November 2025
07Nov

UK. DB Funding Code offers trustees ‘opportunity to rethink investment governance’

The updated Defined Benefit (DB) Funding Code gives trustees a valuable opportunity to rethink their investment governance and focus more strategically on their scheme’s long-term objectives, Russell Investments fiduciary manager and client CIO, Aqib Merchant, has said. Speaking at the Association of Member Nominated Trustees (AMNT) Annual Conference, Merchant said the new regime should prompt trustee boards to reassess how their time and resources are allocated as they move towards endgame. “Endgame objectives and the DB Funding Code go hand in...

November 7, 2025
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07Nov

The real obstacle to EU capital market integration is unreformed pension systems

A pension system crisis is looming in the European Union. As their populations age, EU countries must address their often alarmingly high levels of unfunded public pension liabilities, which typically vastly exceed countries’ gross public debt levels (Figure 1). These liabilities are calculated from current life expectancies, effective retirement ages and pension benefit levels. Many, if not all, EU governments will in the coming years have to change these pension system provisions and renege on earlier promises made to...

November 7, 2025
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06Nov

México. Hacienda endurece regulación y sanciones por fraudes de agentes promotores en Afores

La Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHCP) endurecerá la regulación y supervisión de los agentes promotores de las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores). Lo anterior es con el fin de cerrar espacios a fraudes y esquemas de captación indebida de recursos de los trabajadores. Mediante diversas modificaciones y adiciones publicadas en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF), se obligará a las administradoras a tener controles internos documentados y verificables, para sus promotores.   'Coyotes', el fraude en el SAR Cambios...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

La Asociación de AFP de Chile pidió tener en cuenta experiencias de otros países al elaborar nueva normativa en fondos generacionales

La Asociación de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones de Chile (Asociación de AFP) pidió que la nueva normativa de fondos generacionales se haga tomando en cuenta las experiencias de otros países que ya han pasado por lo mismo, además de advertir que hay factores que se pueden estar ignorando en el diseño. Durante el webinar “Fondos Generacionales: Lecciones Aprendidas y Desafíos Pendientes” organizado por Clapes UC, se señaló que el sistema de pensiones juega un rol fundamental en el desarrollo económico del país. Diversos expertos abordaron los...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

México. El ahorro para el retiro consolida su peso en la economía: ya equivale al 22% del PIB

El encuentro AmAfore 2025 se llevará a cabo el 12 y 13 de noviembre y su programa confirma el creciente protagonismo del ahorro para el retiro en la conversación global sobre inversiones, crédito privado e infraestructura. Con la participación de líderes internacionales como Scott Kleinman (Apollo), Michael Rees (Blue Owl), Michael Smith (Ares Credit Group) y Kirk Smith (GTCR), el evento destaca el papel de México como puente entre el capital institucional local y los grandes gestores globales. La presencia de las AFOREs, junto con Banxico, Hacienda y CONSAR, refleja...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

Pension funds risk 33 per cent return loss from failed climate transition: Ortec

A failed global transition to a low-carbon economy could slash pension fund returns by as much as 33 per cent in the next 25 years, according to new modeling by Ortec Finance. In the face of rising physical and transition risks tied to climate change, Ortec Finance’s managing director of climate scenarios and sustainability, Maurits van Joolingen, says the modeling captures the profound uncertainty surrounding climate change, from technology deployment to geopolitical responses, but the risks to long-term portfolio performance...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

More than half of Koreans distrust national pension amid backlash over premium hike plan

More than half of Koreans distrust the national pension system, with most respondents viewing current contribution levels as burdensome and opposing planned premium increases, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Korea Employers Federation (KEF). In the survey, 55.7 percent of respondents said they do not trust the National Pension Service, exceeding the 44.3 percent who said they do by 11.4 percentage points. Distrust was particularly pronounced among younger generations, with 69.2 percent of respondents in their 20s and 74.7...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

UK savers pulling cash from pensions ahead of budget, money managers say

 British money managers are reporting a jump in people withdrawing cash from their pensions before this month's budget, amid fears for their tax advantages as the government warns it needs to make "hard choices" to prop up public finances. Most British savers can receive up to 25% of their pension as a tax-free lump sum. Some experts on fiscal policy have speculated that Rachel Reeves, the finance minister, might reduce the amount that can be withdrawn tax-free, a potential motive for savers to withdraw...

November 6, 2025
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06Nov

Japan’s welfare crackdown targets foreign residents over unpaid pensions, health insurance

As Japan’s social contract comes under strain, Sanae Takaichi is moving swiftly on a campaign promise to make foreign residents shoulder their fair share of the health and pensions burden. The proposed reforms, set in motion just weeks after Takaichi’s historic appointment as the country’s first female prime minister, aim to address mounting public concern about inequality and the sustainability of its ageing welfare state. At her first ministerial meeting dedicated to issues regarding foreign nationals, Takaichi on Tuesday directed cabinet...

November 6, 2025
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05Nov

México. Amplían límite de inversiones denominadas en divisas para Siefores

La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) un decreto para dar mayor flexibilidad al manejo de los recursos del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR). Entre los cambios, se incrementa el límite para las Siefores más cercanas al retiro derivado de que diversos ejercicios y simulaciones financieras demostraron que de esta manera se podría generar un mayor rendimiento ajustado por riesgo, explicó la Asociación Mexicana de Afores (Amafore). “En específico el límite terminal...

November 5, 2025
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