July 2025
24Jul

HSBC highlights trends shaping longevity economy, reveals factors driving wealth creation

HSBC hosted a Future Wealth Conference at The Rosewood Hong Kong earlier this month, bringing together industry leaders, financial experts and high-net-worth individuals to explore the forces reshaping wealth in an era of rapid change. The conference was an exclusive event for the bank’s Premier Elite clients. The conference, themed “Unpacking Trends, Unlocking Opportunities”, focused on three critical areas: the opportunities and challenges of extended lifespans, the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI), and the shifts seen in consumer behaviour,...

July 24, 2025
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24Jul

EBRI: Long-Term Care One of the Most Under-Addressed Retirement Risks

In a July 22 webinar, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Morningstar revealed that employees’ perceptions of long-term care needs, knowledge and accessibility of long-term services and supports, as well as longevity influence their financial readiness in retirement.  The webinar was based on findings from EBRI’s “Employee Long-Term Care Survey,” fielded in 2024, as well as results from Morningstar’s “The Overlooked Cost: How Long Term Services and Supports Impacts Retirement-Income Adequacy,” released in May.   “America is aging, yet nearly 40% of households...

July 24, 2025
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24Jul

The countries where workers can dip into their pension pots early, mapped

British workers could soon be allowed to access part of their pension savings long before retirement, under proposals reportedly being considered by Labour. The idea, dubbed “sidecar savings,” would let people draw down a small portion of their pension for emergencies or major life events – potentially at any age. Supporters argue it could help those living pay slip to pay slip, while critics warn it risks draining retirement funds too early. But the UK wouldn’t be the first to do it. A growing number of...

July 24, 2025
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23Jul

México. CNTE reanuda manifestaciones por ley de pensiones

La Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (CNTE) reanudó sus movilizaciones en la Ciudad de México este lunes 21 de julio, con un bloqueo programado en la alcaldía Benito Juárez para exigir la abrogación de la Ley del ISSSTE de 2007 y el cumplimiento de su pliego petitorio. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO.- La Ciudad de México se prepara para una nueva jornada de caos vial y afectaciones a la movilidad, luego de que la Coordinadora Nacional de Trabajadores de la...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

Chile. Gobierno nombra a Osvaldo Macías como Superintendente de Pensiones

La incertidumbre en torno a quién asumiría como superintendente de Pensiones se despejó este martes luego de que el Presidente Gabriel Boric tomara la decisión de apostar por la continuidad y nombrar a Osvaldo Macías por tres años más. Fueron tres meses y dos días el plazo por el que se extendió el concurso vía Alta Dirección Pública (ADP).  Se trataba de una definición clave y que mantenía atento al mundo previsional y financiero, pues se daba en plena implementación...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

La deuda de pensiones de El Salvador crece más de 263 millones de dólares en 2025

El Salvador elevó la deuda estatal con los fondos privados de pensiones, alimentados por los trabajadores, en más de 263 millones de dólares en los primeros cinco meses de 2025, con lo que supera los 10.789 millones de dólares en total, según las estadísticas del Banco Central de Reserva (BCR) consultados este martes por EFE. Las cifras oficiales, que el BCR retoma del Instituto Salvadoreño de Pensiones (ISP), indican que la deuda total pasó de 10.525,96 en diciembre a 10.789,19...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

Colombia. ¿Está listo el sistema tecnológico para que la reforma pensional funcione? Habla la empresa encargada

Mientras el país debate los tiempos, la Corte Constitucional y la falta de decretos reglamentarios, en el fondo una pregunta técnica es crucial: ¿Está listo el sistema tecnológico para que la reforma pensional funcione? La respuesta de Heinsohn, empresa colombiana con más de 45 años de experiencia en desarrollo de software, es clara: “sí, estamos preparados”. Henry Nomesque, gerente de soluciones de Heinsohn, habló con EL COLOMBIANO sobre los avances que han hecho junto a las administradoras de fondos privados (AFP) y el sector público, asegurando que aunque el cronograma ha sido...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

US. Pensions for all: New bill guarantees retirement income to 56M workers without a plan

Retirement proposals for workers without an employer-sponsored retirement plan were front and center at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee meeting last week. Senator Bill Cassidy, (R-LA), chair of the HELP Committee, delivered opening remarks on how to empower gig workers to access portable workplace benefits, like health care and retirement, in his legislation aimed at improving retirement security of freelance and gig workers called the Independent Retirement Fairness Act that he introduced last week in the Senate. “The...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

Atal Pension Yojana and India’s Social Security Ambitions

In a country where nearly 90% of the workforce belongs to the unorganised sector, securing a dignified life post-retirement has long been a challenge. Most daily wage workers, small business owners, and informal employees do not have access to pensions, gratuity, or provident fund mechanisms that salaried employees in the formal sector enjoy. Recognising this enormous gap in social protection, the Government of India launched the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) in 2015, aiming to democratize retirement benefits for the underserved. What began...

July 23, 2025
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23Jul

Britain is facing a ‘tsunami’ of pensioner poverty, says Kendall

Britain risks a “tsunami of pensioner poverty” over the coming decades unless the system of saving for retirement is overhauled, according to Liz Kendall. At the launch of a major independent commission on the pensions system, the work and pensions secretary said growing numbers would struggle to make ends meet in old age. “Unless we act, tomorrow’s pensioners will be poorer than today’s, because people who are saving aren’t saving enough for their retirement, and crucially, because almost half of the working age population...

July 23, 2025
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