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09OctOctober 9, 2025

Modifying pension reform would be very costly for France, says finance minister

Any plans to modify France's pension reforms - whose unpopularity is one of the reasons behind the country's political crisis - would be very costly for the economy, said acting French finance minister Roland Lescure on Wednesday. "Modifying the pension reform will cost hundreds of millions in 2026, and billions in 2027," Lescure told France Inter radio. Elisabeth Borne, a former Prime Minister and the country's current caretaker education minister, told Le Parisien newspaper on Tuesday that she was open to suspending the pension overhaul...

October 9, 2025

NewsFrance, Pension Reform

09OctOctober 9, 2025

The Paradox of Demographic Dividend: Ageing Population and the Gig Economy

As I travel from my office in Dal Gate towards Jawahar Nagar, in Srinagar, a 24-year-old food delivery rider parks his scooter in front of a coaching centre. He has just completed his third order of the morning and is checking his phone for the next one. His father, meanwhile, spent three decades as a government schoolteacher, drawing a steady salary and retiring with a pension that still sustains the family. The contrast could not be sharper: the father’s...

October 9, 2025

NewsIndia, Informal Sector, Labor Market

09OctOctober 9, 2025

US. CalSTRS Forms Climate Co-Investment Partnership With Carlyle Alpinvest

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System is partnering with Caryle Alpinvest to expand the $374.3 billion pension fund’s ability to access co-investment climate solution opportunities, Carlyle Alpinvest announced Tuesday. “This partnership is designed to expand CalSTRS’ ability to invest alongside private equity managers in climate solution opportunities beyond CalSTRS’ direct investment program,” Carlyle Alpinvest stated. Carlyle Alpinvest is a specialist subsidiary of the Carlyle Group. Alpinvest reports $97 billion of assets under management, the Carlyle Group manages $465 billion in total, including...

October 9, 2025

NewsClimate crisis, Pension Management, US

09OctOctober 9, 2025

Europe’s pension system reform could bring boost to risk assets

Europe’s growing productivity gap to the US and China in particular could be closed with the help of more long-term risk capital in asset classes such as public and private equities and infrastructure to drive productive investments, according to a study authored by researchers at McGill University in collaboration with the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). In a report titled “EUROPE’S PRODUCTIVE CAPITAL GAP – Mobilising pension and household savings to scale up risk capital”, authors based at...

October 9, 2025

NewsEurope, Investment, Risk

09OctOctober 9, 2025

Bad Sleep Makes Your Brain Age Faster, Study Finds

People who struggle with poor sleep tend to have brains that look older than their actual age, according to an extensive brain imaging study conducted by Karolinska Institutet and published in eBioMedicine. The researchers suggest that increased inflammation in the body could help explain this connection. Although poor sleep has long been associated with dementia, scientists still debate whether unhealthy sleep patterns contribute to cognitive decline or if they are early signs of the disease. In this new investigation, the Karolinska...

October 9, 2025

NewsAging, Health

08OctOctober 8, 2025

Una encuesta de Fidelity pone de relieve la desconexión entre las expectativas y la realidad que amenaza los objetivos de la jubilación

Aportar a un plan de pensiones es una de las grandes prioridades financieras de los europeos, que aseguran en su mayoría estar preparados para la jubilación. Sin embargo, a los inversores les preocupa que la inflación pueda mermar su capacidad para jubilarse holgadamente. La incertidumbre económica y los gastos inesperados también ponen en riesgo la preparación para la jubilación. La jubilación es una prioridad para los inversores minoristas europeos y muchos de ellos están dando los pasos adecuados. Sin embargo,...

October 8, 2025

NoticiasAhorro, Europa, Longevidad

08OctOctober 8, 2025

México. Condusef da 4 puntos claves a adultos mayores sobre el ahorro para el retiro

Las reglas en el tema del retiro laboral cambiaron tras la reforma al sistema de pensiones que se implementó a partir de julio de 1997, por lo que aquellos trabajadores del sector formal mexicano que cotizan ante el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) y se jubilen deben pensar muy bien en cómo sobrellevarán la vejez económicamente hablando. Bajo este entendido, la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros (Condusef) dio a conocer una serie de consejos dirigidos...

October 8, 2025

NoticiasAhorro, Mexico

08OctOctober 8, 2025

Los colombianos podrían pensionarse antes de los 40 años: esta sería la fórmula financiera para lograrlo

La posibilidad de jubilarse en Colombia antes de los 40 años dejó de ser una idea remota para un grupo selecto de ciudadanos. La clave reside en una estrategia financiera rigurosa dentro del régimen privado, donde el beneficio más llamativo surge de asegurar una mesada cercana a los dos millones de pesos al ingresar a la cuarta década de vida. Pocas personas logran concretar este objetivo, cuyo secreto radica en el poder de la capitalización y el ahorro constante. Así quedaría el...

October 8, 2025

NoticiasColombia, Edad de retiro, Reforma de Pensiones

08OctOctober 8, 2025

Top U.S. union warns Senate crypto bill could threaten workers and pensions

The nation’s biggest labour federation, the AFL-CIO, has come out against the Senate’s crypto regulation proposal, arguing that the measure lacks sufficient worker protections and could endanger financial stability. AFL-CIO director Jody Calemine wrote, referring to the RFIA bill, “This bill’s treatment of crypto assets poses risks to both retirement funds and to the overall financial stability of the U.S. economy. As drafted, this bill will enable the crypto industry to operate in wider and deeper ways in our financial...

October 8, 2025

NewsCrypto, Investment, US

08OctOctober 8, 2025

African pension funds unify to mobilize $700b for continent’s development

African pension providers are for the first time unifying their efforts to create a domestic financing pool, aiming to mobilize their collective $700 billion in assets to establish a “Development Fund for Africa.” The unprecedented move is driven by an imperative to fund the continent’s development needs locally and reduce reliance on traditional foreign funding, according to leaders in the industry. The African Development Bank estimates the continent needs more than $1.3 trillion annually to meet its development goals. The plan...

October 8, 2025

NewsAfrica, Investment

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