editor, Author at Pension Policy International

10SepSeptember 10, 2025

Ghana. Retired Officials Face Scrutiny Over Dual Salary Entitlements

Ghana grapples with constitutional questions as debate intensifies over whether retired public officers should receive full compensation when appointed to new positions, potentially earning combined monthly payments exceeding ₵115,000. The controversy centers on retired Chief Justices who collect ₵65,000 monthly pensions while earning ₵50,000 as Council of State members, creating what critics call an unsustainable fiscal burden during economic uncertainty. U.S.-based legal scholar Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare has emerged as a prominent voice challenging the practice. The academic has questioned why...

September 10, 2025

NewsGhana, Public Pensions

10SepSeptember 10, 2025

Shell outsources pension investment to Goldman in $40bn multi-country deal

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has landed one of the biggest fiduciary management mandates in a multi-country deal with oil giant Shell. The company has agreed to take over the management of approximately $40bn (£29.5bn) of assets, including the main UK defined benefit scheme, the £11.1bn Shell Contributory Pension Plan. The total consists of separate awards from Shell pension entities in six different jurisdictions, including the UK, Germany, and North America, according to a press release from Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM)....

September 10, 2025

NewsInvestment, Occupational Pensions

10SepSeptember 10, 2025

Why some of Canada’s biggest pensions are slamming the brakes on U.S. real estate investment

Two of Canada’s largest pension funds say it is getting harder to justify investing in real estate south of the border, but the enormity of the market keeps the United States on their radar. Real estate executives from the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) and Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), members of Canada’s Maple Eight with close to $300 billion in assets between them at year-end, told a real estate conference run by NAIOP, known as the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, that they...

September 10, 2025

NewsCanada, Investment

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

México. Congreso de Oaxaca alista reforma a Fondo de Pensiones de Policías para reducir edad de jubilaciones y dar 100% de salario en retiro

El Gobernador, Salomón Jara Cruz, envió al Congreso de Oaxaca una iniciativa de ley para la creación del Fondo de Pensiones de Policías del Estado, con el cual podrán retirarse a los 50 años de edad con 20 años de servicio y con el 100 por ciento de sus salarios. La iniciativa será aprobada este martes en la sesión ordinaria de la LXVI Legislatura. De acuerdo al mandatario estatal, los elementos de las corporaciones de seguridad tendrán muchos beneficios. El proyecto, plantea...

September 9, 2025

NoticiasMexico, Pensiones Públicas

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Estrategias de inversión basadas en el ciclo de vida y un reglamento PEPP 2.0: dos ideas para mejorar las pensiones en europa

“Los ciudadanos de la UE deben beneficiarse de la expansión de las pensiones ocupacionales y privadas para evitar la pobreza en la vejez”, señalan desde Efama Insta a la creación de un “PEPP 2.0” que sea simple, atractivo y financieramente sostenible En su opinión, eliminar el límite de comisiones y levantar el requisito de asesoramiento obligatorio para permitir opciones de ejecución única animaría a más gestores de activos a ofrecer PEPPs La Comisión Europea (CE) busca cómo cerrar las brechas entre los...

September 9, 2025

NoticiasEuropa, Inversión

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Perú: Se acaba el retiro de 95,5% de fondo de AFP para 4 millones de afiliados: ¿Por qué?

El reglamento de la ley de Modernización del Sistema Previsional Peruano, además de precisar la forma en que se introducirán los cambios en afiliaciones, pensiones, cobros y competencia, activará algunas prohibiciones trascendentales en los regímenes de AFP y ONP. Una de las principales innovaciones es la apertura de la cuenta especial por consumo a partir de diciembre del 2026. Estos aportes se originan en los gastos realizados por los afiliados al sistema, que se sustentarán con boletas de venta electrónicas. Se contabilizará el 1% del...

September 9, 2025

NoticiasPerú, Reforma de Pensiones

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Top pension funds reach all-time global record

The world’s largest 300 pension funds reached a new US$ 24.4 trillion record in terms of their total assets under management, according to this year’s Global Top 300 Pension Funds report by leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute. The research highlights high-level trends in the pension fund industry and provides information on the changing composition of the top 300 list of pension funds globally, including the characteristics and investment allocations of these pension funds. This year’s...

September 9, 2025

NewsPension Management

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Germany. Demographics hit pension systems with full force

Bolstering the still underdeveloped second and third pillars of retirement provision is unavoidable. Expanding occupational and private pensions via pension funds and insurers would not only help shrink – or even close – the private savings gap, but also ease the strain on public budgets by stabilising or even reducing transfers to the state pension system. And not least, it would mobilise additional capital for investment through contribution funds channelled into capital markets. Lack of ambition The new CDU/CSU/SPD coalition government,...

September 9, 2025

NewsAging, EU, Germany, savings

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Australia. Why retirees are turning to the gig economy

Ms Symons retired from financial planning about three years ago and was relying on the age pension for an income. But as a renting divorcée with four children and 11 grandchildren, it was hard to make ends meet. The maximum pension payment the 73-year-old could get amounted to about $675 a week. "When you take your rent out of that, the noodles are looking good [but] I don't want to eat noodles," she said. Being a driver paid per job...

September 9, 2025

NewsAustralia, Informal Sector

09SepSeptember 9, 2025

Humanoid Robots Will Cater to China’s Aging Population

Robots will play a growing role in caring for China's elderly, industry insiders say, as robotics firms move to tap into the country's expanding "silver economy." Why It Matters China, like the rest of East Asia, is grappling with a flagging birth rate coupled with a fast-aging workforce. People aged 65 and older already make up about 15 percent of its 1.4 billion citizens, according to United Nations data. Demographers expect China to join Japan and South Korea as a "super-aged" society, where more...

September 9, 2025

NewsAging, China, Healthcare

September 2025