editor, Author at Pension Policy International

21NovNovember 21, 2024

Chile. Ingreso imponible promedio de cotizantes de AFP llega a $ 1,2 millones y sube 3,8% en un año

El ingreso imponible promedio de los cotizantes de las AFP llegó a $ 1.220.652 en septiembre, según datos de la Superintendencia de Pensiones. Por tipo de cotizante, los trabajadores dependientes tienen un sueldo imponible mayor, de $ 1.224.466 en promedio, mientras los independientes es de $ 788.614. Hace un año, en septiembre de 2023, el ingreso imponible promedio de los cotizantes de AFP llegó a $ 1.128.011. El director del Observatorio del Contexto Económico de la UDP, Juan Bravo, aseguró a DF...

November 21, 2024

NoticiasChile, Ingreso

21NovNovember 21, 2024

US. Soaring Corporate Pensions Boost Retirement Security

Corporate pensions in the United States have been experiencing their strongest performance in over a decade. According to data from Aon, pension plan funding has consistently improved since the Great Recession. As of September 21, the pension-funded ratios of public companies on the stock index averaged 102%, signifying that pension funding had reached its highest point since late 2011, when the ratio was approximately 78%. A funded ratio is used to assess the health of a pension plan by...

November 21, 2024

NewsOccupational Pensions, US

21NovNovember 21, 2024

UK. Industry calls for more flexibility around CDC regulation

There has been strong support for government proposals to introduce multi-employer CDCs, as the consultation on Occupational Pension Scheme regulations for these new arrangements comes to a close. However in their responses a number of consultancy firms said they want more information on how such schemes might work in practice. Hymans Robertson partner Kathryn Fleming says: “This consultation is a welcome stepping stone towards CDC that offers great value for money. We are hugely supportive of CDC at scale to deliver...

November 21, 2024

NewsCDC, Regulation, UK

21NovNovember 21, 2024

US. CalPERS affirms commitment to ESG amid changes coming to Washington

CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost affirmed the $522.4 billion pension fund’s commitment to environmental, social and governance investing in the face of expected federal policy changes stemming from the recent election. Election results make clear that change is coming, Frost told the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Sacramento, at its Nov. 20 meeting. “We expect the year ahead will include new voices and viewpoints on several issues, including climate- focused investing, corporate governance and healthcare policy,” Frost said. “We welcome those...

November 21, 2024

NewsCDC, Regulation, UK

21NovNovember 21, 2024

How India’s Gig Worker Unions Are Fighting for Change

Syed Lateefuddin was only in the first week of his job as a driver for Uber when an early dawn ride changed his life. Lateefuddin, who is Muslim, accepted a ride around 3:30 am and was driving across the streets of southern India’s metropolis of Hyderabad—home to 11 million people and located about 440 miles east of Mumbai—when six men accosted him. The men trailed him and later attacked him, forcing him to chant Hindu religious slogans and pelting his car...

November 21, 2024

NewsIndia, Informal Sector

20NovNovember 20, 2024

Jubilarse en Chile: pros y contras del que es considerado el sistema más sólido de Latam

El modelo de jubilaciones chileno, que comprende una pensión social de vejez casi universal, un sistema de capitalización obligatorio de gestión privada y un marco de cotizaciones voluntarias, es considerado uno de los más sólidos de Latinoamérica en los más recientes rankings globales sobre pensiones, pero detrás también se esconden desafíos como la inequidad, sostenibilidad y el impacto de la informalidad. “Tanto Chile como Colombia tienen participación del sector público con un sistema de beneficio definido y del sector privado con un sistema...

November 20, 2024

NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Chile

20NovNovember 20, 2024

Colombia. Colpensiones tiene en problemas a 6.000 colombianos que buscan pensionarse: culpan a un artículo de la reforma de Petro

Más de 6.000 colombianos que esperan pensionarse se encuentran en un limbo administrativo debido a que Colpensiones aún no les habilita el ingreso al régimen de prima media, tal y como. A raíz de la aprobación de la Ley 2381 de 2024, “por medio de la cual se establece el Sistema de Protección Social Integral para la Vejez, la Invalidez y la Muerte”, más conocida como reforma pensional, que se basa en un sistema de pilares (semicontributivo, contributivo, solidario y...

November 20, 2024

NoticiasColombia, Reforma de Pensiones, Regulación

20NovNovember 20, 2024

Perú. SBS propone que AFP puedan invertir en más instrumentos, ¿cuáles son?

Con la finalidad de que exista una mayor diversificación que contribuya a maximizar la rentabilidad ajustada por riesgo de los fondos privados de pensiones, la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) ha publicado un proyecto que propone incluir una nueva alternativa de inversión. Así, la SBS plantea como un producto elegible para las AFP a las acciones colocadas vía oferta privada y que tengan el compromiso de ser inscritas en una bolsa de valores. El proyecto plantea las condiciones bajo las cuales los fondos de pensiones...

November 20, 2024

NoticiasInversión, Perú, Regulación

20NovNovember 20, 2024

South Africans Withdraw $1.94 Billion From Pensions

South Africans have withdrawn 35.1 billion rand ($1.94 billion) from retirement funds since new laws came into effect three months ago giving them early access to part of their savings. The figure is higher than the amount the National Treasury forecast savers would tap after the implementation of a so-called two-pot pension system on Sept. 1. South Africa’s central bank has said that a high-withdrawal scenario may help boost the country’s economic growth rate by as much as 0.3 percentage...

November 20, 2024

NewsSouth Africa, Withdrawals

20NovNovember 20, 2024

Healthy New Town: Revitalizing neighborhoods in the wake of aging populations

Planned suburban residential neighborhoods in metropolitan areas known as new towns were initially developed in England. The new town movement spread from Europe to East Asia, such as to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In Japan alone, 2,903 New Towns were built, but many experienced rapid population decline and aging in the 40 years after their development. Therefore, they changed into old new towns and had to transform their facilities. Dr. Haruka Kato, a junior associate professor at...

November 20, 2024

NewsAging, Asia

November 2024