editor, Author at Pension Policy International

23OctOctober 23, 2025

China Makes Maternity Payment Change in Bid To Boost Birth Rate

A total of 25 Chinese provinces will be distributing maternity leave payments directly to mothers by next month, as part of a broader effort to reverse the country’s flagging birth rate, officials said on Monday. Why It Matters Roughly two-thirds of the global population now lives in countries where the fertility rate has fallen below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman, according to the French Institute for Demographic Studies. China’s fertility rate—at just 1.0—is among the lowest in the world, raising alarm over...

October 23, 2025

NewsAging, China

23OctOctober 23, 2025

Over 7,000 Mozambicans working in South Africa will start receiving pensions, social security benefits in Mozambique

The Mozambican Minister of Labour, Ivete Alane, has announced that as of next year over 7,000 Mozambican nationals working in South Africa will start receiving their pensions in the country. According to Alane, who was speaking on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the National Meeting on Migrant Labour, which is taking place in Macaneta, Marracuene district, southern province of Maputo, the workers will receive their social security benefits in the country, without worrying about resorting to South Africa. “The social...

October 23, 2025

NewsLabor Market, Mozambique, Operations, South Africa

23OctOctober 23, 2025

Ageing populations to reshape the future of life insurance: Swiss Re

Swiss Re, the reinsurance company based in Zurich, reports that demographic changes are set to transform the life insurance industry over the coming decades. In its latest sigma publication, the company highlights that by 2050, around one quarter of people in advanced economies will be aged 65 or older. This development, often referred to as the “Silver Economy”, is expected to redefine the types of protection and financial solutions needed as societies age. According to Swiss Re, the combination of longer...

October 23, 2025

NewsAging, Longevity, Pension design, Risk

23OctOctober 23, 2025

MetLife Finds Most Companies Intend to Divest Pension Liabilities Within 5 Years

September marked the sixth consecutive month of improvement for corporate pension funding, according to Zorast Wadia, a principal and actuary at Milliman. The funded status of the largest 100 corporate defined benefit plans reached 106.5%, its highest level since October 2007—just before the global financial crisis. 2025 has been a “tailwind of a year for pension finances,” says Brian Donohue, a partner in October Three Consulting. There is still time left in the year’s fourth quarter, and he says companies...

October 23, 2025

NewsCorporate pensions, PRT

22OctOctober 22, 2025

Los planes de pensiones internacionales apuestan por la ESG y los alternativos

El 62% de los planes internacionales de pensiones ya incluye opciones ESG, reflejando un fuerte avance frente al 51% en 2019 Uno de cada cinco planes ofrece fondos Shariah, mientras crece el acceso a activos alternativos y herramientas digitales, ampliando las opciones para distintos perfiles y necesidades de los partícipes El 34% de los planes cuenta con comités de supervisión formal y el 77% invierte en soluciones digitales WTW, firma global de consultoría, correduría y soluciones, ha publicado su última Encuesta global sobre...

October 22, 2025

NoticiasESG, Gobierno corporativo, Inversión

22OctOctober 22, 2025

Perú. Retiro AFP 2025: estas son las 4 razones por las que tus fondos podrían evaporarse tras la solicitud, pero también la CTS de noviembre

Un reciente análisis de ProntoPaga ha identificado hasta cuatro grandes riesgos a los que se enfrentan quienes disponen digitalmente de sus recursos como AFP, CTS y sueldos. Este diagnóstico cobra especial vigencia en noviembre, cuando confluyen el pago de la Compensación por Tiempo de Servicios (CTS) y la apertura de solicitudes para el octavo retiro de las AFP, que permite retirar hasta S/ 21.400 por persona, desembolsado en hasta cuatro armadas mensuales. El resultado es una liquidez sin precedentes en las...

October 22, 2025

NoticiasPerú, Retiro de Fondos, Riesgo

22OctOctober 22, 2025

Francia. Lecornu acelera la suspensión de la reforma de las pensiones ante las dudas socialistas

El primer ministro francés, Sébastien lecornu, anunció una aceleración del proceso para suspender la reforma de las pensiones en respuesta a las dudas sobre las promesas que había hecho a los socialistas, cruciales para la continuidad de su Gobierno, sobre todo tras unas declaraciones de Emmanuel Macron. En la sesión de control al Gobierno ante la Asamblea Nacional, Lecornu indicó este martes que el jueves se celebrará un consejo de ministros para introducir una rectificación al proyecto de presupuestos de...

October 22, 2025

NoticiasFrancia, Reforma de Pensiones

22OctOctober 22, 2025

UK. Retirement investment solution providers urged to seize innovation opportunities

Retirement investment solution providers should “seize the day” amid rising asset levels that are providing opportunities for innovation, according to a report from NextWealth. NextWealth stated that assets in retirement investment solutions were on the cusp of a significant growth spurt. With the first cohort of ‘pension freedom’ retirees reaching 75, there is a growing imperative for innovation, which has been dominated by Royal London’s Governed Retirement Income Portfolios (GRIP), the firm said. If GRIPs were removed, the assets held in solutions...

October 22, 2025

NewsInvestment, UK

22OctOctober 22, 2025

US. Corporate Pension Funding Ratios Hit Highest Level Since 2007

The funded ratio for the largest 100 corporate defined benefit plans improved to 106.5% in September, the highest level since October 2007 (108.1%) and up from 106.3% in August, according to Milliman’s pension funding index. September’s market returns of 2.5% added $26 billion to the market value of plan assets and swelled the funding status surplus to $80 billion last month. Meanwhile, discount rates dropped 17 basis points to 5.36%, which raised plan liabilities by $22 billion. During the third...

October 22, 2025

NewsFunding, US

22OctOctober 22, 2025

Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds

Scientists are reporting the first compelling evidence in people that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines with age. A 10-week study of people 65 or older found that doing rigorous mental exercises for 30 minutes a day increased levels of the chemical messenger acetylcholine by 2.3% in a brain area involved in attention and memory. The increase "is not huge," says Étienne de Villers-Sidani, a neurologist at McGill University in Montreal. "But it's significant, considering that you get a...

October 22, 2025

NewsAging

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