December 2019

Managing Pension Risk With Amazon Managed Blockchain

Everyone is familiar with insurance, whether it's for a home, an automobile, or healthcare. The concept is simple: Individuals or entities pool their money to protect the group against risks. Fewer, however, are familiar with the concept of reinsurance, but it's equally important for the smooth functioning of our financial markets and the protection of insured entities and individuals around the world. Reinsurance is what the name implies: insurance on insurance. Insurers or other entities providing insurance-like solutions take...

¿Qué cambiará en el sistema de pensiones en Francia?

El gobierno francés presentó el miércoles los detalles de su plan de reforma del sistema de pensiones, que ha desencadenado una huelga en los transportes públicos que paraliza el país desde hace siete días y sacó a las calles a cientos de miles de personas. El presidente, Emmanuel Macron, quiere reemplazar las docenas de sistemas de pensiones por un sistema universal, que requeriría a muchos trabajadores, particularmente en el sector público, trabajar más años. He aquí un vistazo...

Puerto Rico. Gobierno revela su nuevo plan de retiro

El director ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Asesoría Financiera y Agencia Fiscal de Puerto Rico (AAFAF), Omar Marrero, anunció junto con el director ejecutivo de la Junta de Retiro, Luis M. Collazo, la primera fase del nuevo sistema de retiro que incluirá de 105,000 a 110,000 empleados públicos. En conferencia de prensa, Marrero indicó que los empleados están más cerca de ver sus inversiones, el dinero estará segregado y “el Gobierno no lo puede tocar”. Por su parte, Collazo...

España. Los mejores fondos para invertir en renta fija en 2020

En un contexto de bajos rendimientos de la deuda pública, el 2020 se presenta como otro año difícil en los mercados de renta fija, que previsiblemente estará marcado por la política de los bancos centrales. En este entorno, son dos los tipos de estrategias más recomendadas en la encuesta que anualmente Funds People realiza entre los máximos responsables de las gestoras internacionales con oficina de representación en España, sondeo que este año celebra su octava edición. Por un lado,...

French Prime Minister Unveils Pension Plan As Strike Continues To Paralyze Paris

Strikes and protests have clogged the streets of Paris and elsewhere in France since last Thursday. Now there's a turning point: the government has unveiled its plan to reform the French retirement system. The plan calls for a shift from 42 distinct pension plans according to job and region into one universal scheme. The new system will be based on points, on the principle of giving each pensioner the same rights for each euro they pay into it. Those...

UK Pension Risk Transfer Market to Quadruple in Decade

The UK’s bulk annuity market is forecast to quadruple over the next decade, driven mainly by lower pricing as more pension plans mature and additional reinsurers enter the UK market, according to consulting firm Mercer. By the end of 2019, Mercer said it expects the bulk annuity market in Great Britain to exceed £40 billion ($52.6 billion), with the total UK risk transfer market, including longevity swaps, forecast to reach £50 billion. Mercer said it has also...

Puerto Rico government launches defined contribution program for 110,000 employees

The government of Puerto Rico announced Tuesday the launching this month of a new defined contribution savings plan for 110,000 public employees, who will be allowed to determine how their pretax contributions will be invested for their retirement. The new retirement plan, similar to a 401(k) program, will include government employees covered by Act 106 of 2017, the Act to Guarantee Payments to Our Pensioners and Establish a New Defined Benefit Plan for Public Servants. Starting Dec. 19, these...

Armenia. Parliament adopts voluntary early retirement plan for most incumbent Justices

By Stepan Kocharyan Parliament passed the early retirement plan for Constitutional Court judges with 75 votes in favor and 34 against. The opposition had earlier said it will vote down the government-backed bill envisaging voluntary early retirement mechanisms for most of the incumbent Constitutional Court Justices. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan told lawmakers in parliament that certain technical amendments were made in the bill after the first reading. According to Badasyan, the bill has been approved by the Venice...

US. New e-delivery rules for ERISA pension plans on the Horizon

By McBrayer McGinnis Leslie & Kirkland PLLC In October, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule that encourages electronic delivery of ERISA-required plan disclosures. It allows plan administrators to post disclosures online to cut costs of paper delivery and is a voluntary safe harbor that plans can use to make documents accessible on a website instead of mailing paper documents. Adopting a so-called “notice and access” e-delivery structure, the DOL allows plans to save paper by emailing disclosures....

Panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe 2019: Hacia entornos alimentarios más saludables que hagan frente a todas

Por Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Organización Panamericana de la Salud, World Food Programme, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund América Latina y el Caribe logró reducir en 20 millones el número de subalimentados con respecto el año 2000. Sin embargo, el 2018 marca el cuarto año consecutivo en el que el hambre muestra alzas continuas. La inseguridad alimentaria moderada o grave en América Latina se incrementó de forma considerable. Este aumento produjo...