June 2021

Afores mexicanas, con los mejores rendimientos entre países OCDE

Las administradoras de fondo para el retiro (afore) destacaron entre los fondos de pensiones de los 38 países miembros de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) porque durante el 2020 pagaron los mejores rendimientos con 9.3% por arriba de la inflación. Leer también México. Amafore y CCE propondrán incentivos al ahorro en miscelánea fiscal A pesar de la caída de 8.5% de la economía mexicana en el 2020, la afores se ubicaron por encima de fondos pensiones...

Presentan en Chile otra propuesta de retiro de 100% de fondos AFP

Un grupo de diputados presentaron este jueves un proyecto de ley que busca permitir el retiro total de los fondos acumulados en las cuentas de AFP a aquellos afiliados que estén pensionados o prontos a hacerlo, y cuya tasa de reemplazo sea inferior al 30% de sus remuneraciones promedio de los últimos seis meses trabajados. Leer también Chile. Coordinadora No + AFP exige detener trámite de reforma de pensiones del Gobierno La iniciativa fue firmada por Marcelo Díaz (Unir), Alexis Sepúlveda...

El 54% de las pensiones en Panamá oscilan entre $200 a $500 al mes

Al 31 de diciembre de 2020, la distribución de las pensiones vigentes del programa de Invalidez, Vejez y Muerte (IVM) de la Caja del Seguro Social (CSS) ascendieron a 276,407 personas. De ese total, un 54.04% (149,382 personas) reciben entre $200.01 y $500.00 al mes, informaron este jueves en la mesa temática del Diálogo Nacional por la Caja (DNC).De estos 149,382 extrabajadores, quienes completaron las cuotas y tienen la edad para solicitar la también conocida jubilación, unas 77,983 son mujeres...

Canada. The Public Sector Pension Investment Board Gains 18.4% in FY2021

The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) on Wednesday reported that it gained 18.4% in its most recent fiscal year ending in March, thanks to the recovery in the capital markets after the downturn last year. The Canadian allocator, based in Ottawa, grew to C$204.5 billion (US$166.6 billion) in net assets under management, up 20.4% from C$169.8 billion from the prior fiscal year, the fund disclosed. This past fiscal year wasn’t an easy one, the fund’s top official reflected. “Our...

Saudi Arabia to merge pension, unemployment insurance funds with $29b in holdings

Saudi Arabia will combine two state-run pension and unemployment insurance funds into an entity with almost $29 billion of local and foreign stocks. Read also PIC confirms it owns 30% of new SAA consortium partner The cabinet approved the combination of the Public Pension Agency and the General Organization of Social Insurance (also known as GOSI). It'll boost investment returns, reduce costs and help with their diversification, Finance Minister and GOSI Chairman Mohammed Al Jadaan said in a statement. Read also Saudi...

UK. Why investment pathways matter more than you think

The FCA launched its Retirement Outcomes Review in 2016 to check how the market was developing after the introduction of pension freedoms and address any signs of consumer harm. It found many who chose to draw down pension savings without taking regulated advice were losing out on retirement income because their pension pots were invested in cash, even though they didn’t intend to spend it in the short term. Two consultations were issued as a result of the review. First, CP18/17,...

EIB Investment Report 2020/2021: Building a smart and green Europe in the COVID-19 era

By European Investment Bank The European Union's massive efforts to rebuild after the coronavirus pandemic present a unique opportunity to transform its economy, making it more green and digital – and ultimately more competitive. The Investment Report 2020-2021 looks at the toll the pandemic took on European firms’ investment and future plans, as well as their efforts to meet the demands of climate change and the digital revolution. The report’s analysis is based on a unique set of databases and...

2021 pension adequacy report Current and future income adequacy in old age in the EU. Volume I

By The 2021 Pension Adequacy Report (PAR) is the fourth edition of the report, prepared every 3 years by the Social Protection Committee (SPC) and the European Commission. The report aims to present a comparative analysis of the degree to which pension systems in the EU Member States enable older people to retire with an adequate income today and in the future, reflecting pension reforms, as well as underlying changes and current or future challenges in our societies. Since 2012, the...

Financial Literacy, Naive Diversification, and Security Selection

By Thomas A. Hanson, Jenna Kalthoff Low levels of financial literacy have been linked to costly errors in investing behavior. This paper examines the relationship between financial literacy and the two financial tasks of asset allocation and security selection in an online survey of college students. Results suggest that financial literacy can slightly attenuate the naïve diversification bias and improve security selection decisions. The results support educational efforts to increase financial literacy to improve retirement savings and financial decisions. Source: SSRN 470...

Do adverse health shock s induce myopic financial planning?

By Jialu L. Streeter Health and financial planning have both been found to be crucial to long-term financial stability. However, the impact of a health shock on financial plan-ning horizon was not directly tested. This article traces the trajectories of the financial planning horizon before and after the occurrence of work-limitinghealth shocks, using longitudinal panel data from the Health and RetirementStudy. Results show that, during the 10 years following a health shock, individ-uals are 20 to 39% more likely to...