El gremio de las afores está más preocupado por que se alcance una solución de corto y mediano plazo para aumentar el monto de la aportación obligatoria —que hoy es de 6.5%, y debe de llegar a 15%—, que por cualquier potencial escenario de riesgo por decisiones radicales. Para la Amafore no hay posibilidad de un regreso al pasado en el sistema privado de pensiones, ni riesgo de que el gobierno decida tomar los recursos que los trabajadores ahorran...
La gestión financiera y la definición de la estructura institucional que se creará para administrar el 4% adicional de cotización obligatoria de los trabajadores ha sido, por lejos, el principal foco de atención de la primera etapa de discusión pública de la Reforma Previsional. El tema ha activado un conjunto de indicaciones parlamentarias, principalmente desde la oposición, y ha desatado críticas de distintos expertos y técnicos por la exclusión explícita de las AFP en este nuevo segmento de ahorro....
A major Government report has warned of a looming pensions time-bomb as the number of people entitled to the State pension is set to more than double over the next 36 years. The latest national risk assessment, published today, has identified the country’s ageing population as one of the most significant risks facing the State in the coming years. And it warned that Ireland’s low level of private pension coverage – just 35pc of private-sector workers have their own...
Most South Africans would not knowingly support activities that might harm the environment, endanger the health of others or violate the rights of workers. Still, unless you know where your money is going, how can you be sure that it is being spent or invested responsibly? That is a question which the Financial Services Conduct Authority may help retirement fund members answer, says Deirdre Phillips, a partner at law firm Bowmans. By encouraging funds to make their investment policy...
Parts of the pension industry are making a “fat living” from people’s savings and should come under tougher scrutiny, MPs have said. In a damning Commons report, the work and pensions committee called for the government to take urgent action against pension funds that fail to disclose how much they charge savers, saying it is “unconvinced” that the industry will act voluntarily on providing transparent information about the costs and charges of investments. MPs have called for providers behind...
Two years ago Zanzibar took the revolutionary step of becoming the first in East and Central Africa to introduce a universal pension scheme for those over 70. Since its introduction, 28,117 older people are now benefitting from the scheme. Although an important leap towards the financial protection of older people, a recent study by the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) revealed that older people's source of income was still highly dependent on relatives despite being able to access...
By H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, John R. Nofsinger People tend to be penny wise and pound foolish and cry over spilt milk, even though we are taught to do neither. Focusing on the present at the expense of the future and basing decisions on lost value are two mistakes common to decision-making that are particularly costly in the world of finance. Behavioral Finance: What Everyone Needs to KnowR provides an overview of common shortcuts and mistakes people make...
By Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, Andrew D. Eschtruth The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving the problem is a major challenge in today's environment in which risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. For this reason, Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide for...
By Michael Doran This article analyzes the pension-reform bill introduced in 2019 by Senator Portman and Senator Cardin. Earlier Portman-Cardin bills, enacted in 1996, 2001, and 2006, substantially increased the amounts that higher-income families can save in tax-qualified retirement plans and IRAs, but they included only modest and mostly ineffective measures to encourage retirement savings by lower- and middle-income families. Despite the tens of billions of dollars in tax subsidies spent under the earlier Portman-Cardin legislation, retirement-account values today...
By Christoph Freudenberg, Frederik Toscani Past reforms have put the Peruvian pension system on a largely fiscally sustainable path, but the system faces important challenges in providing adequate pension levels for a large share of the population. Using administrative microdata at the affiliate level, we project replacement rates in the defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pillars over the next 30 years and simulate the impact of various reform scenarios on the average level and distribution of pensions. In...
