January 2025
21Jan

UK’s PensionBee Calls for Greater Clarity on Pension Transfers Following Appointment of New Pensions Minister

UK’s online pension provider PensionBee recently shared comments following the appointment of Torsten Bell MP as Pensions Minister. Lisa Picardo, Chief Business Officer UK of PensionBee, commented: “We welcome the new Pensions Minister to his new role. With his extensive experience in public policy, we’re keen to see his innovative approaches that prioritise savers and bring much-needed progress to the pensions industry.” Picardo added that they are looking forward to “seeing whether Torsten Bell – with a background of campaigning for high retirement living standards –...

January 21, 2025
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21Jan

Survey Shows 36% of Moroccans Without Retirement Plans

A recent survey by market research group Sunergia delves into the realities of retirement in Morocco, showing alarming gaps and persistent inequalities. While retirement became a growing concern for many Moroccans, the findings point to a system that struggles to meet everyone's needs. Access to primary retirement plans According to the survey, 59% of Moroccans benefit from retirement plans provided by their employers, while only 5% secure coverage independently. Informal sector workers and retirees from private companies represent the largest share of those...

January 21, 2025
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21Jan

Japan to have more part-timers join employee pension program

Japan plans to have a wider range of part-time workers join the kosei nenkin employee pension program by changing some rules, sources have said. Currently, companies with 51 or more employees must have their part-time workers join the kosei nenkin program, which pays benefits on top of those paid under the basic pension program providing universal coverage. The government plans to lower the corporate size threshold to 21 employees in October 2027 and scrap it two years later. The government sees the need to...

January 21, 2025
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20Jan

Pension crises ‘will start to bite’ over next decade, WEF risk report finds

Pension crises “will start to bite” over the next decade in super-ageing societies, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025. Super-ageing societies feature as a key theme in this year’s edition, which is linked to risks such as inequality and societal polarisation. A super-ageing society is when over 20 per cent of a country’s population is over 65 years old. Several countries have already exceeded that mark, such as Japan, Italy and Germany. However, many more countries across...

January 20, 2025
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20Jan

An Older America Will Be Less Prosperous, But We Don’t Have To Get Old

America is getting older. Between 1980 and 2022, the median age increased from 30 to 39. An older population will impact the country in a variety of ways, some more obvious than others. One likely yet underappreciated impact will be less entrepreneurship. A new study by Rui Zhang and Mengyao Kang published in the Journal of Regional Science finds that countries with higher shares of elderly people have fewer entrepreneurs and new businesses. The increase in America’s median age coincides...

January 20, 2025
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20Jan

Kenya. NSSF commits to reforms including expedited processing of benefits

National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has announced the launch of several new initiatives targeting workers across various sectors of the economy in a bid to improve social security coverage and financial inclusion. The NSSF, which plays a vital role in providing social security to the workforce, said if was impelementing reforms aimed at expanding its coverage, increasing transparency, and promoting financial literacy among contributors. These changes are part of a broader effort to modernize the social security system and make it...

January 20, 2025
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20Jan

UK. The People’s Pension exploring private markets with plans to allocate up to $4.9 billion

The People's Pension, Crawley, England, is taking steps to allocate up to £4 billion ($4.9 billion) to private markets assets by 2030, and also plans to hire a specialist and set up a dedicated research capability. The defined contribution master trust had £31 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, and expects to reach £60 billion by 2033. This allocation will mark The People's Pension's first foray into private markets, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the fund. While it did...

January 20, 2025
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17Jan

U.S. DB pension payouts generating US$1.5 trillion in economic output: report

In 2022, U.S. retiree spending — driven by private and public sector defined benefit pension payouts — generated US$1.5 trillion in total economic output and supported 7.1 million jobs, according to a new report by the National Institute on Retirement Security. It found in addition to the impact on employment and economic activity, DB pension payouts added $224.3 billion in tax revenue at the federal, state and local levels. The report noted $680.6 billion in pension benefits were paid to 26.3...

January 17, 2025
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17Jan

Some British local government pension schemes object to UK pooled fund plans

 Almost a third of Britain's local government pension schemes object to UK plans to consolidate more of their assets into pooled funds, saying the plans raise the potential for poor investment returns, adviser Hymans Robertson said on Thursday. The UK government wants to increase pooling of local government assets, opens new tab to boost domestic pensions investment in British companies, including start-ups, because it sees larger pooled funds as better placed to make such investments. Under the proposals, schemes would be...

January 17, 2025
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17Jan

Advocates claim high-risk gas assets are liabilities for pensions

Adam Scott believes pension fund managers who invest in gas are in trouble. Particularly, those who think high-risk gas assets can be saved by hydrogen. This might come as a shock because pension fund managers have long seen gas infrastructure as a low-risk investment. Historically, regulated gas assets offered stable returns and seemed to be a safer, lower-carbon option compared to other fossil fuels. But Scott, executive director at Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health, says these...

January 17, 2025
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