December 2018

06Dec

UK. Pension scam enquiries up 462%

Visits to the FCA’s Scam Smart website have increased 462 per cent in less than two months following its joint scam awareness campaign with The Pensions Regulator. The Scam Smart site – which allows people to compare pension fund options and find information on potential scams – previously had an average 562 page views daily. This rose to an average of 3,145 a day in the 55 days immediately following the summer campaign, the regulators have said. The regulators’ campaign is calling...

December 6, 2018
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06Dec

México. Pérdidas en ahorro de afores por segundo mes consecutivo

El Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR) reportó una cifra de tres billones 279 mil 237 millones de pesos al finalizar el mes de noviembre, con lo que sumó su segundo mes consecutivo de minusvalías. De acuerdo con cifras de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), esta cifra representó un descenso de cuatro mil 191 millones de pesos o 0.12 por ciento menos respecto al mes previo. Esta cantidad se suma a las minusvalías reportadas...

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06Dec

Nigeria: Military alerts public on scam on retirees

Nigeria’s Military Pension Board (MPB) has alerted retirees and families of deceased personnel of the circulation of “fake and malicious” messages by impostors to defraud them of their hard earned income.The Public Relations Officer, Flt.-Lt. Obasi Okoroafor, said the board has advised them to promptly report such fraudsters to the nearest military unit. Okoroafor said the MPB was dismayed by the circulation of the fraudulent messages by mischievous elements claiming to be its agents. “The dubious messages request for money from...

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06Dec

US. Pensions Are a Hot Recruiting Tool in Health Care: Cerulli

Many hospitals' DB plans are not as well-funded as other corporate pensions, Cerulli reports. Even as most organizations have moved away from defined benefit plans in favor of defined contribution plans, not so health and hospital systems. Instead, according to research from Cerulli Associates, some within the health care industry that are having a rough time attracting and hanging onto talent are looking to leverage pensions as a recruitment tool. “While corporations are generally moving toward defined contribution plan offerings, health and...

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06Dec

Perú. AAFP: El ingreso de una nueva AFP sería positivo para la competencia

Sin embargo, Giovanna Prialé, presidenta de la asociación de AFP, señaló que para tener mayores pensiones se debe aumentar la densidad de aportes del trabajador. La presidenta de la asociación de AFP, Giovanna Prialé, señaló que desde su gremio esperan que con el eventual ingreso de una nueva AFP, el país tenga estabilidad jurídica y se respeten las reglas de juego; es decir, respetando, sobre todo, la capitalización individual. "Tengo mis ideas ahí dando vueltas (sobre cuál podría ser)", comentó Prialé,...

December 6, 2018
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06Dec

UK pension funds may have to clear, post-Brexit

Delays to Emir review raise fears that UK schemes may lose exemption Large UK pension funds may have to start clearing derivatives trades with European counterparties in the event of a no-deal Brexit, lawyers warn. The funds are currently exempt from clearing thanks to a carve-out from the European Market Infrastructure Regulation. But once Britain leaves the European Union, UK funds will be considered “third-country” entities – unless regulators strike a deal on equivalence. “From the point of view of a bank...

December 6, 2018
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05Dec

México pagará las peores pensiones del mundo: OCDE

Más sobre este tema OCDE. Perspectivas de Pensiones 2018 La OCDE pide a España más ajustes con las pensiones Chile. OCDE cuestiona sistema de licitación de AFP para nuevos afiliados y grafica sus deficiencias con Planvital La prevención de la pobreza en la vejez es el principal reto que enfrentan los sistemas de pensiones en el mundo, ante el incremento en la esperanza de vida a nivel mundial y los bajos rendimientos que otorgan las inversiones en esos sistemas, advirtió...

December 5, 2018
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05Dec

Chile. AFP: Cuatro de los cinco fondos de pensiones cerraron con rentabilidad positiva

El Fondo A (más riesgoso) fue el único en anotar una pérdida mensual. En noviembre pasado, cuatro de los cinco fondos de pensiones del sistema lograron cerrar con rentabilidades positivas. El Fondo A (más riesgoso) fue el único en anotar una pérdida mensual, de 0,13%, resultado principalmente de los negativos retornos de las inversiones en instrumentos extranjeros. Un desempeño distinto del observado en los restantes cuatro fondos de pensiones, los que lograron cerrar con cifras azules de la mano de las inversiones...

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05Dec

UK. BT loses appeal to change method of pensions calculation

BT has lost a legal bid to make changes to its pension scheme that unions claim would have transferred an estimated £2bn of wealth from scheme members to shareholders. The court of appeal dismissed the company’s request to change the way it calculates increases to pensions – a move that would have affected more than 80,000 members of the scheme. These members each typically stood to lose an estimated £24,000 in future pension benefits if the appeal had been upheld, according...

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05Dec

Who Wins The Retirement Game?

On the plane to a family Thanksgiving a nice seatmate asked what kind of work I do (as she watched me struggle with a spreadsheet). I brightly told her I am an economics professor working to expand pensions to solve the retirement crises. She looked at me blankly and said, "I'm Canadian, we don't have these problems. That stopped me short. Really? Canada? Has the friendly nation to the north figured it out? Canada has been described, in jest of course,...

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