August 2026

Morocco’s Pension Fund Promises less Paperwork, Faster Processing

Morocco’s Caisse Marocaine des Retraites (CMR) has announced new measures aimed at simplifying retirement and survivor-pension case management, under Circular No. 8/2026. The goal is to reduce administrative paperwork and speed up the processing of applications for future retirees and their beneficiaries, the pension fund said. The new framework fits within a broader push to modernize public administration and digitalize public services, building on Circular No. 7/2019, which had already introduced electronic management of retirement case files. The main change...

Chile. Último estudio de Fundación SOL prueba de manera contundente por qué las pensiones AFP no alcanzan para vivir

En los años 80’ se impone en Chile un sistema de capitalización individual que obliga a ahorrar el 10% de su sueldo mensual a sus cotizantes en Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP). Este es uno de los pocos países en el mundo que cuenta con un sistema que elimina todo componente de solidaridad en su pilar contributivo, dejando a las personas pensionadas sujetas solamente a determinantes individuales y a las lógicas propias del mercado bursátil, contraviniendo los principios...

España. Pensiones: en 2027, 67 años para jubilarse tras la reforma de 2011

La edad legal ordinaria de jubilación alcanzará en 2027 los 67 años tras transitar este año por el último periodo de adaptación de la reforma de las pensiones aprobada en 2011 y que comenzó a aplicar en 2013. En marzo de 2011 cuando se aprobó la norma, Zapatero daba sus últimas coletazos como presidente del Gobierno en una España a la deriva, en la que el actual presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, era un simple diputado. La reforma se...

Esto pasará con Colpensiones si la reforma pensional definitivamente no se aplica

Desde hace un año fue suspendida la reforma pensional, que modificaba sustancialmente la operación de Colpensiones, así como el papel de los fondos privados de jubilación. De acuerdo con la normativa, que sigue sin aplicarse, la idea es eliminar la competencia entre las dos opciones de jubilación, aunque hay sectores que mantienen serios reparos sobre lo avalado, sobre todo con foco en las garantías financieras. Colpensiones, en ese sentido, pasaría a ser el fondo más importante del país toda vez que...

El Gobierno francés plantea congelar las pensiones más altas para contener el déficit

El Gobierno francés, que afronta una situación muy delicada por sus cuentas públicas, con una fuerte presión de los mercados sobre los tipos de su deuda, baraja la posibilidad de congelar las pensiones más altas en 2027 o al menos no revalorizarlas al nivel de la inflación para contener el déficit. "La contribución a la recuperación nacional de los pensionistas más acomodados, por ejemplo mediante una indexación más moderada de sus pensiones, es una cuestión que merece plantearse", escribió este...

Reform proposes ban on most benefits for foreign nationals in UK

Foreign nationals would be excluded from most benefits under a Reform UK government, the party has said. The ban, part of a proposed overhaul of Britain's benefits system, would include European Union (EU) nationals with settled status in the UK, meaning a renegotiation of the UK's Brexit deal with the EU. In a speech on Monday, the party's economy spokesman, Robert Jenrick, said: "The British taxpayer is acting as the welfare state for the world. That's unfair, we all know it." Reform...

Malaysia’s pension fund investment income jumps 48 pct in H1

Malaysia's state-owned pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), recorded investment income of 57.50 billion ringgit (14.16 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2026, up 48 percent from a year earlier, helped by strong global equity markets, the fund said Monday. Investment income for the second quarter also rose 44 percent year-on-year to 29.77 billion ringgit, the retirement fund said in a statement. EPF Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn said the fund benefited from strong global equity markets...

UK. ​Single pensioners drive rise in retirement poverty, LCP finds

The consultancy said the overall pensioner poverty rate, measured on a consistent basis, rose from 15.7% in 2012-13 to 18.6% in 2023-24. Poverty among pensioner couples has remained relatively flat over the period, but rates have climbed sharply among single pensioners, particularly those who are divorced or have never married. More recent corrected figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, which are not yet available as a long-term series, put the poverty rate among single pensioners at 19.8% in...

Restoring dignity: How pension reforms are reviving Zimbabwe’s retirement system

Every month-end, Mr Mxolisi Dube (72) from Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo arrives at his local bank before sunrise. Long before the doors open, he joins dozens of fellow pensioners waiting patiently to collect what should be the reward for a lifetime of hard work and sacrifice. Clutching a worn leather wallet, the retired foundry worker waits with quiet hope that this month’s pension will stretch a little further than the last. For years, however, opening that wallet brought more despair than...

US. Milliman analysis: Multiemployer pensions’ aggregate funding level reaches 106% at midyear 2026, highest in study history

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the midyear 2026 results of its Multiemployer Pension Funding Study (MPFS), an interim update to its annual study, which analyzes the funded status of all U.S. multiemployer defined benefit pension plans based on assumptions and data in the latest Form 5500 filings. As of June 30, 2026, Milliman estimates that the aggregate funded percentage of all multiemployer plans has reached 106%, up from 103% at year-end 2025. This is...