November 2019

21Nov

World’s Largest Pension Fund Keeps Analysts in Dark on Portfolio

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund’s decision to not disclose details of its quarterly allocation breakdown has some analysts saying that the world’s biggest pension fund is backtracking on transparency. Read also Impact investing is about more than saving the world In a statement on Nov. 1, GPIF President Norihiro Takahashi said the fund won’t disclose the allocation breakdown, amounts and investment income for each asset class this fiscal year, as it reviews the composition of its basic portfolio, which totals...

November 21, 2019
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21Nov

Why taxes on pensioners in Germany have risen up to 500 percent since 2010

The tax burden on pensioners has increased fivefold within ten years in some cases, according to figures released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday. For example, new pensioners now have to pay €430 in income tax per year on a monthly gross pension of €1500, compared with €79 in 2010. The figures were released on Wednesday, as part of an inquiry submitted to the Federal Ministry of Finance by Die Linke. For an individual with a monthly gross...

November 21, 2019
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21Nov

South Africa. Battle to recover R42 billion in unclaimed pension money

A campaign to reclaim billions of rands in unclaimed benefits is about to kick into high gear. The Unclaimed Benefits Committee (UBC), representing a group of claimants, and non-profit organisation Open Secrets, are planning to lobby Parliament. “We will also be calling for a boycott of finance companies involved in withholding benefits,” says Thomas Malakotse, a member of the UBC steering committee. “The fund administrators have been making secret profits for decades by charging fees on these unclaimed assets,...

November 21, 2019
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21Nov

Should ‘Fintech’ Fear Big Tech’s Push Into Banking?

This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune's weekly newsletter covering financial technology and cryptocurrency. Sign up here to receive future editions. All of a sudden, Big Tech is rushing into financial services. Google plans to offer "smart" checking accounts, powered by Citigroup and Stanford Federal Credit Union. Apple released a credit card with Goldman Sachs. Facebook yet clings to Libra, its audacious digital payments dream. This is the web version of The Ledger, Fortune's weekly newsletter covering...

November 21, 2019
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21Nov

Young people are saving more for retirement than Boomers and Generation X — and this is why

Young people are saving more than previous generations, according to a study, flipping the historical trend that saw older savers put the most money aside towards retirement. This was the stunning finding of a global survey of more than 25,000 investors across 32 countries, by asset manager Schroders. The study revealed those aged between 18 and 37 – Generation Z and millennials, though the study groups them all as millennials – are saving nearly 16% of their annual income...

November 21, 2019
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20Nov

Sostenibilidad del sistema de Pensiones Venezolano: Análisis de la Sostenibilidad del Sistema de Pensiones Venezolano (IVSS) A través de la Contabilidad Generacional

Por José Rodriguez La carga Generacional que acarrea un sistema de Seguro Social inestable genera ciertas dudas de cuanto tiempo mas un pais puede seguir dando garantias a su gente. A traves del sistema de Contabilidad Generacional y los casos estudios de Espana y Chile buscamos demostrar que la Creciente deuda en el sistema de Pensiones Venezolano se acerca a un inminnente colapso y que adicionalmente ayuda a tener una idea de lo que pudiesen pasar en otros...

November 20, 2019
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20Nov

Tasa de reemplazo: Un análisis prospectivo y por segmento para las administradoras de fondos de ahorro para el retiro en México

Por Karina Martínez Álvarez, Juan Rositas Martínez, Luis Alberto Villarreal Villarreal, Paula Villalpando Cadena Como resultado de la implementación de un esquema de pensiones de contribución definida para los trabajadores del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), la tasa de reemplazo ha disminuido dramáticamente. Según datos de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE), se estima que en México este indicador se ubica en 27% mientras que el valor promedio a nivel internacional es del 63%....

November 20, 2019
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20Nov

La privatización de las pensiones: tres décadas de fracasos

Por Organización Internacional del Trabajo OIT Entre 1981 y 2014, treinta países privatizaron total o parcialmente sus sistemas de pensiones públicas obligatorias; en 2018, dieciocho países habían revertido las privatizaciones. Este informe analiza el fracaso de los sistemas de pensiones privadas obligatorias para mejorar la seguridad de ingresos en la vejez y su bajo desempeño en términos de cobertura, niveles de beneficios, costos administrativos, costos de transición, e impactos sociales y fiscales negativos, entre otros. Fuente: Trimestre

November 20, 2019
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20Nov

La frazada corta: por qué ningún sistema de pensiones es eficaz

"Queremos jubilaciones dignas" es una de las consignas que aparece una y otra vez en las protestas que comenzaron en Chile a mediados de octubre, cuando el alza de la tarifa del metro de Santiago detonó el mayor estallido social de las últimas tres décadas en ese país y puso en jaque al gobierno de Sebastián Piñera. Lee también Prevén crisis global en sistemas de pensiones Aunque las demandas son muchas, uno de los principales reclamos de la población apunta...

November 20, 2019
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