April 2021
20Apr

US. DOL Issues Cybersecurity Best Practices for Retirement Plans

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on April 14 issued much-anticipated cybersecurity guidance for employee retirement plans. The essence of the guidance is that responsible plan fiduciaries have an obligation to ensure proper mitigation of cybersecurity risks. Read also Comfortable retirement still on track for most Americans despite pandemic – survey EBSA set out in the following materials on its website, although the "Online Security Tips" are directed more to plan participants than plan fiduciaries: Read also The...

April 20, 2021
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20Apr

Uganda To Train Pension Trustees

The Insurance Training College and Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) have unveiled the commencement of a trustees training and certification programme intended to improve and enhance the professionalism of pension saving scheme trustees. According to the press statement, the training will be conducted by the institute on behalf of URBRA. The training is in line with the mandate of the Institute: promoting professionalism in the financial services sector as well as URBRA’s mandate of improving and promoting the development of...

April 20, 2021
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20Apr

A Fintech Revolution: How The Pandemic Accelerated The Adoption Of Digital Solutions

I don't know about you, but I haven't used the cash in my wallet since the onset of the lockdowns in March 2020. And I don't miss it at all. I've found that the digital financial life is fast, safe and provides easy ways to track. Digital, mobile and social channels are an indispensable part of everyday life. This was true before the pandemic but is even more definitive now. Economic lockdowns, social distancing and remote work have all contributed...

April 20, 2021
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19Apr

Chile. Piñera sube el tono por pensiones y confirma que irá al TC para frenar el tercer retiro de AFP

El Presidente de la República, Sebastián Piñera, confirmó esta mañana que como gobierno acudirán al Tribunal Constitucional (TC) para impugnar el tercer retiro de fondos desde las AFP que aprobó la Cámara de Diputados, argumentando que se busca respetar la Constitución y el Estado de Derecho vigente. "El Presidente, los ministros y los parlamentarios cuando asumen los cargos, juran o prometen respetar y hacer respetar la Constitución", afirmó. Sin entregar la fecha específica para acudir al organismo para frenar el retiro, el...

April 19, 2021
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16Apr

Chile. FMI arremete contra el tercer retiro de AFP: “Es seguir deteriorando un factor estructural del sistema de pensiones en Chile cuando no es necesario”

Tanto la rapidez de la vacunación como las "importantes" políticas de apoyo a la población en Chile constituyen, según el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), razones para estimar que el Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) del país volverá este año a su nivel previo a la pandemia. "Chile sería de acuerdo a nuestros pronósticos la primera economía en América Latina que exhiba un nivel de PIB mayor que el de 2019", planteó el director del Departamento del Hemisferio Occidental del FMI,...

April 16, 2021
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16Apr

Four Ways Covid-19 Has Changed Retirement

The Covid-19 pandemic is triggering a retirement rethink for many Americans. A survey by the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) found that about half of Americans are now more concerned about their retirement security in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and are considering the possibility of working longer. At the same time, the pandemic has triggered a desire to retire earlier among other survey respondents. After all, Covid-19 has reminded everyone that life can be shorter than anticipated. The fallout extends...

April 16, 2021
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16Apr

Coinbase IPO: like it or not, you’re now invested in Bitcoin

Whether you think Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are a scam or an economic revolution, you are becoming increasingly exposed to them as financial institutions incorporate them into payments and investments. This year, both Mastercard and Visa have announced plans to allow payments using cryptocurrencies, and the US’s oldest bank, BNY Mellon, has begun accepting cryptocurrencies for its asset management clients. And with the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase selling shares from today via a direct listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange,...

April 16, 2021
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15Apr

2021 Corporate Pension Funding Study

By Zorast Wadia, Alan H. Perry, Charles J. Clark The 2021 edition of the Milliman Corporate Pension Funding Study (PFS) is our 21st annual analysis of the financial disclosures of the 100 U.S. public companies sponsoring the largest defined benefit (DB) pension plans. These 100 companies are ranked highest to lowest by the value of their pension assets that are reported to the public as of the end of fiscal year 2020, to shareholders, and to the U.S. federal agencies...

April 15, 2021
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15Apr

Involuntary unemployment in overlapping generations model due to instability of the economy and fiscal policy

By Yasuhito Tanaka The existence of involuntary unemployment advocated by J. M. Keynes is a very important problem of the modern economic theory. Using a three-generations overlapping generations model, we show that the existence of involuntary unemployment is due to the instability of the economy. Instability of the economy is the instability of the difference equation about the equilibrium price around the full-employment equilibrium, which means that a fall in the nominal wage rate caused by the presence of involuntary...

April 15, 2021
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15Apr

México. Retiros de Afore por desempleo crecieron 64% en marzo

En marzo pasado los retiros parciales por desempleo que hicieron los trabajadores de su Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro (Afore) se incrementaron 64 por ciento respecto al mismo mes de 2020, según datos oficiales. Abraham Vela, presidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), dio a conocer que en el tercer mes de 2020 se retiraron por concepto de desempleo mil 888 millones de pesos, cifra superior a los mil 150 millones de un...

April 15, 2021
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