March 2019

20Mar

México. Más de 600,000 trabajadores tienen una afore sin registro

La Consar dio a conocer que existen más de 600,000 trabajadores con cuenta de ahorro para el retiro en una administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore) que aún no se registran en el sistema. La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) dio a conocer que existen más de 600,000 trabajadores con cuenta de ahorro para el retiro en una administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore) que aún no se registran en el sistema....

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

A first step towards justice for South African pensioners

Between 2007 and 2013, more than 6,000 pension funds in South Africa were cancelled in a process littered with errors and oversights. Today, Open Secrets has written to five of the country’s largest pension fund administrators to demand swift action to reinstate pension funds that have been incorrectly cancelled. This is the first of many necessary steps of ensuring accountability for a shameful decade in pension fund administration that has harmed many vulnerable pensioners. The regulatory body that is...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

China. Gov’t raises basic pension of seniors

The government has increased basic aged-care pension by 5 percent for retired personnel, according to a news release by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Wednesday. The policy, effective Jan 1, is projected to benefit 118 million employees of companies, government departments and public institutions. According to the release, increasing the basic aged-care pension will help secure retired people a happier life against the backdrop of price hike and a sustainable pension insurance fund. Read more...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

US. It just became easier for employers to dump retirees’ pensions

Traditional pensions are disappearing in America, and the federal government just made it easier for employers to get rid of them. With no fanfare in early March, the Treasury Department issued a notice that allows employers to buy out current retirees from their pensions with a one-time lump sum payment. The decision reverses Obama-era guidance, issued in 2015, that had effectively banned the practice after officials determined that lump-sum payments often shortchanged seniors. Now, advocates for the elderly worry...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

What Japan Can Teach Us About The Opportunities Of An Ageing Society

Prime Minister Abe’s recent visit to the UK was a chance for the two countries to talk about common issues affecting their future. Let’s hope one of the topics they discussed was how to deal with an ageing society. In the 1970s and 1980s the world looked to Japan to learn about lean manufacturing. After the 2007-8 global financial crisis it looked to Japan to see how to deal with the aftermath of a financial crisis. Japan is a...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

‘No change to France retirement age’ after backlash

There will be no change to the minimum retirement age in France, the health minister has confirmed, despite having previously suggested that “a lengthening in the duration of work” may be possible. The move has been described as a “backtrack”, after health minister Agnès Buzyn had previously appeared (on Sunday March 17) to suggest that a new minimum retirement age would be proposed. When questioned by MPs on the topic this week, however, Ms Buzyn said: “No change to...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

New Pension Calculation Formula in Bulgaria will not Lead to Pension Cuts

Steps will be taken to ensure that not a single person's pension is lowered by revisions to the pension calculation rules that took effect at the start of 2019, Labour and Social Policy Minister Bisser Petkov said following an extraordinary meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borrisov on 19th of March, reports BNT. It was convened because of the accumulated public tension a day after the National Social Security Institute (NSSI) released an assessment according to which the changes...

March 20, 2019
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20Mar

New voice-powered Finley AI offers financial and pension advice

Former wealth manager and financial advisor Elemi Atigolo developed Finley AI – which he claims is the first of its kind in the world – in order to use technology to bridge a knowledge gap in today’s society. Finley AI can be instantly accessed via any Google Assistant-enabled device by speaking the words “Google talk to financial helper”. The voice-interactive programme cannot give personalised advice, but Elemi claims it can offer answers to general questions that users might ask...

March 20, 2019
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19Mar

Early Access to Pension Savings : International Experience and Lessons Learnt

By Fiona Stewart, Himanshi Jain & Will Sandbrook The objectives of a well-designed pension system are poverty reduction in old age and income smoothing throughout an individuals' lifetime. Over the last thirty years, changing demographic trends have caused a shift from 'pay as you go' and occupational defined benefit (DB) schemes - where the obligation for paying for retirement income is with the state and employers - to defined contribution (DC) schemes, where the obligation to save for retirement rests...

March 19, 2019
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19Mar

México. Afore Azteca arrasa con cuentas de trabajadores

La administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore) Azteca se convirtió en el fondo con el mayor número de cuentas de trabajadores que ahorran para tener una pensión, quitando el primer lugar a XXI Banorte que durante el sexenio pasado llevaba la batuta en la industria. De acuerdo con información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), durante el 2018, afore Azteca,de Ricardo Salinas Pliego, registró 11 millones 977,524 cuentas, un incremento de 453.5%,...

March 19, 2019
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