europe, UK

17JunJune 17, 2020

Countless South Africans are owed pension benefits, and yet claiming is a constant battle

While few immediately associate youth issues with pensions, the reality is that many young people actively participate in and even depend on the pensions industry. This includes their participation in the ongoing struggle of millions to access more than R42-billion in pension benefits owed to individuals and families. Young people interact with the pensions industry in various ways. Some in formal employment already contribute to a pension or benefit fund or are considering which fund to choose. Those counted...

June 17, 2020

News, Slider2020, Payout, Social Protection, South Africa

17JunJune 17, 2020

Netherlands moves closer to defined contribution system

The Dutch cabinet moved closer to a new agreement with employers, employees and unions that will see the country phase-out defined benefit arrangements by 2026. Following an initial "in principle" agreement in June 2019, talks over a new retirement legislation progressed on June 12 toward a new mandatory defined contribution system. The details of the system will be outlined in new legislation, which is expected to be in place by January 2022. The new legislation is expected to state...

June 17, 2020

News, Slider2020, Defined Contribution, Netherlands, Pension design

17JunJune 17, 2020

UK. Pensions triple lock at risk from Covid-19 fallout

Rishi Sunak is preparing to break the Conservative party’s “triple lock” state pension pledge, amid Treasury fears that the policy could soon become unaffordable because of the fallout from the coronavirus crisis. The UK chancellor’s willingness to break a 2019 Tory manifesto commitment is a sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic is forcing the government to confront political taboos. Mr Sunak has been warned that unless he breaks the pledge next year, the value of the state pension could...

June 17, 2020

News, Slider2020, COVID-19, Europe, Regulation, UK

17JunJune 17, 2020

Ghana. Public sector pensioners call for better packages from SSNIT

Scores of pensioners and public sector workers have expressed dismay at the pension package offered by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) saying they would embark on industrial action if the anomaly was not rectified. “There will be total lockdown of public sector activities on June 25, if SSNIT does not follow the correct procedure and formula in paying past credits to pensioners,” Mr Isaac Bampoe Addo, Chairman of the Forum for Public Sector Registered Pensions Schemes,...

June 17, 2020

News, Slider2020, Ghana, Payout, Social Protection

June 2020