April 2020

Así afectará el Covid-19 al sistema de pensiones

El Fondo de Reservas se verá muy mermado y la caída de ingresos debería compensarse con impuestos o colocación de deuda, según Foro de Expertos del Instituto BBVA de Pensiones La caída de ingresos, el parón de la actividad económica o los numerosos despidos, ya sean temporales o no, derivados de la necesidad de contener la propagación del Covid-19, ponen aún más en riesgo la estabilidad del sistema de pensiones español, que no pasa por uno de sus mejores momentos desde...

México. Recomiendan hacer tramites de afores vía electrónica

Rogelio Mata Delgado representante en Tamaulipas de CONDUSEF dijo que en el comunicado emitido de manera conjunta con AFORES, se pide a los trabajadores interesados en alguno de estos trámites, tener en cuenta que... Las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (AFORE) y la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros del país y en este caso de Tamaulipas, están recomendando a los trabajadores que por algún motivo necesiten hacer algún trámite como Retiros...

US. We Need a New Social Contract for the Coronavirus

Our collective behavior will be the primary determinant of whether we can keep this virus in check. A team of infectious disease epidemiologists has calculated that we must reduce our social contacts by 65 percent from what they were before the virus started spreading. Everyone wants to get the country back to work, school, and together again as soon as possible. On Friday, the Trump administration announced it wants to do that in phases and allow each governor...

5 benefits this Singaporean system has over other pension systems

If you’ve wondered how CPF measures up with other countries’ pension systems. The CPF, or Central Provident Fund, is a social security scheme funded by contributions from both employers and employees. Read also India. No deduction in pension amid COVID-19 outbreak: Union Government It helps Singaporeans set aside savings for retirement, as well as for other important things like housing and healthcare. Read also IMF warns of global social unrest amid coronavirus pandemic What sets the CPF apart from other pension systems? Here...

Ireland. Concern growing as social welfare budget nears breaking point

Concern is growing across Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the capacity of the Department of Social Protection to continue to fund the cost of the coronavirus shutdown without an emergency estimate. The scale of the fiscal challenges are so steep one senior Government source warned: ‘The cost of dealing with coronavirus and its impact, especially on the Social Protection budget, may compel Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to escalate the process of government formation.’ Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are...

India. No deduction in pension amid COVID-19 outbreak: Union Government

The Union government in its latest order has said that there will be no deductions in pension. The government clarified that it is not planning anything of this sort. As per the latest reports, India has witnessed more than 15000 cases and 507 deaths due to the deadly coronavirus. Meanwhile, 2231 COVID-19 patients have recovered. The entire nation is under lockdown till May 3 to combat the deadly coronavirus. Read More @News.abplive

Managing the winds of change: policy responses to fintech

Technological innovations in financial services are affecting every sector of the financial industry and generating a surge of new applications. This column takes stock of the policy responses to fintech developments in approximately 30 jurisdictions worldwide and proposes a novel conceptual framework – the ‘fintech tree’ – that distinguishes three categories: fintech activities, enabling technologies, and policy enablers. Designing a policy framework for fintech will require finding a balance that maximises its benefits while minimising potential risks to the financial...

Pension markets in focus

By OECD The 2019 edition of Pension Markets in Focus provides an overview of the funded and private components of pension systems in 88 jurisdictions and outlines latest developments in the markets worldwide. It exhibits an extensive range of indicators relevant to funded and private pension arrangements, harmonised and standardised across jurisdictions. It monitors the key financial aspects of these arrangements, such as the amount of accumulated assets, the way these assets are invested and their investment performance, both...

Pension Funding Index April 2020

By Charles J. Clark and Zorast Wadia Milliman analysis: Corporate pensions in March see surprising $93 billion funded status gain from massive surge in discount rates, despite heavy investment losses Milliman 100 PFI funded ratio improves to 85.6% The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans rose by $93 billion during March as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI). The funded status deficit improved to $255 billion at the end of March...

Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks: Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work among US Immigrants

By Francine D. Blau, Lawrence M. Kahn, Matthew Comey, Amanda Eng, Pamela Meyerhofer, Alexander Willen There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks differently depending upon the characteristics of the source countries from which they emigrated. Using data from the 2003-2017 waves...