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09JanJanuary 9, 2020

The World’s Best Places to Retire in 2020

“Where should I retire?” This is the question we hear most often at International Living, and every January we give you our most definitive answer in the form of our Annual Global Retirement Index. When it was first conceived, our Retirement Index was our special way of coping with an embarrassment of riches. At that stage, IL had already spent over a decade exploring all manner of dream locales. The result was a huge and exciting variety of choice and opportunity. Fast-forward to...

January 9, 2020

Books, Pension designAdequacy, Healthcare, Income, Social Security

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

Nationwide protest in France over pensions as talks continue

Rail workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers and others joined a nationwide day of protests and strikes Thursday to denounce French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to overhaul the pension system. As the government and unions pushed on with crucial negotiations about the changes, street protests were staged in Paris and other French cities, with railway strikes entering their sixth week. Read Also Critical week in frances pension reform protests The Eiffel Tower was shut as employees joined the protest movement. Paris metro traffic was...

January 9, 2020

News, Slider, UncategorizedEurope, France, Pension Reform

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

Estonia. Public ill-informed about pensions and retirement: Research

According to recent market research, awareness among the Estonian public about the impending pension reform is low, with many not knowing key facts surrounding the move to make the so-called second pillar, referring to employee contributions to pension schemes, voluntary, where it had previously been mandatory for most wage earners. This was particularly the case among young people, with higher awareness recorded among those aged over 55, as well as professionals, according to the survey commissioned by pollsters Turu-uuringute on...

January 9, 2020

News, SliderChile, Latin America, Social Security

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

Solving Chile’s Crisis Starts With Fixing Its Pension System

BY JORGE HEINE Protesters cite the Pinochet-era retirement scheme as their top grievance. Fixing it will mean a return to basic principles of social security. As Chile’s protests continue into the new year, it is important to understand the reasons behind the public’s frustration – and for policymakers to come up with ways to address it. In that, no issue is more important than Chile’s private pension scheme, singled out in opinion polls as the most important issue for...

January 9, 2020

News, OP Ed, SliderChile, Latin America, Social Security

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

FRR names supervisory board chair

FRR, Franklin Templeton, Mercer, HSBC Global Asset Management, Veritas, AllianceBernstein, Arabesque S-Ray, Eumedion, De Nationale APF, ASR, PGB, Hermes, Netspar, Sampension, Rabobank, Kempen, UBS, Aegon, LOIM Fonds de réserve pour les retraites (FRR) – The €32.6bn French sovereign investor has a new chair of the supervisory board, with Sandrine Lemery having been appointed to the position by government decree. She was the first deputy secretary general of ACPR, the prudential authority for banks and insurers, from 2013 until the beginning of January 2019. She...

January 9, 2020

News, Slider, UncategorizedEurope, France, Management

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

Inside a Pension Fund’s Search for a Risk Management System

The LACERA investment team recommended MSCI’s risk analytics over competitors including BlackRock’s Aladdin system and FactSet. After a lengthy search, the investment team at the Los Angeles County Employees’ Retirement Association has settled on a new risk analytics provider. The investment team has recommended that its board hire MSCI Analytics to provide total fund analytics for the $59.6 billion pension fund, according to the agenda from a LACERA investment board meeting held on Wednesday. MSCI beat out rivals including FactSet and...

January 9, 2020

News, Slider, UncategorizedPension Management, Risk

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

La Unión Europea y América Latina y el Caribe: Inversiones para el crecimiento, la inclusión social y la sostenibilidad ambiental

Por Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) United Nations El presente documento es una contribución de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) al proceso de preparación de la Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC) y la Unión Europea (UE), que se celebrará en Santiago los días 26 y 27 de enero de 2013. Ofrece una perspectiva amplia e informada de las principales...

January 9, 2020

Libros, SostenibilidadAmérica Latina, Crisis Climática, ESG, ESG, Europa, Inclusión Financiera, Protección Social

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

Finanzas Contemporáneas Sostenibles: Una “oportunidad verde” para los gestores de Cartera en Colombia

Por Jairo Samuel Villamil Argoti El objetivo general de este trabajo de investigación, es revisar a partir de aproximaciones clásicas de valoración de portafolio, junto a indicadores de portafolio los desempeños de un índice sostenible (Corporate Sustainability Index) vs un índice tradicional como lo es el Bovespa, para poder dar cumplimiento a los objetivos de este trabajo de investigación, se consultaron libros y revistas de investigación económica, financiera y social utilizadas en el marco teórico y estado del...

January 9, 2020

Articles, Investing, Pension design2019, Administración de Pensiones, América Latina, Colombia

09JanJanuary 9, 2020

¿Acabará el envejecimiento con nuestras sociedades? Datos, ideas y discursos interesados sobre el envejecimiento

Por Unai Martín Roncero (OPIK, Universidad del País Vasco) La población mayor de 65 años ha experimentado un notable crecimiento en el País Vasco. Sobre este cambio en la estructura de edades que se ha denominado envejecimiento demográfico se ha construido todo un discurso e imaginario que va más allá del proceso mismo. Así, se ha señalado que vivimos y viviremos en sociedades cada vez más envejecidas e inactivas. Además, se plantea el envejecimiento demográfico como una gran amenaza, tanto...

January 9, 2020

Artículos, Envejecimiento2019, América Latina, Seguridad Social, Sostenibilidad

08JanJanuary 8, 2020

La problemática del Sistema de Pensiones en Veracruz

El Régimen de seguridad social en Veracruz está basado en un Sistema de Reparto, también conocido como Sistema de solidaridad intergeneracional, o de Beneficio definido. 1.- Las Contribuciones de los trabajadores sirven para pagar a los pensionadosPUBLICIDAD Este sistema se organiza a partir de contribuciones obligatorias que deben realizar los trabajadores en activo y su patrón (en este caso el Gobierno del Estado y demás Entes Públicos incorporados) con las que se constituye un fondo para pagar las pensiones de los...

January 8, 2020

Noticias, UncategorizedAmérica Latina, Beneficio Definido, Mexico

January 2020