September 2018

The future of regulation: Principles for regulating emerging technologies

By William D. Eggers, Mike Turley , Pankaj Kishnani Sweeping technological advancements are creating a sea change in today’s regulatory environment, posing significant challenges for regulators who strive to maintain a balance between fostering innovation, protecting consumers, and addressing the potential unintended consequences of disruption. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data analytics, distributed ledger technology, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are creating new ways for consumers to interact—and disrupting traditional business models. It’s an era...

Latin American Local Capital Markets: Challenges and Solutions

By Mauro Miranda (CFA Institute Research Foundation) Economic growth depends on the efficient allocation of resources, including the two main factors of production: labor and capital. Markets, operating on each factor, have allocated these resources in economies worldwide in ways that arguably approach optimality and have fostered economic development for the benefit of billions. Capital markets, both for debt and equity securities, have allowed firms to secure funding for productive uses while providing investors with opportunities for portfolio diversification. The...

Still Attached? Are Social Safety Nets Working? Labor Force Participation in European Regions

By Benjamin Hilgenstock (Institute of International Finance) & Zsoka Koczan (International Monetary Fund (IMF)) The paper examines the evolution and drivers of labor force participation in European regions, focusing on the effects of trade and technology. As in the United States, rural regions within European countries saw more pronounced declines (or smaller increases) in participation than urban regions. Unlike in the United States, however, trade and technology, captured here using novel measures of initial exposures to routinization and offshoring, did...

México. Director de Coppel habla sobre los retos de la Afore y el SAR

Mauricio Alarcón, director general de la administradora, platica en entrevista los factores del éxito y sus expectativas, así como algunos de los pendientes que desde su punto de vista se mantienen en el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR). También te puede interesar: Las Afores que más invirtieron en el largo plazo. Ya son diez millones de cuentas, supongo que en algún momento pensaste en este objetivo, ¿qué significa para Coppel llegar a sus primeros 10 millones de clientes? Respuesta: Es...

Chile. Los astros se están alineando para generar en Chile un clima de alto crecimiento y mayor bienestar para todos

Acaba de cumplir cinco meses desde que asumió la presidencia de la Confederación de la Producción y del Comercio (CPC) y ayer fue el encargado de realizar la presentación con la que se abrió Chile Day 2018. Fueron cerca de 15 minutos en que mostró una imagen optimista del país, pese a un escenario internacional que parece convulsionado, con una guerra comercial en marcha, el Brexit y crisis en Argentina y Turquía. "Somos optimistas con respecto al futuro de Chile",...

Colombia. Fondos de pensiones compraron en gran volumen en la Bolsa de Colombia en agosto

La fuerte devaluación de la lira turca y el peso argentino y las tensiones comerciales entre China y Estados Unidos causaron que la mayoría de los índices de renta variable internacionales cayeran, a pesar de eso Colombia tuvo un buen desempeño, señaló un reciente reporte de Alianza Valores. En agosto, el rendimiento también fue influenciado nuevo acuerdo de Estados Unidos con México y el alza en el precio del petróleo. Donde, luego de la temporada de agosto, el mercado que sumo...

These countries top the US when it comes to retirement

If you're looking for a country that offers a quality retirement, you may want to look outside the U.S. Natixis Investment Managers has released its annual ranking of countries with the best retirement based on finances, material well-being, health and quality of life. This year, the U.S. managed to nudge up one spot to number 16 out of 43 countries. The move was just a modest improvement compared with Ireland, which moved up seven spots to debut in the Top 10 for...

UK. Pension savers heading for retirement shock as average contributions fall – experts warn

Total membership of occupational pension schemes in the UK was an estimated 41.1 million in 2017, the highest level recorded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey. But looking at defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in the private sector, the average contribution rate being paid into savings pots by employees and their employers was 3.4 percent in 2017, falling from 4.2 percent in 2016. The launch of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions, which started in 2012, has boosted the number...

India. RINL unions flay move to cut contribution to pension fund

Various staff unions of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) on Wednesday criticised the management’s move to contribute just two percent towards the pension fund for the non-executive employees. ‘Agreement violated’ In a memorandum to RINL Chairman-cum-Managing Director P. Raychaudhury on Wednesday, the unions including the recognised ones said the move was in contrary with the terms of the National Joint Committee on Steel Agreement reached in July 2014 wherein it was decided to contribute six percent of salary by the...

Venezuela. Abuelos desbordaron bancos de Caracas para cobrar una “pensión mocha”

Isabel Martínez pidió prestados 20 bolívares soberanos para trasladarse de Filas de Mariche hasta Chacao este lunes, 3 de septiembre. El dinero solo lo gastó en el pasaje para ir de su casa hasta la agencia del Banco Bicentenario del Centro Comercial San Ignacio, donde cobró los Bs.S 90 (9 millones de bolívares del cono saliente) que le corresponden en efectivo por el pago de su pensión. La mujer llegó a la sucursal del banco a las 4:45 am para...