March 2025
03Mar

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...

March 3, 2025
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03Mar

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...

March 3, 2025
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03Mar

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...

March 3, 2025
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February 2025
28Feb

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...

February 28, 2025
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28Feb

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...

February 28, 2025
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28Feb

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...

February 28, 2025
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28Feb

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,...

February 28, 2025
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27Feb

México. Reforma al ISSSTE 2025 para mejorar vivienda y servicios de salud.

El pasado 7 de febrero, la Cámara de Diputados recibió la iniciativa del Ejecutivo federal para reformar la ley del Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (ISSSTE). El objetivo de esta reforma pretende mejorar las condiciones de vivienda y fortalecer los servicios de salud para los trabajadores del Estado. La iniciativa presentada introduce cuatro puntos clave para modificarse y apoyar a los derechos laborales, en los que destaca el adquirir una vivienda digna por medio del Fondo de Vivienda del ISSSTE (Fovisste). A pesar de que la...

February 27, 2025
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27Feb

Las AFP apuran inversión en el exterior y dejan menos en Perú, ¿lo sentirán afiliados?

Las AFP vienen recomponiendo sus portafolios administrados en medio de una creciente turbulencia en los mercados por factores internacionales, la proximidad de comicios en Perú y tras culminar en setiembre último el séptimo retiro de fondos de los afiliados al Sistema Privado de Pensiones (SPP). Así, están elevando considerablemente las inversiones en el exterior que, a febrero, representan 48,1% de la cartera de las gestoras previsionales, porcentaje muy superior al registrado un año antes (41,1%), según datos de la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y...

February 27, 2025
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27Feb

Afores tienen invertidos 183,000 mdp en oficinas y naves industriales: Amefibra

Josefina Moíses, directora general de la Asociación Mexicana de Fibras Inmobiliarias (Amefibra), informó que los trabajadores con una Afore tienen invertidos 183,000 millones de pesos en más de 2,000 bienes inmuebles rentados como oficinas, naves industriales y tiendas retail en México. “Las Afores son dueñas del 40 por ciento de las FIBRAs, empresas que rentan 2,000 bienes inmuebles, por sus ventajas como sólidos instrumentos de inversión, su crecimiento y su bajo riesgo, lo que vincula directamente los ahorros para el...

February 27, 2025
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