January 2024
16Jan

China Unveils Extensive ‘Silver Economy’ Plan to Adapt to Aging Population

China’s is rapidly getting grayer, and amid unsuccessful attempts to boost languishing birth rates, the country has now unveiled plans to reorient a significant part of its massive economy around its aging population. China’s State Council on Monday unveiled a series of measures to promote the “silver economy,” calling on both state-owned and private enterprises to better cater to the elderly and announcing plans to develop 10 industrial parks and increase public and private investments and innovation in elderly products...

January 16, 2024
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16Jan

Canada: Understanding Cyber Risks For Pension Plan Administrators, ACPM

As pension plans are increasingly relying on technology in their administration, there is a corresponding focus on keeping plan assets safe and protecting the rights and interests of plan beneficiaries. Pension plans involve significant amounts of confidential, personal data and assets, making them targets for criminal activity. Pension plan administrators and sponsors are expected to be prepared to recognize, prevent or minimize damage in the event of harm from cyber risks. What this means for how pension administrators discharge their...

January 16, 2024
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16Jan

Data Shows That Saving for Retirement Isn’t a Popular New Year’s Resolution. Here’s Why.

Now on the one hand, it's easy to see why a goal like paying off debt might trump funding a 401(k) or IRA. If you're staring at a credit card balance with a 20% interest rate attached to it, you're going to want to do your best to knock out that debt as soon as possible. Similarly, if you have no money (or little money) set aside for emergency expenses, then it's easy to see why you'd first work...

January 16, 2024
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15Jan

México. En el 2023, afores se recuperaron; cerraron con plusvalías por 464,068 millones de pesos

Los rendimientos acumulados fueron por 3.06 bdp, equivalente a 51.46% de los activos administrados. El 2023 fue un año de recuperación para las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (afores), ello luego del impacto que tuvieron los altos niveles de inflación y tasas de interés en el 2022 que provocaron minusvalías históricas, de acuerdo con la información divulgada por la Comisión Nacional de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). El año pasado, las afores lograron plusvalías de 464,068 millones de pesos, con...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Chile. Reforma de pensiones: DC reitera apuesta por fórmula “3 y 3” para el 6% de cotización adicional

La Comisión de Trabajo y Seguridad Social de la Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados despachará, este lunes 15 de enero, el proyecto de ley de reforma previsional. El diputado y presidente de la DC, Alberto Undurraga, abordó la propuesta de su colectividad sobre la reforma previsional que busca dividir el 6% de cotización adicional, dejándolo en un 3% para las cuentas individuales y un 3% a solidaridad. Ante esto, el timonel falangista aseguró que la derecha no quiere aceptar la iniciativa...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Argentina. ¿Qué puede pasar con las jubilaciones y pensiones durante 2024?

La suspensión de la fórmula de movilidad y que el Gobierno otorgue aumentos discrecionales por decreto –como figura en el megaproyecto que el Poder Ejecutivo envió al Congreso – con el objetivo de reducir un 0,4 puntos del PBI el déficit fiscal – puede llevar a un mayor deterioro de los haberes de los jubilados y pensionados, por encima del que tuvieron bajo los gobiernos de Mauricio Macri y Alberto Fernández. Como el megaproyecto no establece el nivel ni la periodicidad ni...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Investors ‘flying blind’ into legal risk of climate change, Oxford researchers warn

As investors assess climate-related financial risk, they are "flying blind" to the risk of climate lawsuits that could hit companies with trillions in damages, according to a research report from Oxford Sustainable Law Programme published Jan. 11 in Science. The Oxford Sustainable Law Programme is a joint initiative of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, England. Current practices used by investors to assess the financial risk of climate change...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Egypt to increase minimum wages, pensions within two months: Official

Sabry added that this move aims to alleviate the impact of the global economic situation on the public, especially with the approach of the holy month of Ramadan. “This step aligns with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's directives to support citizens and alleviate their financial burdens, given the unprecedented rise in price levels and inflation,” Sabry added in a phone call with the Salet El-Tahrir TV show on Sada El-Balad channel. The anticipated wage increases will be the third in a year. Egypt’s headline...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Expanding the conversation about aging

Many issues facing older adults intersect with other social inequalities, but experts often fail to keep the experiences of historically underserved communities in mind when discussing aging. Since 2020, the MIT AgeLab’s Aging and Equity Speaker Series has sought to bring together researchers, advocates, and practitioners who aim to understand how aging-related issues affect a broad array of communities. “We think it’s important to offer a platform at MIT that amplifies the work of researchers who are thinking about issues like...

January 15, 2024
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15Jan

Ghana. SSNIT to intensify campaign to enrol more self-employed

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is to intensify its initiative aimed at roping in more informal sector and self-employed persons in Ghana onto the state-run Tier One pension scheme. Riding on the successes of last year when it launched the Self Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED), SSNIT believes that a more aggressive approach to push the initiative will attract more people in that bracket to secure them a better future when they retire. The Director-General of SSNIT, Dr John...

January 15, 2024
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