March 2025
05Mar

‘Trump can’t tell people where to invest their money’

One of Donald Trump’s first acts on returning to the White House was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, and he has long railed against environmental, social and governance investment and “woke capitalism”, having rolled back more than 100 environmental rules and policies in his first term. So there is an understandable fear that Trump’s stance will slow momentum towards meeting net-zero targets and reduce sustainable investment around the world. Multiple financial institutions have withdrawn from net-zero alliances set...

March 5, 2025
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05Mar

Pooled pension innovations offer new structures for retirement income

This article is part of a new Globe Advisor series, Pensions Unpacked, exploring how workplace pensions fit into retirement strategies, and the technical details and decisions that come with the plans. The steady decline of defined-benefit (DB) pension plans has led to the creation of new pension models aimed at helping employees save money for retirement and employers seeking to attract and retain staff. The newer plans fall into the broad category of pooled pensions. Contributors combine their savings to benefit...

March 5, 2025
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05Mar

US Public Pension Funds Increased Allocations to Fixed Income in 2024

US public pension funds are raising their fixed-income allocations, but with equities still holding the largest share of portfolios, US small- and mid-cap stocks could present an opportunity, according to the National Conference on Public Employees Retirement System (NCPERS). Data from 201 US public pension funds revealed that while allocations to other asset classes declined in the first half of 2024, fixed-income investments saw a sharp increase. Equities remained the largest part of pension portfolios, averaging a 41.5% allocation, though this was down...

March 5, 2025
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04Mar

México. El retiro que no soñaste, pero sí necesitas; comienza por entender tu pensión

En México, hablar de retiro es casi un acto de fe. Nos venden el espejismo de una vejez tranquila, con estabilidad económica y tiempo para disfrutar. Pero la realidad golpea distinto: millones de trabajadores llegan al momento de la verdad sin haber entendido las reglas del sistema y por consiguiente sin aprovecharlas, quedando con pensiones más bajas de las que podrían tener o con la peor calificación del juego "negativa de pensión". ¿De verdad estamos preparados para nuestro retiro o...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

Chile. Reforma de pensiones: ministra Jara entrega plazos de implementación del nuevo sistema previsional en Chile

Durante la mañana de este lunes, la ministra del Trabajo y Previsión Social, Jeannette Jara, entregó —en ADN Hoy— detalles sobre la implementación del nuevo sistema de pensiones, que comenzará este mes de marzo. Destacó que se trata de un proceso que se llevará a cabo en un plazo de 36 meses, con “cambios paulatinos en el tiempo”. “La reforma fue aprobada en febrero y, en los días posteriores, se conformaron alrededor de 15 equipos de trabajo del Ministerio de Hacienda, la Secretaría General de la...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

La reforma de pensiones en América Latina: Lecciones para el Ecuador

Los sistemas de pensiones en América Latina han experimentado diversas reformas en los últimos años para garantizar su sostenibilidad y mejorar la cobertura de los jubilados. Uruguay, Colombia y Chile han implementado cambios que pueden servir de referencia para el Ecuador, en donde el Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS) enfrenta desafíos estructurales que requieren una reforma urgente. En Uruguay, la reciente reforma de pensiones fue sometida a votación en un plebiscito, los ciudadanos rechazaron reducir la edad de jubilación en...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

UK. DB schemes reconsidering long-term strategies amid market changes

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes may be reconsidering their endgame strategies in light of recent market movements, PwC has said, after its Low Reliance Index continued to show a record surplus position, rising to £180bn in February 2025. PwC’s Buyout Index also recorded a surplus position of £90bn, demonstrating that DB pensions schemes continue to have, on average, sufficient assets to buyout their pension promises. PwC head of investment strategy, Sam Seadon, noted that there has been "something of a roller...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

The Coming Revolution in Pension Investment Technology

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a hot topic on Wall Street. It’s the new gold rush. Many of us are already using large language models to pull up and assemble information, and sometimes even draft written reports. “Sandboxes” are popping up all over to ingest data in various forms and swiftly produce inferential analytics that would take days for humans. The stock market has gone gaga for companies with credible AGI or quantum computing potential. Some industry leaders are envisioning “superintelligent” systems that theoretically could outthink most...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

UK. The People’s Pension Fund Revamps Investment Strategy

The People’s Pension has pulled more than US$35bn of investments from State Street over sustainability and ESG concerns, passing funds to Amundi & Invesco One of the UK's leading pension funds, the People’s Pension, has made a significant move by withdrawing £28bn (US$35bn) from State Street, as part of its strategic alignment towards enhanced Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals. This reshuffling involves reallocating a substantial £20bn (US$25bn) to Amundi, and another £8bn (US$10bn) to Invesco. Consequently, only £5bn (US$6.2bn) remains under State Street's management, notably reduced...

March 4, 2025
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04Mar

South Korea’s birthrate rebounds, but is it sustainable?

After nearly a decade of birth rates in steady decline, South Korea reversed that trend to report a significant uptick in newborns in 2024. Announced by the government-run Statistics Korea agency on February 26, a total of 238,300 babies were born last year, up 3.6% from a record low of just 230,000 in 2023. And while the increase is certainly grounds for celebration in a nation that is recognized as one of the most rapidly contracting and aging in the world, analysts caution that...

March 4, 2025
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