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11SepSeptember 11, 2024

China. Lawmakers review plan to raise retirement age in fast-greying China

China's top legislative body this week assessed an official plan to delay the country's retirement age, among the world's lowest, taking a key step towards changing decades-old labour laws and easing economic pressures stemming from a shrinking workforce. The ruling Communist Party said in July that China would gradually raise the country's retirement age. The retirement age is now 60 for men, about six years below that in most developed economies, while for women in white-collar work it is 55, and 50...

September 11, 2024

NewsChina, Retirement Age

11SepSeptember 11, 2024

Nordea Wins $450 Million Sustainability-Focused Equity Investment Mandate from CalSTRS

Northern Europe-based asset manager Nordea Asset Management announced that it been awarded a $450 million sustainability-focused global equity investment mandate by the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), one of the largest public pension funds in the U.S. Under the new mandate, Nordea’s Global Stars Equity Strategy to manage a portion of ClasSTRS’ Sustainability-Focused Equity portfolio. Nordea’s STARS range features ESG integration into all fundamental investment decisions, with close coordination between portfolio managers and the firm’s Responsible Investment Team. The STARS...

September 11, 2024

NewsESG, Europe

11SepSeptember 11, 2024

UK. State pension set to rise by £460 next year

The new full state pension is expected to rise by £460 a year from April, latest wages data suggests. Under the arrangement called the “triple lock”, the state pension goes up each year by either 2.5%, inflation, or average earnings growth – whichever is the highest figure. Earnings figures for the three months to July are used for the yearly increase, and these showed total pay rose at an annual rate of 4%, much higher than inflation. The news comes as the government...

September 11, 2024

NewsAdequacy, Income, UK

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Avances ASG en los fondos de pensiones, su potencial como inversores

Los fondos de pensiones tienen la oportunidad de participar activamente de la movilización de capital en inversiones con factores ASG, más solidas considerando escenarios de largo plazo, que crean valor para sus clientes y la sociedad, a la vez que movilizan las buenas prácticas y transparencias entre las empresas objeto de inversión. Los avances son resultado de la proactividad y visión de los fondos, pero también de la evolución normativa, tanto en requerimientos para las inversiones como para la transparencia...

September 10, 2024

NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, ESG, Inversión

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Ve Coneval sin reducción, la brecha salarial en México

Sólo 36 por ciento de las trabajadoras en México poseen una cuenta de ahorro para el retiro, pese a que representan 41 por ciento de la Población Económicamente Activa (PEA); además, la mitad de ellas sólo tiene 20 mil pesos guardados para su pensión, lo que refleja que las mujeres aún presentan grandes obstáculos para acceder al empleo formal y, por ende, a mejores salarios que les permitan asegurar una pensión digna. De acuerdo con un análisis realizado por Moody’s,...

September 10, 2024

NoticiasBrecha de Género, Igualdad, Ingreso, Mexico

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Chile. Observatorio Perspectivas advierte que solidaridad en la reforma previsional costaría casi la mitad de lo que estima el Gobierno

La parte solidaria del 6% de cotización adicional en la reforma de pensiones continúa siendo un nudo sin resolver. A través del estudio titulado "¿Cuántos puntos de cotización se necesitan para financiar el reparto?", el Observatorio Perspectivas -organización vinculada a la Asociación de AFP- analizó la última propuesta del Gobierno y concluyó que los beneficios que entregaría la reforma costarían casi la mitad de lo estimado por el Ejecutivo. Así, advirtió que el Estado manejaría un monto en exceso de US$...

September 10, 2024

NoticiasPensiones Públicas, República Dominicana

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Study Suggests Reforming U.S. Retirement System with Modern Framework

After studying international retirement systems, researchers from the TIAA Institute are proposing a new U.S. model featuring a “hybrid” system consisting of the best elements from defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) plans. In noting that the average retiree can now expect to spend about two decades in retirement, roughly double the time from 50 years ago, the study (The Future of Retirement Security) looks at how seven countries have adapted their retirement systems to account for these extended...

September 10, 2024

NewsDefined Benefit, Defined Contribution, System sustainability, US

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

World’s largest pension funds return to growth

The world’s largest 300 pension funds returned to growth in 2023, erasing much of the decline of the previous year. However, the assets of the largest pension funds are still not yet back to their record highs, according to this year’s Global Top 300 Pension Funds report by leading global advisory, broking and solutions company WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute. The research highlights high-level trends in the pension fund industry and provides information on the changing composition of the top 300 list of...

September 10, 2024

NewsInvestment, Pension Management

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Reflecting on this summer’s global IT outages – lessons for pension schemes

After the Capita Cyber Security incident of March/April 2023 (which we discussed at the time here) and, more recently, BBC cyber security incident of May 2024 (which we also discussed here), the pensions industry arguably did not need another reminder of the importance of cyber security for its schemes and stakeholders. However, the global IT outage that took place this summer (July 2024) has provided another such reminder – highlighting the heavy reliance of modern society on our digital infrastructure, and equally,...

September 10, 2024

NewsRegulation, Security, System sustainability

10SepSeptember 10, 2024

Ghana. NPRA press releases on informal sector pensions: Matters arising

There are two press releases circulating on Informal Sector Pensions dated 26/08/2024 and 30/08/2024 issued by the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), bringing to the attention of the general public that informal sector pensions already exist. In the 30/08/2024 press release, the NPRA directly linked informal sector workers to self-employed persons, stating: “…the new Pensions law has offered opportunities for self-employed persons (informal sector workers) to voluntarily contribute towards their pensions. Additionally, the NPRA associated Personal Pension Schemes with the informal...

September 10, 2024

NewsGhana, Informal Sector, Voluntary Savings

September 2024