February 2025
04Feb

Nuevo sistema de pensión en Colombia tendrá en cuenta beneficio clave por semanas cotizadas: De esto se trata

Las semanas para poder alcanzar una pensión en Colombia, y el mínimo de 1.300 para hombres y de 1.000 para mujeres, se mantienen como uno de los requisitos más importantes en el marco de la nueva ley. Dice la norma que los trabajadores que hagan parte del cambio verán la protección de los derechos adquiridos, entendiendo que estos serán los encargados de garantizar el tiempo cotizado para poder acceder a la mesada de jubilación. La pensión en Colombia por vejez se entregará...

February 4, 2025
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04Feb

UK. £35 million added to State Pension pots

Only two months left to boost State Pension by filling gaps in National Insurance records from 2006 onwards Since the launch of the digital service last April, 37,000 people have topped up more than 68,000 years, worth £35 million People wanting to maximise their State Pension by plugging gaps in their National Insurance record have contributed to a total of 68,673 years, worth £35 million, using the online service since April last year HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has...

February 4, 2025
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04Feb

Hong Kong. HSBC warning as thousands locked out of pensions with no access to savings

HSBC is refusing to transfer £978million in pension savings belonging to thousands of Hong Kong exiles who have fled to Britain. The FTSE 100 bank is withholding funds from tens of thousands of former Hong Kong residents who sought refuge in the UK following pro-democracy protests and the introduction of national security laws. The banking giant, which has its headquarters in London but maintains significant operations in China, claims legal barriers prevent it from releasing the pension funds to those who...

February 4, 2025
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04Feb

Asset owners ‘increasingly aware’ of risks of biodiversity loss, report says

Close to two-thirds of asset owners are now incorporating nature and biodiversity into their sustainability strategies whilst a further one-fifth intend to do so, according to a survey by Pensions for Purpose, the UK-based industry body. The report was based on interviews with 20 asset owners and managers across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America and Latin America. These included the Bedfordshire Pension Fund, Cambridge Associates, PGGM, JANA Investment Advisers and the Wiltshire Pension Fund. Asset owners are “at a critical point in...

February 4, 2025
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Greece Moves to Digitize Pension Records in Effort to Speed Up Payments

As part of this modernization effort, EFKA is upgrading its ATLAS pension allocation system by digitizing paper records from 1980 onwards across all primary and supplementary insurance funds. Greece’s national social security agency, EFKA, is launching a digital registry to record all insured workers’ social security contributions dating back to 1980. This initiative is part of a broader digital transformation aimed at expediting pension processing, a longstanding issue in the country’s bureaucracy. As part of this modernization effort, EFKA is upgrading...

February 4, 2025
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January 2025
30Jan

Chile aprueba una reforma de pensiones después de 43 años

El Congreso chileno ha aprobado la tarde de este miércoles por 110 votos y 38 en contra la reforma de pensiones, la mayor transformación a un sistema que se implementó en la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet, en 1981, basado en la capitalización individual, es decir, en el ahorro obligatorio de los trabajadores manejados por administradoras privadas. Era una de las principales promesas electorales del mandatario de izquierdas, Gabriel Boric, que logra sacar adelante una reforma menor a la que su...

January 30, 2025
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30Jan

México. En 2024 Afores se consolidaron como pilar del ahorro nacional

En 2025 el Sistema de Ahorro para el retiro cerró con números históricos gracias a las decisiones de inversión y gestión eficiente de las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afore), con lo que se consolidaron en un pilar del sistema de ahorro nacional, aseguró Guillermo Zamarripa, director general de la Asociación Mexicana de Afore. El representante de las 10 Afore que operan en el sistema destacó que el año pasado las administradoras obtuvieron para los trabajadores plusvalías (ganancias no...

January 30, 2025
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30Jan

Petro garantiza dinero de pensiones; no está sujeto al aplazamiento de $12 billones del presupuesto

El gobierno del presidente Gustavo Petro oficializó el aplazamiento de $12 billones del Presupuesto General de la Nación (PGN) y despejó dudas sobre un recorte al sector de pensiones. El congelamiento del dinero se hizo como medida tras el hundimiento de la Ley de Financiamiento en el Congreso de la República. Con este recorte, el presupuesto para 2025 quedó en $511 billones, pero ajustó las cuentas de todas las carteras y de algunos proyectos de infraestructura. Ante la incertidumbre generada, el presidente Gustavo Petro salió...

January 30, 2025
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30Jan

Chile’s Congress approves reform to private pension system

Chile's Congress approved a reform to the country's controversial private pension system on Wednesday, clearing the way for the bill to be signed by President Gabriel Boric. With 110 votes in favor and 38 against, the reform includes increased employer contributions, raises the guaranteed minimum pension and modifies the country's private Chile's Pension Fund Administrators (AFP) system. Pension reform was a key campaign promise by Boric, who rode a wave of left-wing optimism to the presidency following mass protests against inequality. Chile's...

January 30, 2025
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30Jan

UK. Pensions experts react to government’s DB surplus plan

Pensions experts have largely welcomed new proposals from the government to allow surplus funds in DB schemes to be invested in the wider economy. It intends to allow part of a DB fund surplus to be returned to the employer for them to invest in their core business, or bolster pension-scheme members’ benefits. However, Rachel Vahey – head of public policy at AJ Bell – said in doing so, the government is “encouraging trustees to take risks with other people’s money”. TPR...

January 30, 2025
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