March 2025

Habrá nueva administradora de pensiones en Colombia desde julio: Será pública

En el marco del proceso que reglamenta al nuevo sistema de jubilaciones, la Superintendencia Financiera avaló que exista la primera administradora de pensiones en Colombia de carácter público. Esta entidad se va a encargar de competir en el mercado con los fondos privados que ya fueron autorizados también por la entidad. De acuerdo con la Superfinanciera, Positiva Seguros, que es parte del estado colombiano, empezará a tener funciones de manejo de los ahorros de la jubilación de los trabajadores nacionales. Hay que tener...

Argentina. “Jubilación digna”: con planes de ahorro y seguros, cada vez más jóvenes planifican su economía a futuro

Cada vez más jóvenes se preguntan cómo será su retiro y qué pueden hacer hoy para asegurarse una jubilación sin sobresaltos económicos. La incertidumbre sobre el sistema previsional y los cambios en el mercado laboral llevaron a las nuevas generaciones a preocuparse por un tema que antes parecía lejano. En la Argentina, con un mercado laboral donde la informalidad sigue siendo alta y cada vez cobra más relevancia la modalidad freelance, distintos expertos en finanzas y seguros advierten sobre la importancia de planificar el retiro desde edades tempranas. “Lo...

US. How Letting Go Of Federal Government Workers Will Impact The Job Market

President Trump’s administration has set its sights on shrinking the federal government’s workforce. It currently stands at approximately 2.3 million civilian employees. On February 26, 2025, Trump signed an Executive Order implementing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Cost Efficiency Initiative, directing agencies to root out potential fraud, and abuse in matters such as contracts, grants, payments, and travel expenses. Agencies were told to centralize technological systems to track payments, accompanied by written justifications, with plans for workforce reductions due by March 13, 2025....

Climate Change May Drive Premature Aging

A new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study suggests greater exposure to extreme heat may accelerate biological aging in older adults, raising new concerns about how climate change and heat waves could affect long-term health and aging at the molecular level. People in neighborhoods that experience more days of high heat show greater biological aging on average than residents of cooler regions, said Jennifer Ailshire, senior author of the study and professor of gerontology and sociology at the USC Leonard Davis School. Biological...

Brookfield eyes UK’s pensions risk deals with insurance spin-off

Brookfield, the North American asset manager, is set to muscle in on a lucrative area of the UK pensions industry dominated by Legal & General, Aviva, Standard Life and other British insurers. The Canadian-American firm will launch Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BWS), its insurance spin-off, as an entrant into the bulk annuity pensions market. This is where private companies with traditional defined-benefit pension schemes seek buy-in or buy-out deals to transfer their risks to insurers and life assurance companies. The UK pension...

Taiwan. Record-breaking pension fund earnings distributed

People enrolled in the new Labor Pension Fund received record-breaking boosts to their pensions, as gains made through the fund’s investments were distributed across accounts today, the Bureau of Labor Insurance announced. Investments made by the fund netted record gains of NT$698.97 billion (US$21.25 billion) last year, the bureau said. A total of 12.92 million people enrolled in the fund had their pensions boosted, 200,000 more than the previous year, the bureau said. Bureau of Labor Insurance signage is pictured in Taipei...

February 2025

Chile. Fondos de pensiones se alistan a cerrar el balance de febrero con pérdidas

Febrero se alista a ser un mes negativo para los cinco multifondos de pensiones y el responsable sería la caída del dólar, según comentó Ciedess Con valores cuota al día 25, los fondos más riesgosos, tipos A y B, registran caídas de -2,83% y -2,08% respectivamente, mientras que el fondo de riesgo moderado, tipo C, presenta una baja de -1,06%. Por su parte, los fondos más conservadores obtienen pérdidas de -0,32% el tipo D y -0,09% el tipo E. Desde Ciedess...

UK Pension Fund Pulls £28bn From State Street Amid ESG Policy Divisions

The People’s Pension, the UK’s largest commercial master trust, has withdrawn £28bn from State Street, prioritizing sustainability, active stewardship, and long-term value creation. The fund awarded a £20bn equity mandate to Amundi and £8bn in fixed-income assets to Invesco, both sharing the People’s Pension’s commitment to responsible investment. This decision comes amid the European Commission’s recent Omnibus package, which narrows corporate sustainability reporting legislation in the EU, and a retreat from ESG initiatives by US firms under the Trump...

US. Public pension funds allocate more to fixed income, lower return assumptions — NCPERS

Public pension funds are increasing allocations to fixed income and continuing to lower their investment assumptions, according to a study from the National Conference on Public Employees Retirement Systems. The study, which reflects data from 201 U.S. public pension funds that collectively oversee more than $3 trillion in assets, shows those plans that reported data as of June 30 had an average investment return of 9.5%, and the trend toward lower investment return assumptions continues with an average discount rate...

AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan’s ageing population

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly. The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future "caregiver" for Japan's rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers. "Given our highly advanced ageing society and declining births,...