editor, Author at Pension Policy International

16DecDecember 16, 2025

US. Retirement Accounts Are The Country’s Emergency Funds

The Charade That “Retirement” Accounts Are For Retirement It’s time we stop the charade. Congress should rename 401(k)s and IRAs what they really are: "Emergency Savings Accounts for the Poor and Middle Class." Because that’s how they function for the bottom 90% of American workers. A new Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) report confirms what retirement experts have long understood: Americans are draining their 401(k)s to survive today, sacrificing tomorrow's security. The study reveals where borrowed retirement dollars actually go—not toward...

December 16, 2025

NewsPolitical economy, savings, US

16DecDecember 16, 2025

Nigeria. 92.4% of Personal Pension accounts unfunded despite push

Industry data indicate that the majority of the Retirement Savings Accounts under the rebranded Personal Pension Plan were largely unfunded, marking a glaring disparity between registration and actual contribution within the micro-pension scheme. This is against the backdrop of Nigeria’s pension industry recording a 5.93 per cent increase in its Total Net Asset Value to N26.09tn as of the end of the third quarter from N24.63tn in June 2025, driven by strong investment returns in equities and government securities. The PPP...

December 16, 2025

NewsNigeria, savings

16DecDecember 16, 2025

November Delivers Mixed Results for Pension Finances

Pension finances experienced a modest pullback in November, marking the first negative month since March, according to October Three Consulting’s “November Pension Finance Update.” Meanwhile, some measures reported a small increase in funding levels over the same period. Both model plans October Three tracks lost ground last month. Plan A, a traditional 60/40 equity/bond allocation, lost almost 1%, ending November up 6% for the year. The more conservative Plan B, comprised of 80% bonds, lost a fraction of 1% last...

December 16, 2025

NewsFunding, Pension Management, Returns, US

16DecDecember 16, 2025

Ghana. Rethinking Pensioners’ Advocacy in Ghana: A New Model of SSNIT Pensioners’ Association

Ghana’s pensioner population is steadily growing. With improved life expectancy and decades of formal employment feeding into the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), retirees today number about two hundred and fifty thousand, if not more. Yet paradoxically, this expanding demographic, arguably one of the most vulnerable and policy-affected groups remains one of the least effectively represented in national decision-making. For decades, the National Pensioners Association (NPA) has been the most visible body claiming to speak for pensioners, particularly...

December 16, 2025

NewsAging, Coverage, Ghana

15DecDecember 15, 2025

Población mexicana será más longeva y enfrentará retos económicos, alerta Banamex; ve necesario impulsar ahorro para el retiro

El director general de Banamex, Manuel Romo, dijo que ante los avances médicos, se estima que la población mexicana será más longeva, con lo cual enfrentará mayores retos económicos de cara a su jubilación. “Para los mexicanos la esperanza de vida actual está cerca de los 75 años, más del doble de la que se estimaba en la segunda década del siglo XX. Para 2040, se calcula que la longevidad de los mexicanos alcance los 80 años. Esto sugiere que aquellos mexicanos nacidos en 1975 llegarán a la edad...

December 15, 2025

NoticiasEnvejecimiento, Longevidad, Mexico

15DecDecember 15, 2025

Chile. Chile da su mayor giro a la derecha desde el retorno de la democracia con el contundente triunfo de Kast sobre la comunista Jara

Chile dio este domingo el mayor giro a la derecha desde el retorno de la democracia hace 35 años. El ultraderechista José Antonio Kast es el presidente electo al lograr una amplia victoria sobre la comunista Jeannette Jara. Con el 99% del escrutinio, Kast sumó el 58% de votos por el 41% de Jara, que el mes pasado fue la candidata más votada en la primera vuelta. "Chile nos ha dado un mandato, nos pide un cambio real que no admite excusas",...

December 15, 2025

NoticiasChile, Reforma de Pensiones

15DecDecember 15, 2025

Colombia. Cambio en el destino del ahorro de las pensiones habría generado la renuncia de decenas de funcionarios del Gobierno Petro

La renuncia de Mónica Higuera a la dirección de la Unidad de Regulación Financiera (URF) desencadenó una crisis institucional en el sector financiero colombiano, en medio de una ola de despidos y fuertes presiones del Gobierno nacional para que los fondos de pensiones repatríen inversiones del exterior. La situación, que involucra a actores clave como el presidente Gustavo Petro, el ministro de Hacienda ,Germán Ávila, y gremios del sector, generó advertencias sobre los riesgos que la medida podría acarrear...

December 15, 2025

NoticiasAhorro, Colombia, Reforma de Pensiones

15DecDecember 15, 2025

US. Why everything you think you know about retirement is wrong

Millions of Americans are terrified they won’t have enough money to retire — but a leading expert has some good news. Some 89 percent of Americans worry the country is in the grips of a 'retirement crisis,' according to a 2023 survey by the American Advisors Group. Some argue that the established system of 401(K)s and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) layered on top of Social Security is an abject failure in desperate need of a reboot. But Andrew G. Biggs says the opposite is...

December 15, 2025

NewsRetirement Planning, US

15DecDecember 15, 2025

Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) has scheduled for December 18th the trial that could increase benefits in 2026.

The Supreme Federal Court set a date for December 18, 2025 the trial that could directly affect minimum age for special retirement, with significant implications for workers exposed to harmful conditions and for those who have already reorganized their lives after retirement. Beyond the minimum age for special retirementThe agenda involves the possibility of resuming full retirement benefits and allowing the conversion of special time into common time, forming a set of decisions that, if they move forward, could alter retirement planning, values, and...

December 15, 2025

NewsBrazil, Pension Reform, Retirement Age

15DecDecember 15, 2025

Luxembourg’s Pension Outlook: Strong Forecasting Today, Hard Reform Choices Ahead

A study on the IMF's December 2025 Technical Assistance Report on Luxembourg's pension projections offers a detailed examination of how reliably the country has been forecasting the financial future of its public pension system. Prepared by the International Monetary Fund's Fiscal Affairs Department in cooperation with Luxembourg's General Inspectorate of Social Security (IGSS), the national statistical institute STATEC, and within the EU framework coordinated by the Ageing Working Group (AWG), the report reflects a collaborative, evidence-based effort to assess...

December 15, 2025

NewsAging, Luxembourg, System sustainability