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18JunJune 18, 2026

Nigeria. Over 92% of personal pension savings accounts remain unfunded

Amidst efforts by the National Pension Commission, PenCom, to include informal sector workers in the pension scheme, the Personal Pension Plan, PPP, which caters to the informal sector, has remained stagnant. While the PPP has 215,412 registered Retirement Savings Accounts, RSAs, only 17,320 of these RSAs, which represents 8.0 per cent, have received contributions. The remaining 198,092 RSAs, which represent 92.0 per cent, are dormant. PenCom, in its fourth quarter 2025 report stated that registrations are not savings and registration without funding...

June 18, 2026

NewsInformal Sector, Nigeria, savings

18JunJune 18, 2026

South Korea. Robotics ETFs Draw 3 Trillion Won as ‘100-Year Growth’ Sector Rises

“Pension investors, just memorize this. These are the ETFs that will make you smile in the end if you consistently accumulate them: U.S. representative index ETFs, robotics and automation ETFs, and monthly dividend ETFs. Most pension investments end within these categories.” This is the investment advice gaining attention in pre-retiree communities these days. The so-called “pension trio” strategy positions U.S. representative index ETFs as a solid foundation, supplemented by robotics ETFs targeting growth potential and monthly dividend ETFs that provide...

June 18, 2026

NewsInvestment, South Korea, Technology

17JunJune 17, 2026

British pensions giant reducing US exposure over tech risks

Britain's biggest pension asset owner, the Border to Coast Pensions Partnership (B2C), is reducing its allocation to U.S. ‌assets by up to 10% due to concerns about overexposure to a small number of Silicon Valley giants, an executive at the fund said on Tuesday. B2C, which oversees around £120 billion ($161 billion) worth of local government pension assets globally, is shifting its weighting by about 5%-10% from investments in the U.S. to Europe and Asia, its chief investment officer, Joe...

June 17, 2026

NewsInvestment, UK

17JunJune 17, 2026

US. Retirement savings set record high — but so do hardship withdrawals: Vanguard

There's some good news and some not-so-good news on the retirement front from Vanguard. Americans set aside a record amount of money in their 401(k) accounts last year, according to Vanguard's "How America Saves 2026" report. But while savings rates are up, so are the number of Americans tapping their 401(k) for emergencies. Vanguard said 6% of participants made a hardship withdrawal in 2025, the largest share ever and up from 5% in 2024. "Pressures such as inflation and rising interest rates contribute...

June 17, 2026

Newssavings, US, Withdrawals

17JunJune 17, 2026

UK to review pension transfer rules after unusual deal

Britain will review defined benefit pension transfer rules after a novel deal saw an ‌asset manager take on a scheme's assets and liabilities in an unanticipated use of existing legislation, a government minister said on Tuesday. Torsten ⁠Bell, a junior minister in the finance and pensions departments, said the deal used a flexible apportionment arrangement – a mechanism introduced in 2012 to allow pension liabilities to be reassigned during corporate restructurings without triggering ‌employer ⁠insolvency. Bell said the asset manager used...

June 17, 2026

NewsRegulation, UK

17JunJune 17, 2026

New Study Finds the Ideal Amount of Strength Training for a Longer and Healthier Life

Strength training is increasingly linked to longevity, with fitness research suggesting that a moderate weekly amount can deliver meaningful health benefits. A long-term study of more than 147,000 adults found that 90 to 120 minutes of resistance training per week was associated with lower mortality risk, especially for cardiovascular and neurological diseases. The findings also highlight the importance of balance in fitness routines. While strength training alone showed clear benefits, the strongest results came from combining it with regular aerobic exercise....

June 17, 2026

NewsHealth, Longevity

16JunJune 16, 2026

US. Investment Returns Outweigh Small Liability Jump for Pension Finances

Surging investment returns outpaced slow-growing liabilities in May, bringing the funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit pension funds to 109.6%—the highest ratio recorded since the 109.9% mark observed in July 2001—according to Milliman’s Pension Funding Index. Thanks to last month’s robust 2.22% investment return, more than quadruple Milliman’s expected rate of 0.53%, the market value of Milliman 100 plan assets grew $22 billion during May. The projected pension liability for Milliman 100 plans increased by $4 billion over...

June 16, 2026

NewsFunding, Returns, US

16JunJune 16, 2026

South Africa. Has the retirement industry underestimated inflation risk?

The South African Reserve Bank's higher-for-longer interest rate outlook and revised inflation expectations have sharpened a critical challenge for retirement savers and funds: generating real returns is becoming more difficult, annuity pricing and liability assumptions may need recalibration, and portfolios designed for a low-inflation environment could struggle to deliver the outcomes members expect. For years, trustee agendas have been dominated by corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and investment performance. But as the macroeconomic landscape shifts, it’s becoming clear that parts of the industry...

June 16, 2026

NewsAdequacy, Inflation, South Africa

16JunJune 16, 2026

US. NYC comptroller launches search for new pension fund asset managers

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine announced Friday that the city’s pension funds would undertake a search for new asset managers to provide passive indexing of public equity stocks for the city’s five public pensions systems. Levine and the city’s pension funds said the search specifically includes seeking indexes that are weighted by market capitalization, alternatively weighted or those based on ESG factors and limits on carbon, so long as they are consistent with each pension system’s investment guidelines, according...

June 16, 2026

NewsInvestment, Pension Management, US

16JunJune 16, 2026

Reforms could relieve German budget by up to €60 billion, Ifo says

Germany's financial situation could be improved by up to €60 billion ($70 billion) annually by 2030 with a series of economic ‌reforms, calculations by the Ifo Institute showed on Tuesday. The study, commissioned by the employer-funded think tank New Social Free Market Initiative, shows that the government could generate around €54 billion through changes to pension ⁠insurance, parental allowance and subsidies. An additional €6 billion could be generated through growth-promoting investments at the federal level. “To achieve that, reform packages need to...

June 16, 2026

NewsGermany, Public spending

June 2026