June 2021
08Jun

UK pension funds sign up to Net Zero Asset Owner Commitment

UK pension funds are amongst the new signatories to the Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative's Net-Zero Asset Owner Commitment. Read also GE to freeze U.K. pension plans outh Yorkshire Pension Fund, Wiltshire Pension Fund and TPT Retirement Solutions join Europe's largest pension fund, ABP, the Church of Sweden and National Trust in signing up to the commitment. Read also UK. A third of DB schemes now have professional trustees The Paris-Aligned Investment Initiative is a collaborative investor-led international forum that enables signatories to align their...

June 8, 2021
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08Jun

New Zealand Pension Fund Allocates 5% to Bitcoin

Fernando Alberca | bottom KiwiSaver Growth Strategy, which manages $350 million retirement plans, has allocated 5% of its portfolio to bitcoin, as reported by New Zealand’s Stuff News Agency. The pension fund started investing in crypto assets in October 2020, so This first purchase has already increased to 600% in just six months. In the opinion of James Gregor, chief investment officer at New Zealand Funds Management, operator of the KiwiSaver Growth Strategy Fund, “If investing in gold sounds right...

June 8, 2021
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08Jun

ForUsAll Debuts the ‘Alt 401(k)’ to Provide In-Plan Cryptocurrency Access

Another cryptocurrency foray into 401ks was announced today. ForUsAll, a retirement investment platform for small businesses, introduced the Alt 401(k), its turnkey retirement investment platform that allows employers to provide alternative investment options within 401k plans—what the company is calling a “first of its kind.” Read also US. Pensions Are Almost Fully Funded and Coming for Your Bonds The San Francisco-based fintech company is enabling employers to offer cryptocurrency as the plan’s first alternative investment by selecting Coinbase Institutional, a leading cryptocurrency...

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08Jun

U.K. investors question 20% illiquids cap proposal

Corporate pension funds are concerned that the U.K. regulator's plan to limit illiquid investments to 20% of portfolios could force them to alter their current strategies. The Pensions Regulator proposed in March that illiquid assets should not make up more than 20% of portfolios — a big departure from current regulations that state investments should "predominantly" be held in assets traded on regulated markets. The current rules are interpreted to mean that pension funds should not invest more than 50% in...

June 8, 2021
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07Jun

México. Afores, sin miedo a bajón en comisiones

Al parecer, cada vez son más las administradoras de ahorro para el retiro (Afores) que descartan medidas legales contra el tope a comisiones que se aplicará a partir de 2022 y que disminuirá considerablemente su principal ingreso. Nos hacen ver que desde la Asociación Mexicana de Afores (Amafore), de Bernardo González, hay consenso, al menos entre las firmas más grandes, de hacer un esfuerzo por disminuir costos operativos y absorber la reducción en su principal línea de ingreso, por...

June 7, 2021
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04Jun

Prefunded Pension Systems: Recent Developments

By Kristian Peter Niemietz From the mid-1990s to the onset of the financial crisis, prefunded pension systems, based on individual retirement savings accounts, were spreading around the world. The UK was initially a world leader in this, due to the system of contracting out, which had allowed people to opt out of part of the state pension scheme and save for their own pension instead. Since 2008, there has been a global U-turn. Private pension systems are now in retreat...

June 4, 2021
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04Jun

Central Falls’ Bankruptcy and the Principle of Shared Pain

By James Tatum The small city of Central Falls, Rhode Island filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy in 2011, with five other cities. The case could have easily been overshadowed by the insolvency of other sizable jurisdictions. Instead, Central Falls’ case is particular in both the treatment of bondholders and pensioners – one class of creditors was completely protected, while the other suffered deep cuts. The purpose of this article is to examine the method used to distribute losses in Central...

June 4, 2021
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04Jun

Strategy for the Mexican Pension System

By Gabriel Martinez The concepts of benefit adequacy and sustainability are used to lead the discussion to-wards holistic pension reform. The required strategic elements are presented, the reforms underpinning the existing pension system are reviewed, and the evolution of the main variables in a set of reference countries is detailed. The review to other countries serves to identify key points of discussion, lessons and innovative elements. Essential reform proposals are presented. Source: SSRN 556 views

June 4, 2021
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04Jun

Chile. Diputado Alessandri (UDI) anuncia proyecto para retirar el 100% de los fondos desde las AFP

Aunque se ha opuesto a todos los tres retiros del 10% desde las AFP, el diputado Jorge Alessandri (UDI) anunció un proyecto de reforma constitucional para permitir a las personas el rescate del 100% de sus fondos de pensiones. Leer también Chile. “Pan para hoy, hambre para mañana”: Experto describe proyecto de retiro del 100% de los fondos previsionales De acuerdo a sus declaraciones, lo que busca es evitar que los fondos que aún quedan sean estatizados en un eventual próximo...

June 4, 2021
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04Jun

República Dominicana. El TC rechaza anular régimen pensiones

El Tribunal Constitucional rechazó anular el régimen de pensiones y jubilaciones del Estado para los funcionarios y empleados públicos, que establece que el monto no puede superar los ocho salarios mínimos. El TC declaró conforme con la Constitución el párrafo del artículo 2 de la Ley 379, de 1981, que textualmente dispone: “En ningún caso el monto de la pensión será menor al sueldo mínimo nacional vigente, ni mayor a la cantidad que resulte de la suma de ocho de...

June 4, 2021
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