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19NovNovember 19, 2025

IRS Releases Updated Retirement Plan Annual Limits and Includes Unexpected Increase

The IRS released the cost-of-living adjustments for qualified defined contribution plans for the 2026 tax year (IRS Notice 2025-67). The following chart summarizes the key increases applicable to defined contribution plans for 2026: 2026 2025 Defined contribution plan limit $72,000 $70,000 Elective deferral limit (401(k), 403(b), and 457(b)) $24,500 $23,500 Catch-up contributions (Age 50+) $8,000 $7,500 Super catch contributions (age 60-63) $11,250 $11,250 Roth catch-up wage threshold for 2025 $150,000 Annual compensation limit $360,000 $350,000 Unexpected by many employers, the IRS changed the Roth catch-up contribution FICA wage threshold for 2025 (used to determine the limited status for 2026) from...

November 19, 2025

NewsRegulation, savings, US

19NovNovember 19, 2025

Is Rachel Reeves About to Shake Up UK Pensions in the Autumn Budget?

Without changes to the personal allowance, the ‘triple lock’ is set to push pensioners into the taxpayer bracket. The UK state pension guarantee is unlikely to be changed at the Autumn Budget but could be axed in the future. The chancellor is already under significant strain after a reported U-turn on raising income tax. Some UK pensioners could pay tax for the first time if further increases to the UK state pension push them over a key income tax threshold. This could...

November 19, 2025

NewsRegulation, UK

19NovNovember 19, 2025

Milliman analysis: Competitive pension risk transfer cost declines to 100.1% during October

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI). During October, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process decreased from 100.5% to 100.1% of a plan’s accounting liabilities (accumulated benefit obligation, or ABO). That means the estimated retiree PRT cost is now 100.1% of a plan’s ABO. During the same time period, the average annuity purchase cost across all insurers...

November 19, 2025

NewsPension Management, PRT, Risk

19NovNovember 19, 2025

Nigeria. Pension fund soars to N26tn

Nigeria’s pension fund assets recorded 22.03 per cent growth as of the end of the third quarter, as they rose by more than N4.71tn, with Pension Fund Administrators deepening their allocation to Federal Government securities, according to the latest monthly data released by the National Pension Commission. The figures, contained in PenCom’s latest Monthly Industry Report, indicated that total pension assets increased from N21.38tn in September 2024 to N26.09tn in September 2025, marking a robust year-on-year expansion of the Contributory...

November 19, 2025

NewsNigeria, savings

18NovNovember 18, 2025

México. Retiros por desempleo de las Afores superaron los 31,000 millones de pesos al cierre de octubre, una cifra récord

Los retiros por desempleo de las Afores superaron los 31,000 millones de pesos de enero a octubre del 2025, una cifra récord para dicho periodo, con lo que supera el monto de los retiros de todo el 2024. Según datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), en los primeros 10 meses del año los trabajadores retiraron por desempleo 31,814 millones de pesos. Esto cuando en todo 2024 se retiraron 30,728 millones de pesos. En comparación...

November 18, 2025

NoticiasMexico, Retiro de Fondos

18NovNovember 18, 2025

Alemania: la reforma de pensiones, amenazada por una rebelión de los jóvenes y gastos adicionales

La reforma de pensiones en Alemania generó un debate interno dentro de la Unión Cristianodemócrata (CDU), el partido del canciller Friedrich Merz, después de que las juventudes de la formación rechazaran un acuerdo entre los líderes de la coalición de Gobierno y amenazaran con “hacerlo naufragar”. La mayoría de la coalición en la Cámara Baja del Parlamento es de doce votos, con lo que si los 18 diputados de la Joven Unión (JU), donde están organizadas las juventudes cristianodemócratas, se declarasen en rebelión, el...

November 18, 2025

NoticiasAlemania, Reforma de Pensiones

18NovNovember 18, 2025

Colombia. Colpensiones alertó a trabajadores y pensionados por estafa digital con la que pueden perder los beneficios que tienen

Colpensiones hizo una advertencia que generó preocupación entre millones de afiliados y pensionados en Colombia. La entidad pública de pensiones instó a la ciudadanía a no confiar en mensajes, correos electrónicos o enlaces externos que prometen beneficios exclusivos, ya que estos canales suelen ser utilizados por estafadores para cometer fraudes digitales y apropiarse de datos personales. El llamado adquiere relevancia en 2025, año en el que la entidad lanzó una serie de nuevos beneficios que, lejos de garantizar seguridad,...

November 18, 2025

NoticiasColombia, Reforma de Pensiones, Riesgo

18NovNovember 18, 2025

Trabajadores dominicanos solo aportan para su pensión durante el 40 % de su trayectoria laboral

Los trabajadores que cotizan al sistema de seguridad social dominicano solo aportan a su pensión, en promedio, en el 40 % de su trayectoria como asalariado, es decir, cuatro de cada 10 meses, y un tercio de los afiliados cotizan muy esporádicamente, mientras que un 20 % mantiene una carrera formal casi completa. Así lo revela un estudio realizado por la Superintendencia de Pensiones (Sipen), en conjunto con el Banco Mundial, en el cual se expone la limitante que existe en la capacidad de acumulación de ahorro para financiar...

November 18, 2025

NoticiasAhorro, República Dominicana, Sector Informal

18NovNovember 18, 2025

The Offshoring of America’s Retirement Savings

Private equity firms and other alternative asset managers — including Ares Management Corp., Blackstone Inc., Brookfield Corp. and KKR & Co. — are reshaping the once-staid world of life insurance. Over the past decade, they’ve bought, built or partnered with insurers that sell policies and annuities, collectively commanding hundreds of billions of dollars. In a previous era, life insurers parked their money in the safest corners of the market — mostly high-grade bonds and big-name stocks. But as Wall Street...

November 18, 2025

NewsInvesting, US

18NovNovember 18, 2025

UK Pensions briefing | Government gives the green light to major collective DC expansion

The Government has published a response to its October 2024 consultation on the extension of the collective defined contribution (CDC) scheme regime to unconnected employers. It has also published and laid before Parliament final draft regulations which are due to come into force on July 31, 2026. In addition, it has published a consultation paper on “Retirement CDC” schemes offering a default income solution for members at retirement. The consultation closes on December 4, 2025. What are CDC schemes? In a CDC scheme, employers’ and members’...

November 18, 2025

NewsCDC, Regulation, UK

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