August 2021

Perú. Comisión de Economía busca retomar proyectos sobre ONP y AFP que quedaron del Congreso anterior

La congresista Silvia Monteza, presidenta de la Comisión de Economía, señaló que con los integrantes de este grupo trabajarán todo lo competente a fiscalizar las políticas monetaria, económica y fiscal, además de revisar los proyectos que han quedado pendientes en la Comisión de Economía del anterior Parlamento sobre las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) y la Oficina de Normalización Previsional (ONP). “El próximo miércoles vamos a tener una reunión de instalación, donde aprobaremos el plan de trabajo con los...

Sweden’s biggest pension manager cuts stocks on inflation concern

The specter of accelerating inflation is prompting the biggest pension manager in Sweden to cut its holdings of stocks and bonds. Read also Ireland. Pensions gap widens as pandemic deepens the divide Alecta, which manages $130 billion, is instead boosting exposure to alternative assets such as infrastructure projects and residential housing in an effort to preserve returns. Read also New Zealand. Super-sharers: How small contributions can push back against inequality "Longer term we may see rising inflation and that is one of the...

Ireland. Pensions gap widens as pandemic deepens the divide

Psychologists say we have very little appreciation or concept of ourselves in the future. In other words, our future selves are strangers to each of us. This lack of relationship with our older selves partly explains why we are so bad at planning for the longer term, such as saving towards retirement. According to research published in recent weeks by Standard Life, just under half of people of working age here have an occupational pension here. That's down from just over half at...

Why The Decline In Life Expectancy Shouldn’t Affect Your Retirement Plans

By Bob Carlson Average life expectancy in the U.S. declined by 1.5 years in 2020, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is believed to be the largest one-year decline in life expectancy since at least World War II. Life expectancy was 77.3 years in 2020, about the same level as in 2003. Life expectancy should be a major factor in retirement planning. I often recommend that one of the first steps in developing a...

Nudges para el ahorro y la inclusión financiera: recomendaciones para la Banca Pública desde el sector Fintech en Argentina

Por Ignacio Esteban Carballo & Emilio Girbal Este trabajo estudia la relevancia del ahorro en el caso aplicado de Argentina y en el marco de la economía del comportamiento. Específicamente, analiza la literatura sobre los nudges orientados al ahorro e identifica empíricamente la ausencia de instrumentos afines en el sector financiero público local. Adicionalmente, mediante dos entrevistas de diseño propio se estudian las únicas dos empresas de tecnologías financieras (las Fintech Invuelto y Front) que aplican nudges para incentivar el...

Mexicanos, “renuentes” al ahorro voluntario para el retiro: Vanguard

Aunque los esfuerzos implementados dentro de la reforma a la Ley del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR) están enfocados en que los trabajadores obtengan una mejor pensión, estos no serán suficientes ante los pequeños montos de ahorro en los esquemas obligatorios y la “resistencia” de los mexicanos a guardar dinero por cuenta propia, aseguró el gestor de fondos de inversión Vaguard. Leer también México. Detectan fraudes en trámites de pensiones en el IMSS En conferencia, Adriana Rangel, jefa de...

México. Afore Pensionissste registró incremento de 59.4% en ahorro solidario

La administradora de fondos para el retiro (afore) Pensionissste dio a conocer que en los primeros siete meses del año y mediante el ahorro solidario (una opción de los trabajadores del Estado para aportar recursos propios a su cuenta) se ingresaron 1,930 millones de pesos. Esto es un incremento de 59.4% con respecto al mismo periodo del 2020, cuando ingresó 1,863 millones de pesos, por este concepto. En este contexto, el Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR)contabilizó 16,214 millones...

US. Companies Find It’s a Good Time to Push Pension Obligations Off Balance Sheets

Finance chiefs are stepping up their efforts to move pension obligations off company balance sheets through annuity purchases and other financial tools, taking advantage of well-funded plans and a respite from the scramble over the past year to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. For years, sponsors of single-employer pension plans have purchased annuities from an insurer for all or some of their employees with vested benefits, thus shrinking a plan’s assets and liabilities and simultaneously strengthening a company’s balance sheet....

Nepalese Gurkhas end hunger strike over UK military pensions

Nepalese Gurkha military veterans have ended a 13-day hunger strike after the United Kingdom’s government agreed to discuss their longstanding grievances over pension rights. Thousands of Gurkhas, who are renowned as hard and loyal fighters, have served in the British army but until 2007, did not enjoy the same pay and conditions as British soldiers. Those who served before 1997 still receive only a fraction of their British counterparts’ salary as it was assumed they would return to Nepal after leaving...

New Zealand. Super-sharers: How small contributions can push back against inequality

Creating a truly fair New Zealand will require transformational change. Until we get there, one charity is encouraging superannuitants to give whatever they can. New Zealand’s generational divide is well-documented. Over-65s, who benefitted from free education and affordable housing, now receive pensions that are not income or asset-tested. Younger generations rack up debt to gain tertiary education and face unaffordable housing prices, and those in need receive insufficient income and accommodation support. For much of the older generation, the NZ Super...