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30DecDecember 30, 2022

Turkey’s president abolishes the retirement age by decree

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced the end of the retirement age requirement, which gives over 2 million Turks the possibility of immediately choosing to exercise the right to a pension, according to what was communicated in a press conference yesterday evening. Currently, the retirement age is 58 for women and 60 for men. «With the regulation that we agree with today, about 2.25 million more people will be entitled to retire. No age limit to be entitled to...

December 30, 2022

NewsRetirement Age, Turkey

29DecDecember 29, 2022

Ahorradores pensionarios chilenos viven mal 2022

La volatilidad marcó los resultados de los multifondos de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) durante este año, al punto que los portafolios de pensiones podrían cerrar 2022 con su segundo peor rendimiento acumulado anual desde su creación en 2002 para los fondos A, B y C, que registran caídas solo superadas por los descensos del 2008, en el marco de la crisis subprime. Según un análisis de Ciedess, entre enero y el 25 de diciembre, el fondo más...

December 29, 2022

Noticias, NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Chile, Inversión

29DecDecember 29, 2022

México. Las Afores arrancan el año cobrando el mínimo histórico pero con la amenaza de la inflación

Sigue siendo un momento histórico para las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores). La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) ya ha anunciado las comisiones autorizadas para las 10 entidades que administran los fondos de jubilación de los mexicanos. Así, las Afores cobrarán un promedio de 0,566% sobre el total del saldo administrado, un mínimo histórico ... Sigue siendo un momento histórico para las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores). La Comisión Nacional del...

December 29, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Administración de Pensiones, Comisiones, Mexico

29DecDecember 29, 2022

U.K. Investors must innovate to stay ahead of FCA’s SDR proposal

The FCA’s new sustainability disclosure requirements may prove to be a defining moment for financial services, the chief project officer at the Global Returns Project has said. Jack Chellman told FTAdviser the FCA’s rules, which are currently being consulted on, cannot come soon enough. “Investors are increasingly concerned about greenwashing,” he said. “Looking ahead to 2023, asset managers must embrace innovative approaches to demonstrate their sustainability credentials if they are to satisfy their clients and rise to the challenge of constructing attractive, competitive...

December 29, 2022

NewsESG, Investment, Regulation, UK

29DecDecember 29, 2022

India. PFRDA proposes bringing gig workers into pension fold

India's pension fund regulator has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country's gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90% of the overall workforce into the pension fold, its chairman told Reuters. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), which manages over $102 billion in assets, has proposed that workers at food and cab aggregators be automatically enrolled into the National Pension Scheme (NPS), Chairman Supratim Bandyopadhyay said in an interview on Tuesday. The...

December 29, 2022

NewsIndia, Informal Sector, Pension design, Regulation

29DecDecember 29, 2022

U.S. New York Raises Cap on Pensions’ Private Equity, Hedge Fund Assets

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Friday that allows the state’s and New York City’s pensions to increase allocations to more expensive and opaque asset classes like private equity that could potentially deliver higher returns. The bill raises the cap on alternative assets — which also include hedge funds, private real estate and direct loans to companies — as well as foreign stocks, to 35% from 25%. Boosting the limit will allow pensions, including the $233 billion...

December 29, 2022

NewsInvestment, Regulation, US

28DecDecember 28, 2022

South Korea. Population Declines for 36th Month due to Low Births

The country's population declined for three consecutive years due to a combination of plunging birth rate, society’s accelerated aging and the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data from Statistics Korea on Wednesday, there were 20-thousand-658 newborns in October, down zero-point-four percent from a year earlier. The on-year gain was the lowest for October since the agency began compiling related data in 1981. The tally for newborns has seen an on-year decline for 83 straight months since December 2015. The number of deaths in...

December 28, 2022

NewsAging, Labor Market, South Korea

28DecDecember 28, 2022

A long-term illness crisis is threatening the UK economy

Along with sky-high inflation and energy costs, a Brexit-related trade tailspin and a recession in progress, the U.K. economy is being hammered by record numbers of workers reporting long-term sickness. The Office for National Statistics reported that between June and August 2022, around 2.5 million people cited long-term sickness as the main reason for economic inactivity, an increase of around half a million since 2019. The number of “economically inactive” people — those neither working nor looking for a job —...

December 28, 2022

NewsHealth, Healthcare, Labor Market, UK

28DecDecember 28, 2022

U.S. New retirement account rules make it easier to tap savings early for emergencies

It will soon be easier for cash-strapped Americans to tap their retirement savings for emergency expenses. President Joe Biden is poised to sign a $1.7 trillion bill that amends rules related to so-called hardship distributions from 401(k) plans. The measures are tucked into “Secure 2.0,” a collection of retirement reforms attached to the overall legislative package, which will fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year through next September. The House and Senate passed the bill last week. Current...

December 28, 2022

NewsPension design, Regulation, US

27DecDecember 27, 2022

¿Por qué las AFP tienen más cotizantes y Colpensiones más pensionados?

La reciente declaración del presidente de Colpensiones, Jaime Dussán, ha generado confusión sobre el futuro del sistema pensional colombiano. De hecho, una de las afirmaciones más polémicas fue que “los fondos privados de pensiones reciben ahorros, pero no pensionan”. Y aunque esta declaración ha sido desmentida por varios analistas, sí hay una realidad: la mayor parte de los pensionados en Colombia están en Colpensiones. Las razones El sistema pensional colombiano está compuesto por dos regímenes de pensión: el Régimen de Ahorro Individual...

December 27, 2022

Noticias, NoticiasCobertura, Colombia, Diseño de Pensiones, Suficiencia

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