September 2023

U.S. falls to 20th in Natixis retirement security index; Norway retains top spot

The U.S. now ranks 20th globally for retirement security, according to Natixis Investment Managers' 2023 Global Retirement index, dropping two spots from last year, due to such factors as high inflation, steep public debt and a sharp decline in U.S. health scores. These factors offset improvements in employment and income inequality, lowering the U.S. on a relative basis in the 44-country index, said a Sept. 13 news release. Natixis IM created the index in collaboration with Core Data Research and focuses...

Survey Reveals That South Africans Fear Retirement More Than Death

The survey, conducted among over 1900 South African consumers aged between 25 and 65 years, paints a picture of apprehension and challenges surrounding retirement amongst the country’s citizens. It also sheds light on the significant fears and challenges people face right now in securing savings for their retirement – with prevalent concerns being the high cost of living, unemployment, and personal debt. This concurs with findings from the 2023 Old Mutual Savings and Investment Survey (OMSIM) that show that retirement does...

Mobile Apps Emerge as a Critical Tool for Retirement Plan Providers

Amid ongoing market volatility, it’s little wonder that plan participants are keeping a close eye on their retirement account balances, and they increasingly are doing so via mobile apps. As a result, mobile apps have taken center stage as critical tool for retirement investors, according to J.D. Power’s 2023 U.S. Retirement Plan Digital Experience Study released Sept. 14. And while improved market performance has helped lift overall satisfaction with retirement plan digital tools, for firms that want to differentiate and increase customer...

Calificación crediticia de México, en riesgo por déficit planteado para el 2024

El déficit planteado en el Paquete Económico para el próximo año tendrá su efecto negativo en las finanzas públicas y, a su vez, podría suponer un riesgo para la calificación crediticia del país, aseveró el Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas (IMEF). Para el próximo año, el gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador propone un déficit presupuestario de 4.9% del Producto Interno Bruto (PIB), el mayor registro en más de tres décadas, lo cual ha generado controversia. “Dicho déficit representará un...

Chile. Ministra Jara afirma que mantiene un optimismo moderado sobre alcanzar un acuerdo por la reforma previsional

La ministra del Trabajo, Jeannette Jara, reiteró su llamado a la oposición para que flexibilice su postura y se pueda avanzar en la tramitación del proyecto de reforma de pensiones, para lo cual el gobierno ingresará indicaciones a fin de mes, en las cuales concretará su propuesta de que un 4% de la cotización adicional vaya a seguro social y un 2% a capitalización individual. Jara reconoció que las tensiones políticas generadas en torno a la conmemoración de los 50 años del...

Pensiones en Colombia: cómo es la situación en comparación con el resto del mundo

De acuerdo con el índice Global de Jubilación de Natixis, un centro de investigación global que se encarga de los problemas más importantes para los inversionistas a nivel mundial, Colombia ha mejorado su seguridad para el retiro de la vida laboral respecto al año anterior. El país ha alcanzado el puesto 41 en el índice, después de que en 2022 ocupara el puesto 44. Entre los aspectos analizados por el centro, Colombia obtuvo los siguientes puntajes: Salud: Colombia obtuvo 51%; Noruega, el...

Puerto Rico. Junta de Supervisión Fiscal defiende la reforma del sistema de pensiones de la UPR

El director ejecutivo de la Junta de Supervisión Fiscal (JSF), Robert F. Mujica, defendió ayer, martes, la implementación de la reforma del sistema de pensiones de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) durante la 41ª reunión pública del organismo que controla las finanzas públicas de la isla. “Seguimos escuchando que el plan (de pensiones) está saludable. No lo está”, señaló Mujica. El director ejecutivo reiteró que, según el estudio actuarial más reciente, el plan de pensiones del centro docente estaba financiado en un 54% para...

US. Fox Sued by New York City Pension Funds Over Election Falsehoods

New York City’s pension funds sued the Fox Corporation and its board on Tuesday, accusing the company of neglecting its duty to shareholders by opening itself up to defamation lawsuits from the persistent broadcasting of falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit, filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, is the most significant shareholder action since Fox settled a blockbuster defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems in April for $787.5 million. The city’s five pension funds represent nearly...

How Africa’s pension funds are financing the continent’s infrastructure gap

African countries have huge infrastructure needs, and governments need private investment to help meet them, particularly considering increasing climate impacts and green development agendas. Local pension funds and other institutional investors are a significant but untapped source of finance. Two examples of pension fund consortiums, in Kenya and South Africa, offer promising models for engaging Africa’s institutional investors in closing the infrastructure financing gap and meet the continent’s growing infrastructure development needs. In just three years, these two consortiums have...

UK. TPR to ‘work more closely’ with pension administrators

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has said it is planning to "work more closely" with third-party administrators (TPAs) and has updated on recent progress in a blog published today (13 September). The blog, written by TPR interim head of relationship supervision Cliodhna Judge, outlined how a recent pilot project on an ‘administrator relationships' function has led to better engagement with TPAs. The project, which has been running since early 2022, involved working with a voluntary administrator to "explore potential risk areas", and...