December 2025
17Dec

French MPs adopt social security budget, suspend pension reform

French lawmakers on Tuesday, December 16, adopted a social security budget, which includes the suspension of an unpopular pension reform, as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu races to finalize a 2026 spending plan by year-end. The Assemblée Nationale approved the measure by 247 votes to 232, the first of two budget bills needed to pass before the December 31 deadline. The version of the bill lawmakers approved includes the suspension of a 2023 reform to raise the retirement age from 62...

December 17, 2025
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17Dec

US. New House Bill Revives Push for Automatic Retirement Accounts for Uncovered Workers

Representative Richard Neal D-Massachusetts reintroduced a bill Monday that would mandate employers with 10 or more workers to automatically enroll employees in individual retirement accounts, unless the company already provides a retirement plan. Neal, the ranking member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, said in a statement that the bill would create a retirement savings option for gig workers and other independent contractors who do not have access to defined contribution retirement accounts. “Automatic IRAs are simple and effective, and they have...

December 17, 2025
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17Dec

UK. Trust-based pension schemes: Trustees and governance, building a stronger future

The pensions landscape is changing. The transition from Defined Benefit (DB) to Defined Contribution (DC) is well underway. The DC market itself is transitioning to a more mature structure, characterised by bigger schemes. Change is also being accelerated by the Pension Schemes Bill currently before Parliament. Amidst this change, one thing remains constant: the importance of good governance, with schemes overseen by trustees that have not only the skills and knowledge to navigate the changes to come, but also members best interests consistently front of mind. This consultation...

December 17, 2025
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17Dec

Dutch Pension Shift Obsessing Bond Traders Is About to Get Real

In the European market for long-term bonds, a once-loyal and deep pocketed customer is about to start shopping elsewhere. The €1.6 trillion ($1.9 trillion) Dutch pension system — the largest in the region — is undergoing a major transformation aimed at making it more sustainable for an aging population. Funds will invest more in riskier assets and less in bonds, with a big drop in demand expected for long-term interest-rate hedges. The big start of the shift, years in the planning,...

December 17, 2025
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17Dec

The Pension Fund of Uzbekistan and the ILO join forces to develop the work injury insurance system

As part of the Global Accelerator project in Uzbekistan aimed at employment formalization, representatives of the Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction, the Off-budget Pension Fund, the National Agency for Social Protection, and ILO specialists reviewed the current work injury insurance system and discussed the need for legislative amendments, at a meeting on 28 November 2026. The parties committed to facilitating an informed dialogue to strengthen protection for all workers, with the goal of preparing proposals in 2026. This decision...

December 17, 2025
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16Dec

México. Plusvalías de las Afores se moderan en noviembre; bajan 77% respecto a octubre

Las plusvalías de las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores) se moderaron durante noviembre, sin embargo, aún están en niveles históricos en lo que va de 2025. Durante el onceavo mes del año, las plusvalías de las Afores fueron de 32,608 millones de pesos, una caída de 77% respecto a octubre, de acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Sin embargo, aún con las plusvalías más moderadas del mes pasado, las Afores...

December 16, 2025
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16Dec

Chile. Reforma de pensiones ha permitido acceder a 438 mil personas a la extensión del seguro de lagunas

El primer beneficio concreto que empezó a operar de la reforma previsional que se aprobó a comienzos de año es la extensión del seguro de lagunas previsionales, que tiene como función que las personas que queden cesantes puedan mantener su densidad de cotización durante el periodo que estén sin trabajo, para que así no merme su ahorro previsional. Antes de la publicación de la nueva Ley de Pensiones, solo existía un seguro de este tipo para quienes accedían a prestaciones...

December 16, 2025
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16Dec

México. Retiros por desempleo en afores suben 13% en noviembre

Los retiros por desempleo en las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afore) registrados entre enero y octubre de 2025 rebasaron los 34 mil 890 millones de pesos, según datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). La cifra reportada por la Consar representó un incremento de 20.9 por ciento en términos reales frente al mismo periodo del año pasado, cuando los retiros ascendieron a 27 mil 795 millones de pesos. Tan sólo en noviembre de este año, los retiros por desempleo ascendieron a tres mil...

December 16, 2025
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16Dec

Colombia. Las utilidades de las AFP llegaron a $1,1 billones con corte a septiembre de este año

De acuerdo con el último informe sobre el sistema financiero elaborado por la Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia, con corte a septiembre, las utilidades de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones, AFP, llegaron a los $1,13 billones. En el documento se lee que, para el año pasado, en este mismo periodo de tiempo, las utilidades de las AFP fueron de $1,12 billones, un aumento por $2.758 millones. Los activos de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones llegaron a $9,6 billones con corte a...

December 16, 2025
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16Dec

Big pension funds make progress on climate but much more needed, report shows

Major pension funds are increasingly adopting climate targets and shifting their strategy to respond to global warming, according to a new report on the sector. However, many still invest in fossil fuel companies and more regulation is needed so the industry contributes further to the net zero transition. The proportion of pension funds with at least one climate target jumped to 63% in 2024 from just 9% in 2020, according to the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) thinktank. The CPI report...

December 16, 2025
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