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09FebFebruary 9, 2023

Eight funds breached EU sustainability rules, says Danish watchdog

Denmark's financial watchdog has ordered the companies behind eight sustainability funds to take remedial action after finding they had violated European Union disclosure rules on such investments. The watchdog said failings included a lack of clear, adequate and comprehensive information on the funds' sustainable investment objectives. Financial regulators across Europe have increased scrutiny of how fund managers are meeting reporting requirements of the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which aims to prevent so-called greenwashing of environmental or sustainability credentials. "It is...

February 9, 2023

NewsESG, EU, Pension Management

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

Pensiones en México implicarían 6.4% del PIB en 2024: CEEY

Las pensiones en México para 2024 significarán un gasto que alcance 6.4 por ciento del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB), cifra que significa una limitante para alcanzar un mayor crecimiento económico, señaló Enrique Díaz Infante, director del sector financiero del Centro de Estudio Espinosa Yglesias (CEEY). Explicó que el gasto en pensiones en 2017, por beneficio definido y por las de corte asistencial ocuparon 3.7 por ciento del PIB; para 2020, se destinaban 4.7 por ciento; en 2022, se erogaron 5.3...

February 8, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasFinanciamiento, Gasto Público, Mexico

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

Chile. Superintendencia de Pensiones advierte a usuarios sobre mail fraudulento referido a retiros de fondos

Se trata de una campaña de phishing con malware que suplanta a la Superintendencia de Pensiones. El regulador recalcó que no envía información de este tipo y llamó a no abrir el archivo adjunto que contienen estos correos. La Superintendencia de Pensiones emitió un comunicado informando de la circulación de un correo electrónico fraudulento referido a retiros de fondo, que comenzó a circular este lunes 6 de febrero, y que incluía el logo de Gobierno de Chile y de la...

February 8, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasChile, Regulación, Riesgo

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

UK. New Funding Code could affect how pension schemes are run

UK pension schemes are expecting the Defined Benefit (DB) Funding Code, currently in consultation, to affect the way they are run in the future, a recent poll by Aon has found. At a recent Aon webinar on the funding code consultation, almost 250 attendees were asked how material they thought the new funding regime would be to the way their schemes are run, with 42% of respondents indicating that they thought it would have either a moderate or a significant...

February 8, 2023

NewsFunding, Pension Management, Regulation, UK

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

U.S. Anti-ESG bill could cut this State pension returns by $6.7 bln

Proposed legislation to limit the use of sustainable investment factors by fund managers of the U.S. state of Indiana could cut $6.7 billion from the investment returns of a public pension system there over a decade, a fiscal analysis shows. One such bill proposed in Indiana requires public pension system officials to act only in the fiduciary interests of participants and beneficiaries. According to a Feb. 4 "fiscal impact statement" prepared by the Indiana Legislative Services Agency, which advises lawmakers in...

February 8, 2023

NewsInvestment, Regulation, US

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

China to offer free fertility treatment in bid to boost record low birth rate

China is planning to offer free fertility treatment to citizens under its national insurance scheme in a bid to reverse its plummeting birth rate. The National Healthcare Security Administration said on Friday it would extend its coverage to help shoulder the costs for families trying to conceive. It said the new coverage would include assisted reproductive technology (ART) techniques and also cover labor analgesia to ease pain in childbirth. The most commonly performed ART procedure is in vitro fertilization (IVF). The administration...

February 8, 2023

NewsAging, China

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

UK. Multiple Pensions Dashboards Already a Reality Says Moneyhub in FCA and PDP Consultation Response

Moneyhub, the award-winning Open Data platform and alpha partner to the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has highlighted the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) support for multiple pensions dashboards saying this is already a reality, in its response to the FCA and PDP’s consultations. Moneyhub has also called for a greater emphasis on taking action as part of its response. In its response to the consultations ahead of the 16th February deadline, Moneyhub welcomed the FCA’s and PDP’s proposals, focusing in particular on...

February 8, 2023

NewsOperations, Technology, UK

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

Thailand urges informal workers to prepare for their retirement

More than 16 million informal workers in Thailand have not participated in any savings scheme to prepare for their life during retirement even though the country is expected to become an aged society in the next two years. Thai Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said that Thailand is now an aging society as at least 10% of its population has been 60 years old and more since 2005. In the next few years, the country will become an aged society with the...

February 8, 2023

Newssavings, Thailand

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

Pension Withdrawals Drain Savings in Chile and Peru

By Richard Francis, Kelli Bissett-Tom & Christopher Dychala Peru, Chile and Bolivia have allowed early withdrawals from their funds as a source of relief for households and to support recoveries during the pandemic and the global price shock. But these have had negative financial and confidence ramifications, contributing to downgrades of Peru in 2021 and Chile in 2020. Longstanding private pension funds have been important supports for sovereign creditworthiness where they exist in Latin America. Pension fund assets have supported sovereign...

February 8, 2023

Books, Books, Regulation, Savings2022, Chile, COVID 19, Financial Literacy, Operations, Perú, Withdrawals

08FebFebruary 8, 2023

Financial Inclusion: Annual Monitoring Report 2022

By Stephen McKay, Karen Rowlingson & Adele Atkinson This report is the tenth, and final, in a series of annual monitoring reports supported by the Friends Provident Foundation and Barrow Cadbury Trust to monitor progress towards, or indeed, away from, financial inclusion in Britain. To aid comparisons and provide a comprehensive picture, it uses the same framework as the previous reports and updates figures, where available, to give the most recent data and trends. Read book "here"

February 8, 2023

Books, Books, System Characterization2022, Financial Inclusion

February 2023