May 2026
27May

Chile’s Pension Reform: A Good Idea Running Out of Chances

By Dr. Arturo Cifuentes Original ideas seldom get a second chance to be implemented successfully. The Chilean pension system is one of the few exceptions. To grasp how much is at stake in the coming months—a third opportunity might never happen—we need to go back to its origins and identify the key events that shaped its evolution. The Chilean pension system was the brainchild of José Piñera, who, as minister of labor and social security, conceived its basic architecture in 1981. The...

May 27, 2026
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14May

NPRA deploys risk-based supervision to fortify Ghana’s pension industry

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has taken a major step toward strengthening oversight and protecting contributors’ retirement funds with the full deployment of its Risk-Based Supervisory System (RBSS). According to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Christopher Boadi Mensah, the reform marks a major institutional shift from traditional compliance-based supervision to a more targeted, intelligence-driven regulatory framework. Under the new system, NPRA can better monitor compliance and profile risks among industry players, identify early warning signs, and take preventive...

May 14, 2026
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April 2026
23Apr

México. Afore XXI Banorte es líder en educación financiera: CONSAR

La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (CONSAR) otorgó a Afore XXI Banorte una calificación perfecta en el Censo de Educación Financiera y Previsional (CEFP) 2025, al cumplir con la totalidad de los indicadores evaluados en materia de difusión, generación de contenidos y alcance de información para los trabajadores. El CEFP, que desde 2016 mide las acciones de las Afores para fortalecer las capacidades financieras de la población, evaluó en esta edición 31 temas relacionados con bienestar financiero, funcionamiento del...

April 23, 2026
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23Apr

Pension funds urged to account for climate risk in private assets

Ortec Finance has urged global pension funds to gauge the physical climate-related risks associated with holding private assets, which are typically less liquid and held for much longer than equities or bonds. "Investments made now into infrastructure or real estate typically have a 15-year plus time horizon, so these are highly likely to be affected by rising physical climate risks," Ortec Finance managing director for climate scenarios and sustainability Maurits van Joolingen said. Ortec Finance estimates private infrastructure assets in the...

April 23, 2026
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09Apr

US. Seniors Turning to Gig Work: Why a Growing Number of Retirees Are Unretiring in 2026

Seniors turning to gig work is no longer an outlier trend. It is becoming a defining feature of the 2026 labor market. A growing number of Americans over 50 are returning to the workforce through freelance and contract roles after concluding decades-long careers. The reasons range from insufficient retirement savings to rising living costs, and for many, gig platforms offer the flexibility that traditional employment cannot. If you are self-employed or considering gig work later in life, understanding this...

April 9, 2026
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06Apr

AI gaining foothold with younger savings plan members, email remains preferred communications tool: survey

More than half (56 per cent) of plan members say email is the most effective way to communicate with them about their savings plans, according to Benefits Canada’s 2026 Employee Savings Survey. The survey, which polled 500 Canadian plan members, found traditional mail (18 per cent) was a distant second preferred communications tool, followed by an insurance company website (17 per cent) and a financial advisor meeting arranged by an insurance company (14 per cent). During a webinar discussing the survey’s results, Jimmy...

April 6, 2026
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February 2026
16Feb

US. 1/3 Withdraw 401(k) Balances After Job Changes—What Is Driving This Trend?

Retirement savers are generally putting more into their 401(k) accounts these days, but much of the money Americans are saving for their future doesn’t end up lasting until then. That's because a large portion of employees withdraw their 401(k) balance in a lump sum when they leave a job, rather than rolling it over to their new employer or into another account, or leaving their balance where it is. One-third of those who have Vanguard-administered 401(k) plans and left a job did this, according to...

February 16, 2026
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January 2026
14Jan

México. Afores superan el billón de pesos en ganancias durante 2025; logran récord, según cifras de la Consar

El cierre de 2025 llegó con la noticia de que las Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro (Afores) registraron plusvalías históricas, alcanzando un monto de un billón 141 mil 766 millones de pesos, según cifras oficiales de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Fue el mejor desempeño desde que el sistema Afore entró en operación hace 29 años, según indicó una publicación de La Jornada, y aunque el año estuvo marcado por tensiones geopolíticas y...

January 14, 2026
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October 2025
31Oct

Ghana. SSNIT is financially viable despite past challenges – Director

Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Kwesi Afreh Biney, says his outfit is financially viable despite past challenges. According to him, the entity managing contributors’ funds pays over 257,000 pensioners each month. Mr. Biney explained that while SSNIT, as an institution, had faced hurdles in the past, it has also seized opportunities to strengthen its operations, thus making the Trust financially viable and sustainable. Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM on Thursday, October 30, ahead of...

October 31, 2025
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30Oct

UK. Reeves urged to cut pension lump sum withdrawals to £100k

A pressure group of which Rachel Reeves is a member has urged her to cut the tax-free pension lump sum to £100,000. At present, most savers can take 25pc of their pension pot tax-free once they reach the age of 55, up to a maximum of £268,275. However, the Fabian Society, a prominent Labour-associated think tank, has suggested cutting the allowance by two-thirds at the Budget on Nov 26 in an attempt to raise £2bn. It claimed that pensions were “systemically” under-taxed and...

October 30, 2025
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