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16JanJanuary 16, 2023

México. Ingresos por comisión de las administradoras cayeron 32.6% anual

Los ingresos por comisión que cobran las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (afores) sobre el saldo del trabajador registraron 28,497 millones de pesos en todo el 2022, lo anterior significó una caída anual en términos reales de 32.6 por ciento. En el 2022 entró en vigor el tope máximo de cobro por comisiones como parte de la reforma al artículo 37 de la Ley del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR). En este contexto, la Consar confirmó que la...

January 16, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Mexico

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

Panamá. Empresarios piden al presidente Cortizo atender de inmediato la situación del programa IVM del Seguro Social

La presidenta de la Cámara de Comercio, industrias y Agricultura de Panamá (Cciap), Marcela Galindo De Obarrio insistió en la urgencia notoria que tiene atender de inmediato la situación del programa de Invalidez, Vejez y Muerte (IVM) de la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS). De acuerdo Galindo De Obarrio todos los elementos críticos han sido puestos sobre la mesa para evaluar las diferentes alternativas que se tienen para salvar el programa. "Es hora de tomar las decisiones críticas, por más difíciles...

January 16, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasPanamá, Seguridad Social

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

México. Desempleados retiran de Afore monto histórico en 2022

Las Afore registraron en 2022 un nivel récord de retiros de ahorro por desempleo, con un total de 23 mil 169 millones de pesos, informó la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Dicha cifra significó un incremento anual de 5.11 por ciento con respecto al monto que retiraron las personas desempleadas en 2021 del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR). Los retiros por desempleo de las Afore se han colocado como una alternativa para los trabajadores...

January 16, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasMexico, Retiro de Fondos

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

Francia se prepara para huelgas y protestas contra reforma de las pensiones

Francia se prepara para una serie de huelgas y protestas de gran amplitud, que buscan frenar el proyecto gubernamental de reforma de las pensiones y que tiene el rechazo frontal de los sindicatos, los partidos de izquierda y la ultraderecha. Los sindicatos han convocado una gran jornada de huelgas y manifestaciones para el próximo jueves, que irá seguida de más paros sectoriales en semanas posteriores, mientras el Gobierno ha lanzado una campaña de información y entrevistas para tratar de convencer...

January 16, 2023

Noticias, NoticiasFrancia, Reforma de Pensiones

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

U.S. funds turn to fixed income for relief

Pension plan execs looking forward to better environment U.S. pension fund executives expect to navigate a recession by the end of 2023, but while the market return environment is set to remain challenging, they see opportunities re-emerging in fixed income. While they are unsure of just how challenging, they are convinced of one thing: a recession almost certainly looms in the coming year. "My crystal ball is a bit cloudy," said Christopher J. Ailman, chief investment officer at the $307.2 billion California...

January 16, 2023

NewsInvestment, Pension Management, US

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

Ghana. Private pension funds control 71% of industry’s assets

Private pension funds hace maintained their strong growth over the years, reaching a record hig of GH28Billion in 2021 from the previus year´s GH28Billion. the increse represents 27 èrcent, with private pension funds - the mandatory 2nd Tier and voluntary 3rd Tier schemes - now controlling a 71 percent share of the industry´s total assets under managment (AUM) in the year under reviw, latest data from the National Pension Regulatory (NPRA) show. A Breakdown of private schemes shows that 2nd Tier...

January 16, 2023

NewsGhana, Private Pensions, savings

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

South Korea:Govt to reform national health insurance and pension schemes

The government will begin earnest discussions to boost the sustainability of the national health insurance system and plans to unveil reform measures by September. The Health Ministry has drawn up a plan to devise preliminary measures this month to improve the overall fiscal sustainability of health insurance coverage, according to a report by KBS World. The measures are expected to include some of those mentioned in a public hearing last year aimed at removing fiscal loopholes, such as stronger monitoring of...

January 16, 2023

NewsHealth Care, South Korea

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

South Africa. Struggle war vets demand R10.5bn payout

The 2 500-strong group of Liberation Struggle War Veterans are resolute in their demand for a one-off payment of R10.5 billion in reparations, amounting to R4.2 million per individual veteran, as part of their submissions on Monday on the proposed military pension legislation. Aside from this, the former soldiers, who fought during apartheid for the freedom of black people in South Africa, are also demanding the government pay a pension of R36 million per annum, which translates into R15 000...

January 16, 2023

NewsPublic Pensions, South Africa

16JanJanuary 16, 2023

US. Retirement legislation to cool off after SECURE 2.0

The retirement industry received some welcome news late last year when lawmakers passed another major bipartisan retirement security package, but industry sources aren't expecting 2023 to yield many more legislative victories when it comes to retirement issues. "Everything that they could find where there was bipartisan agreement made it into this bill," said Michael P. Kreps, Washington-based principal and co-chairman of the retirement services practice at Groom Law Group, about SECURE 2.0, a retirement security bill attached to a $1.7...

January 16, 2023

NewsRegulation, US

13JanJanuary 13, 2023

Towards construction of comprehensive care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: ELEMENTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION

By ECLAC The Latin American and Caribbean region is experiencing an unprecedented economic and social crisis. The effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have spread to all spheres of human life, hurting economies, changing the way we interact, and causing extensive societal changes. The crisis has highlighted and exacerbated structural gaps, deepening pre-existing inequalities and exposing the vulnerabilities of political, economic, and social protection systems. The onset of the crisis magnified the structural challenges of gender inequality, reversing much...

January 13, 2023

Aging, Books, Books2021, Healthcare, Latin America, Social Protection

January 2023