Catron County, New Mexico, may be seeing the future of an aging population today. It has beautiful landscapes that draw retirees who fall in love with the area and want to stay among soaring rock formations and bright stars in dark skies. But it’s a tough place to get even minimal medical care. And employees are hard to find, with few young people to hire and support the tax base. It’s a microcosm of the national trend: By 2034 the whole...
There must be a fundamental shift in global anti-poverty strategies, moving beyond the notion that economic “growth” is the only path to eradicating poverty, the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Elena Díaz Galán said today, presenting the Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth to the Human Rights Council. “What matters to people living in poverty is not abstract economic expansion, but real improvements in living conditions. Poverty is multidimensional and lived; it cannot be reduced to income, or solved...
La inversión de las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (afores) ha crecido 31% en el último año y ya supera el billón de pesos, de acuerdo con información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Al cierre de mayo pasado, las afores tenían invertidos un máximo histórico de 1.042 billones de pesos en el sector infraestructura, a través de instrumentos como deuda privada, Fibras y estructurados. Esto cuando en mayo del año pasado, el financiamiento...
Gobierno admite preocupación sobre menor competencia entre AFPs con la reforma previsional Las definiciones de la Superintendencia de Pensiones en torno a la puesta en marcha de la reforma previsional están generando cada vez más expectación. Esta vez fue el Gobierno, en la voz del coordinador de Mercado de Capitales del Ministerio de Hacienda, Eugenio Symon, quien levantó algunas alertas sobre los próximos pasos. El foco de atención está actualmente en la definición del régimen de inversión de los futuros fondos generacionales...
Cuando el gobierno De la Espriella arranque el próximo 7 de agosto, la Corte Constitucional seguirá estudiando las demandas que hay sobre la reforma pensional, que fue aprobada por el Congreso de la República y de la que solamente se aplican algunos cambios. Según el proyecto de ley avalado por el Congreso, Colpensiones pasaría a tener un rol mucho más importante al recibir las cotizaciones de todos los trabajadores del país. Sin embargo, de acuerdo con el gobierno De la Espriella, es...
Over the past century, finance has become increasingly disconnected from the physical world it depends on. Every day, trillions of dollars move through financial markets as stocks, bonds and derivatives. Much of that money never reaches the businesses, infrastructure and systems that power the real economy. The scale of this shift is striking. In 2024, around $149 trillion worth of shares were traded on global stock markets. Yet, companies raised only $741 billion in new capital through those same markets. So, for...
Germany’s reform of its public and occupational pension system could see more than €400bn flow into the scheme over the next decade, following recommendations made in a report published on Tuesday by the country’s pension commission. In an 80-page submission, the commission – Alterssicherungskommission – made 33 recommendations to the government as to how to reform the country’s public and occupational pensions. If fully implemented, IPE analysis suggests the reforms could see capital inflows of more than €400bn across the pillars...
Artificial intelligence used across pension schemes is creating a governance challenge rather than a new regulatory risk, according to Cartwright Pension Trusts. Cartwright said trustees should focus on oversight, accountability and existing governance frameworks as AI becomes more widely used across scheme operations. It said trustees remain responsible for decisions and member outcomes, whether services are delivered by people or AI tools and should incorporate AI considerations into existing governance, risk management, supplier oversight and information security frameworks. According to Cartwright,...
The White House asked Congress on Wednesday for $1 billion to boost the pensions of workers at former General Motors (GM.N), opens new tab auto parts unit Delphi that were cut during the Detroit automaker's 2009 bankruptcy restructuring. The White House is also seeking $1 billion to help reconstruct New York's Penn Station and $500 million to support ongoing construction projects at Washington's World War II memorial and the Tidal Basin as part of a supplemental funding request. The White House also wants...
En dos años, con el Fondo de Pensiones para el Bienestar se ha beneficiado a 7 mil 244 trabajadores que han obtenido el complemento para su pensión por vejez, de tal manera que al mes perciben 17 mil 885.85 pesos, informó Humberto Vázquez, titular de la Coordinación de Sistemas de Pensiones del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). El monto aumenta cada año con base en la inflación. El funcionario indicó que con este esquema, que empezó en 2024 y...
