December 2024
12Dec

How climate change will impact pension fund investment portfolios

Failure to transition to a low-carbon economy could cost pension schemes up to 30% in investment losses by 2050, according to new research. Analytics and risk management firm Ortec Finance analysed the investment portfolios of 30 large UK pension schemes based on exposure to climate change risks. It modelled seven different scenarios for the global transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources, and found that real estate and listed equities were the most vulnerable asset classes if any...

December 12, 2024
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12Dec

November Sees Another Gain in Corporate Pension Funded Status

The funded ratios of defined benefit corporate pension plans in the U.S. rose in November, with strong market returns offsetting a drop in discount rates, according to tracking by some of the country’s largest pension consultancies. Milliman Inc., which tracks 100 of the largest corporate pension plans through its monthly index, reported that funded ratios rose to 103.5% as of November 30, outdoing the end of October’s 103.2%. The average market gains of 1.88% lifted the value of the plan assets Milliman tracks...

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12Dec

Just 19% of UK savers have factored getting a serious illness in to their retirement plan

Just a fifth of UK savers (19%) have fully considered getting a serious illness in their retirement plan, according to research by consultancy Barnett Waddingham. Its At retirement reckoning report, which surveyed more than 5,000 UK employees, also found that 25% of respondents under the age of 50 have prepared for this possibility, compared to just 16% of those aged over 50. Two-fifths (43%) of this older age group have thought about it but not included it in their retirement planning, and 32%...

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12Dec

Morningstar Drops Recommended Safe Withdrawal Rate to 3.7%

Morningstar Inc. has lowered what the investment research firm considers a safe retirement savings withdrawal rate for new retirees based on a 30-year outlook, according to the firm’s annual “State of Retirement Income” report released Wednesday. To decide on the recommended withdrawal rate, Morningstar researchers considered forward-looking asset class returns and inflation assumptions for new retirees, excluding what they may be getting from Social Security or other nonportfolio income sources such as a company pension. In that forward-looking analysis, the authors...

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11Dec

México. Fondos Generacionales cumplen 5 años en el SAR

El dinero que inviertes en una Afore está de verdad invertido para generar un rendimiento de largo plazo pensando en el tiempo que falta para tu jubilación, afirmó Nieves Lanzagorta, vicepresidenta de Vinculación en la Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Amafore), durante el Foro Virtual “Las ‘Pobres’ Pensiones de Millennials y Centennials, ¿Cómo mejorar tu futuro?”. Explicó que México fue uno de los primeros países en implementar fondos generacionales, un esquema que agrupa a los trabajadores por edades...

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11Dec

Chile. Marcel aumenta presión por reforma de pensiones ante señales de inminente acuerdo

“Nunca antes hemos estado tan cerca de llegar a un acuerdo, pero siempre es importante la puntada final”, dijo este martes el ministro de Hacienda, Mario Marcel, al comentar al estado de la tramitación de la reforma de pensiones durante un seminario de la Bolsa Electrónica de Chile sobre el mercado de capitales. Si bien para la oposición sus palabras no eran nuevas (de hecho, hace dos semanas la ministra del Trabajo, Jeannette Jara, también había señalado que el acuerdo...

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11Dec

¿Cuánto le cobrarán los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia en 2025 por manejar su ahorro?

Se elimina la competencia entre sistemas con el nuevo esquema de cotización a jubilación. Los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia entrarán a hacer complemento de lo que administre Colpensiones, que será el mayor administrador en el país. Sin embargo, tendrán estos privados algunos puntos clave a tener en cuenta al momento de administrar los ahorros de los trabajadores que hacen los aportes de manera formal. Uno de esos puntos justamente tiene presente que los fondos privados de pensión en Colombia podrán...

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11Dec

Immigration and Waning US Labor Force Growth

The growth of the working age population born in the United States has been slowing since 2000, as increasing numbers of native-born workers have been reaching retirement age while smaller generations of young Americans enter their working years. Since 2020, the size of the population aged 18-65 that was born in the United States has actually shrunk. The decline has been most pronounced among non-college educated workers. Corresponding to this decrease in labor supply, unfilled job vacancies and labor...

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11Dec

AllianzGI Approved for China Pension Firm Stake

The investment arm of Allianz has been approved to become the first foreign asset manager to own a stake in China’s pension insurance company. Allianz Global Investors has received regulatory approval for investment in a 2 percent stake in Guomin Pension & Insurance Company, according to a statement. This makes it the first foreign asset manager to own a stake in the pension insurer. AllianzGI has been approved to subscribe to around 228 million newly issued shares in Guomin Pension worth approximately...

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11Dec

Zimbabwe. Government urged to incentivise informal sector formalisation

ANALYSTS and other key business players have implored the Government to invest more in incentivising informal sector players to transition into formal business operations to enhance economic stability and improve tax revenues. Mr James Wadi, an economic analyst said this while giving an appraisal of the 2025 National Budget at the post–budget breakfast meeting hosted by Business Weekly in collaboration with the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) and the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion on Monday. Zimbabwean products Mr...

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