April 2021
27Apr

Morneau Shepell releases the results of its Performance Universe of Pension Managers’ Pooled Funds

Morneau Shepell (TSX: MSI) has released the results of its Performance Universe of Pension Managers’ Pooled Funds for the first quarter of 2021. According to the report, in the first quarter of 2021, diversified pooled fund managers posted a median return of 1.8 per cent before management fees. “The stock market continued to rise in the first quarter and the MSCI World Index delivered a 3.5 per cent return. The Canadian Equity S&P/TSX Composite Index posted a return of 8.1 per...

April 27, 2021
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27Apr

Redington and Fidelity announce net zero pension plans

Redington has announced it will align all default client advice with the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, as outlined in the Paris Agreement. The investment consultant estimated that, as a result of the change most clients will achieve a 50 per cent reduction in their carbon emissions by 2030. The move sits alongside the firm's broader seven-point climate action plan to integrate sustainability considerations across its entire business, including commitments to reduce and offset its...

April 27, 2021
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27Apr

UK. MSP pension fund under fire for investing almost £1m in fossil fuels

Analysis of the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme by Friends of the Earth Scotland based on a freedom of information request shows that the estimated fossil fuel investment is £923,585 - around £7,160 for each of the 129 MSPs. With Glasgow due to host the Cop26 UN climate conference later this year environmental campaigners are calling on local authorities to divest from fossil fuels. The Scottish Parliament’s pension fund was found to have an estimated £733,000 stake in BHP, a major coal,...

April 27, 2021
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26Apr

Chile’s Pinera counters opposition pensions withdrawal bill with own initiative

Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday announced the government will launch its own bill to allow citizens to draw more from their private pensions in a last-ditch attempt to kill off a similar move led by the opposition. Pinera said his proposed rival bill would be subject to means-tested taxation and would allow for the withdrawn funds to be gradually repaid through state and employer contributions. The president said his initiative was a better option than the opposition's bill, which the...

April 26, 2021
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26Apr

Multi-pillar pension systems can help EU address the ageing of European societies

Multi-pillar pension systems can help EU address the ageing of European societies Insurance Europe has today published its response to a consultation conducted by the European Commission on its green paper on ageing. Insurance Europe's contribution focuses specifically on the questions pertaining to pensions and long-term care, given the extensive expertise that insurers have in these areas. On pensions, the industry welcomes the Commission's efforts to boost adequacy in retirement income across Europe, as demographic changes are increasingly putting statutory pension...

April 26, 2021
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26Apr

UK. Private sector DB disappearing ‘more rapidly than thought’

Private sector defined benefit schemes are closing more rapidly than realised, meaning the incomes of newly retired workers are set to fall at a much more dramatic rate in the coming decades than had previously been thought, according to consultancy LCP. A report from the firm found in the private sector the decline of traditional final salary-type pensions is more rapid than previously assumed, while the rise of new ‘pot-of-money’ workplace pensions will take longer to make a real impact than...

April 26, 2021
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26Apr

Australia. Women retire with over $30,000 lower balance in super than men

Australians need to prepare for retirement and take control over when and with how much they want to retire, according to chief analyst at Wealth Within, Dale Gillham. He stressed it was also concerning that women retired on average with a balance of $122,848 in super compared to men who, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) figures, retired with an average of $154,453. “When you look at the figures on how much Australians are retiring on, it shines...

April 26, 2021
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23Apr

Chile Pension Furor Grows Over Third Round of Withdrawals

Chile’s senate on Thursday approved legislation allowing early pension fund withdrawals, just days after President Sebastian Pinera challenged the bill’s legality in the Constitutional Court. Read also Chile begins debate on third pension withdrawal amid second wave of the pandemic Lawmakers including several Pinera allies backed the bill permitting workers to tap as much as 10% of their retirement savings for the third time since the pandemic started, with 31 votes in favor and 11 against. The proposal will return to...

April 23, 2021
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23Apr

Comfortable retirement still on track for most Americans despite pandemic – survey

The coronavirus pandemic did little to shake the retirement confidence of most American workers and retirees, according to the 2021 Retirement Confidence Survey released Thursday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald Research. Despite the turmoil COVID-19 stirred up in the employment and financial markets, 80% of retirees said they were confident in their ability to live comfortably throughout retirement, while 72% of those still in the workforce expressed confidence in their ability to retire in comfort, the survey...

April 23, 2021
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23Apr

A $120 Billion Danish Pension Manager Loses Faith in Bonds

In one of the world’s best-run pension markets, the biggest commercial manager says it’s time to dump bonds. “The switch out of fixed income into broader equities, whether it’s listed or unlisted, is what we recommend and what we are positioned for,” Kasper Lorenzen, chief investment officer at Copenhagen-based PFA, said in an interview. Back when most asset managers were being taught the trade, “we learned that government bonds are the safe assets, the risk-free asset,” he said. “Well, let’s see...

April 23, 2021
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