June 2023
30Jun

US. DC assets concentrated in a few money managers

Vanguard Group had $1.78 trillion in U.S. defined contribution assets under management at the end of 2022, representing 21% of the $8.43 trillion in DC AUM, based on data collected by Pensions & Investments in its annual money manager survey. BlackRock followed with $1.16 trillion. The five largest managers of U.S. DC assets had 60% of the total and the top 10 accounted for 79%. The five DC managers with the most DC AUM had equity assets ranging from BlackRock's...

June 30, 2023
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30Jun

Analysis: Dutch pension fund reform spells investment rethink

An overhaul of the private pensions system in the Netherlands - the biggest in the European Union - is leading asset managers there to rethink how they invest 1.5 trillion euros ($1.64 trillion) of retirement savings. Asset managers for top Dutch pension funds said the reform, which takes effect on Saturday, could spark outflows from euro zone government bonds in favour of riskier assets and change the way such funds protect themselves from swings in interest rates. Changes approved in May...

June 30, 2023
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30Jun

UK. Half of DC pension savers don’t know how to access retirement pot

Almost half of defined contribution (DC) pension savers in their 50s and 60s have not considered how they will access their retirement pot, a study finds. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) research published today (30 June) finds that close to half of working-age people have at least a small amount of wealth held in DC pensions. Wealthier people are more likely to have DC pension wealth — 60% of individuals in the top tenth of the (non-pension) wealth distribution have...

June 30, 2023
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29Jun

México. SAR cuenta con más de 14,000 Asesores Previsionales

El Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR) ya cuenta con más de 14,000 asesores previsionales registrados y certificados, de acuerdo con información de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Julio Cervantes Parra, presidente de la Consar, confirmó a El Economista que los Asesores Previsionales han dado un salto de calidad en el servicio que las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afores) brindan a los trabajadores con cuenta de ahorro. El presidente de Consar comentó...

June 29, 2023
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29Jun

Chile. Por primera vez en siete meses todos los multifondos de las AFP están mostrando ganancias

Eso sí, pese al buen desempeño registrado por los multifondos en lo que va de junio, este respiro no alcanzó para revertir las pérdidas acumuladas en lo que va de 2023. Por primera vez en siete meses, los cinco multifondos de pensiones están obteniendo ganancias, de acuerdo a las cifras de lo que va del mes de junio. Ese panorama no se veía desde noviembre de 2022. En detalle -y con valores cuota al día 26 de junio- los fondos más riesgosos,...

June 29, 2023
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29Jun

US. Pension funds would have $21 billion more without fossil fuel holdings – study

Several public pension funds under pressure to divest from fossil fuel investments would have had as much as $21 billion more over the last decade without them, according to a study by the University of Waterloo released Wednesday by advocacy group Stand.Earth. In the report, The Impact of Energy Investments on the Financial Value and the Emissions of Pension Funds, researchers at the university's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) used Bloomberg data to analyze six large pension funds'...

June 29, 2023
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29Jun

UK pension funds still holding £88bn in fossil fuels, despite increased climate commitments

UK-based pension schemes have more than £88bn invested in fossil fuel firms, the equivalent of £3,000 per pension policyholder. That is according to Make My Money Matter, which has analysed the fossil fuel investments of more than 50 of the nation’s largest pension schemes. Most of these schemes have net-zero targets but are yet to completely stop investing in fossil fuels. While some fossil fuels are likely to be used in a net-zero world, Net-Zero Tracker recently confirmed that no major...

June 29, 2023
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29Jun

Ghana. Pensioner bondholders suspend picketing at Finance Ministry

The Pensioner Bondholders Forum has suspended its planned picketing at the Finance Ministry to protest the non-payment of outstanding coupons. This follows the resumption of payments of the coupons by government on June 27. On June 22, the pensioner Bondholders began a third round of picketing at the Finance Ministry to demand seven outstanding coupons following which government has begun payment. The pensioners say a planned protest scheduled for today, June 29 has been suspended due to the show of commitment by...

June 29, 2023
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28Jun

México. Consar prepara cambios para las inversiones de las Afore

A unos días de que las Administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afores) cumplan 26 años de operar en el país, la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) alista un par de modificaciones al régimen de inversión para aumentar los rendimientos que ofrecen a más de 70 millones de trabajadores que ahorran para tener una pensión. Julio César Cervantes, presidente de la Consar, dijo a El Sol de México que estas adecuaciones van encaminadas a “preparar”...

June 28, 2023
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28Jun

España. El gasto en pensiones se dispara en junio a más de 23.600 millones por la nómina mensual y la extra

La Seguridad Social destinó en el presente mes de junio la cifra récord de 11.997,2 millones de euros al pago de la nómina ordinaria mensual de pensiones contributivas, un 10,7% más que en igual mes de 2022, así como otros 11.694,9 millones de euros a la paga extraordinaria de junio, cifra un 11% superior a la de 2022, según ha informado este martes el Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones. En junio de este año se han abonado 10.040.732...

June 28, 2023
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