editor, Author at Pension Policy International

25MarMarch 25, 2024

U.S. pension funds sue Allianz after $4 billion in coronavirus losses

Pension funds for truckers, teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germany's Allianz, one of the world's top asset managers, for failing to safeguard their investments during the coronavirus market meltdown. Market panic around the virus that resulted in billions in losses earlier this year scarred many investors, but no other top-tier asset manager is facing such a large number of lawsuits in the United States connected to the turbulence. In March, Allianz <ALVG.DE> was forced...

March 25, 2024

NewsCOVID 19, Risk, US

25MarMarch 25, 2024

Nursing homes can’t meet the care needs of an aging population

Where are we going to get the workers to care for us? How are we going to pay them? Long-term care is one of the major challenges facing an aging society. Care can take the form of a nursing home, formal care provided in the community or home, or informal care provided by family or friends. KFF recently released a really nice summary of the state of play on the nursing home front in the process of describing a proposed rule...

March 25, 2024

NewsAging, Labor Market

25MarMarch 25, 2024

South Africa. Two-pot system: how the state is dealing with its own funds

There are three pension funds in the country, including South Africa’s largest fund, that are not governed by the Pension Funds Act, and National Treasury needs to deal with these separately in implementing its famous two-pot retirement system. I refer to three government pension funds, in particular the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), which holds more than R2.3 trillion in assets and has almost 1.3 million active members and another 475 000 pensioners and beneficiaries. This fund is constituted under...

March 25, 2024

NewsPension Management, South Africa

22MarMarch 22, 2024

México. Retiros por desempleo en Afores alcanzan récord en febrero

El mercado laboral mexicano se ha desacelerado, con la tasa de desempleo subiendo desde el mínimo histórico que tocó a finales de 2023. En febrero, los retiros por desempleo en las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afores) alcanzaron un máximo histórico para este lapso, en medio de la desaceleración que ha sufrido el mercado laboral mexicano en los últimos meses. Durante el mes pasado, los trabajadores retiraron 2,389 millones de pesos, un aumento de 46.05% respecto a febrero del 2023,...

March 22, 2024

NoticiasMexico, Retiro de Fondos

22MarMarch 22, 2024

España. La Seguridad Social empeora en el primer año de la reforma de las pensiones: el déficit asciende a 8.200 millones en 2023

La Seguridad Social acumula déficits desde el año 2010 y el compromiso del Gobierno es alcanzar el equilibrio en 2026. No obstante, por el momento lo que ha habido es un aumento del desequilibrio entre 2022 y 2023 y es ligeramente superior al previsto. Según los datos de avance de la ejecución presupuestaria presentados este jueves por el Ministerio de Hacienda, el déficit del subsector de la Seguridad Social ha ascendido hasta los 8.211 millones, el 0,56% del PIB. Esto supone 2.315 millones más que...

March 22, 2024

NoticiasEspaña, Reforma de Pensiones, Seguridad Social

22MarMarch 22, 2024

México. Las Afores han mejorado en gobernanza, pero deben seguir perfeccionándose

El gobierno corporativo es la pieza más importante dentro de los criterios de inversión ASG y el el sistema de pensiones mexicano debe de seguir perfeccionando ese aspecto de su funcionamiento, que gracias a la regulación está ya avanzado, dijo Guillermo Zamarripa, presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Administradoras de Fondos de Ahorro para el Retiro (Amafore), participó en la cumbre de la Amexcap 2024 (Asociación Mexicana de Capital Privado). Ante medios de comunicación, expertos e inversionistas, Zamarripa expresó las estrategias y fundamentos...

March 22, 2024

NoticiasAdministración de Pensiones, Mexico

22MarMarch 22, 2024

U.S. PRT transactions hit all-time high in 2023 – Aon

U.S. pension risk transfer transactions totaled $45 billion and set a new record for number of transactions for 2023, according to a new report from Aon. There were a total of 773 transactions, which include pension buyouts as a result of retiree liftouts and terminations, along with a small number of buy-ins in which liabilities are insured but remain with a plan sponsor, according to the report. Of that total, there were 453 terminations, 310 liftouts and 10 buy-in transactions, accounting...

March 22, 2024

NewsPension Management, Risk, US

22MarMarch 22, 2024

Thousands of UK women owed pension payout after ombudsman’s Waspi ruling

Thousands of women, potentially hundreds of thousands, are owed compensation because of government failings related to the way changes to the state pension age were made, a long-awaited official report has said. The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said those affected should be compensated. But the recommended payouts of between £1,000 and £2,950 a person fall far short of the £10,000-plus that campaigners were calling for. Depending on the numbers affected, the total bill could still end up being in the...

March 22, 2024

NewsPension Age, Regulation, UK

22MarMarch 22, 2024

Chief Risk Officers Say Cybersecurity Most Pressing Risk: Survey

In an inaugural EY/Institute of International Finance (IIF) global insurance risk management survey, cybersecurity was ranked as the highest concern for chief risk officers. CROs surveyed said the top five risk types or risk management types for the coming year were: 53% – Cybersecurity risk 35% – Insurance risk (e.g., underwriting risk, including lapses, catastrophic (CAT) and longevity risk) 32% – Business model change/transformation 26% – Credit risk (including country, sovereign and concentration risk) 24% – Tied between capital allocation, interest...

March 22, 2024

NewsPension Management, Risk

21MarMarch 21, 2024

México destinaría 7.8% del PIB a pensiones en el 2030: CIEP

El CIEP indicó que dicho cálculo considera como escenario la aprobación de las reformas constitucionales que, en febrero pasado mandó el presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador en materia de pensiones. Ante el creciente pago de pensiones, México tendrá que destinar un gasto de hasta 7.1% del PIB para financiarlas en el 2030, de acuerdo con cálculos realizados por el Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria (CIEP). En un nuevo análisis, la organización civil indicó que dicho cálculo considera como escenario la...

March 21, 2024

NoticiasGasto Público, Mexico, Protección Social

March 2024