September 2024
20Sep

Canada. PSP Investments’ green assets increased to $64.9BN in fiscal 2024: report

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board has $64.9 billion invested in green assets, compared to $48.9 billion in fiscal 2023, according to the investment organization’s latest sustainability report. It found in addition to green assets, PSP Investments has roughly $11.5 billion in transition assets, defined as investments that have committed to make a substantial contribution to the low-carbon transition through the establishment of public targets and disclosure. Among PSP Investments’ portfolio companies, reported Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions data...

September 20, 2024
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19Sep

US. Less Than Half of Pre-Retirees Actively Saving for Retirement

Only 40% of pre-retirees—those between five and 10 years away from their desired retirement age—say they are financially preparing for retirement. This according to New York Life’s latest Wealth Watch survey, released Sept. 17, which found that American adults overwhelmingly report they are not financially preparing for major life events like purchasing a home, starting a family, changing careers, or retirement. The survey also found half of pre-retirees think they will retire later than expected, and 22% think they may never...

September 19, 2024
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19Sep

UK. NHS retirees with six-figure pensions double in a year

The number of retired NHS workers receiving pensions paying £100,000 has more than doubled in a year. Nearly 2,000 former consultants and senior staff now have pensions paying six-figures – up from 890 last year and 698 in 2022. Britain’s public sector pension debt has swollen to nearly £5 trillion, which is the equivalent of £173,000 per household. The NHS retirement plan, which is the nation’s largest public sector pension scheme, paid £12bn to its retirees in the 2023-2024 tax year, official documents show. Most...

September 19, 2024
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19Sep

US. New York City Pensions’ CIO Steven Meier discusses trustees’ attitudes to ESG

For Steven Meier, chief investment officer of the New York City public pension funds, finding alignment – particularly regarding ESG – among the trustees of the five pension plans he manages, is one of the key challenges he faces. The trustees of the five New York City public pension plans diverge in their attitudes to ESG, and one of the key challenges Meier faces is “finding consistency of thought” among these trustees, Meier said this week. Meier’s office manages the New...

September 19, 2024
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19Sep

Jamaica. Low birth rate could affect country’s development goals

RESPECTED former public servant Reginald Budhan says if the fall in Jamaica’s birth rate continues unabated, the island’s vision for developed country status “will remain a dream”. Jamaica’s Population Health Status Report 2000–2022, which was tabled in Parliament in May, showed that the country continues to face a low birth rate problem with the total number of live births in the country declining sharply over the last 20 years. Overall, it said Jamaica’s crude birth rate, which is the number...

September 19, 2024
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18Sep

Key Elements of the Pension Reform Agreement Signed Today by Spanish Government and Unions

The keys to the pension reform agreement are being finalized today, September 18, 2024. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will join union leaders to mark this important event. The reform aims to improve retirement conditions for workers, especially those in tough jobs. Key Takeaways Pedro Sánchez to sign pension reform agreement. Early retirement options for hard professions. Partial retirement regulations improved for workers. Lower retirement age for specific job conditions. Enhanced conditions for fixed-discontinuous workers. Mútues to collaborate on temporary...

September 18, 2024
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18Sep

Why China’s decision to extend the retirement age will not address fairness and sustainability issues

For many working Chinese, particularly those born in the 1980s and 1990s, Beijing’s decision to raise the retirement age by three years brings a sense of loss and betrayal. It means they have to work longer and pay more to get less from a major social contract. An internet meme that went viral reflected Chinese millennials’ frustration over the government’s flip-flop in birth and pension policies: “When I was born they said there were too many; when I gave birth...

September 18, 2024
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18Sep

Nigerian pension assets soar 4.17% to N20.48tn in Q2’2024

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has maintained an upward growth trajectory as the contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) recorded a total asset of N20.48 trillion in the second quarter of 2024, marking a 4.17 per cent  increase from N19.66 trillion it recorded in Q1 2024. According to PenCom, the number of pension contributions increased from 89,061 in the first quarter of 2024  to 100,063 in Q2 2024. It noted that remittance of pension contributions increased by 20.26 per cent from N314.17...

September 18, 2024
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18Sep

Japan faces labor shortages and demographic crisis as elderly population hits record high

Japan commemorated its “Respect for the Aged Day” earlier this week, with the national holiday underscoring a somewhat problematic fact — the country has a record number of elderly citizens to celebrate. Government data released ahead of the event showed that Japan’s population aged 65 and over had risen to an all-time high of 36.25 million. While the country’s overall population has been declining, the segment of those aged 65 and above has grown to 29.3% of the population, the highest...

September 18, 2024
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18Sep

Dutch pension funds to report CO2 reduction progress

Pension funds should report annually about the progress they make in meeting their CO2 reduction targets. They must also provide more insight into their sustainable investments, Dutch pension regulator DNB announced on its website. Pension funds must report annually on the progress made in achieving their CO2 reduction targets DNB imposes the additional requirements to “enable itself to adequately supervise sustainability risks at pension funds.” This is because, in its own words, the regulator currently “does not have sufficient information to adequately supervise the...

September 18, 2024
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