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23JulJuly 23, 2021

UK. Can CDCs solve the pension funding problem?

Defined-benefit (DB) pension schemes have been in decline for years and in most professions younger employees are offered defined-contribution (DC) schemes, which lack many of the former's benefits. But a new option aims to deliver the best of both types of pensions. This week, the government has issued a consultation on draft legislation for Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) Schemes, spurred on by Royal Mail (RMG) which had been lobbying for new legislation to accommodate CDCs since 2018. CDC pensions work by...

July 23, 2021

News, Slider2021, CDC, Funding, System sustainability, UK

23JulJuly 23, 2021

US. Illinois pensions among worst-funded in nation, report confirms

A new report confirms Illinois is among the worst in the country when it comes to funding its public pensions. The report was distributed by the Tax Foundation, an independent tax policy nonprofit. It indicates the state is only 39% funded for future pension obligations, the second-worst ratio in the country. “Illinois has had this problem for decades,” said Katherine Loughead, senior policy analyst with the Tax Foundation. “It's not getting any better. It is the major driver of Illinois’ chronic...

July 23, 2021

News, Slider2021, COVID-19, Funding, US

23JulJuly 23, 2021

Joint Retirement of Couples: Evidence from Discontinuities in Denmark

By Esteban García-Miralles & Jonathan M. Leganza We study how social security influences the retirement behavior of couples. First, we exploit over two decades of full-population data and a discontinuity design to document sizable retirement spillovers to spouses when individuals reach pension eligibility age. Next, we explore underlying mechanisms. We find age differences within couples to be a fundamental determinant of joint retirement, which is driven by older spouses working longer. Accounting for these age differences reveals a strong gender...

July 23, 2021

Articles, Pension design2021, Gender Gap, Labor Market, Retirement Age

23JulJuly 23, 2021

The Fintech Gender Gap

By Sharon Chen, Sebastian Doerr, Jon Frost, Leonardo Gambacorta & Hyun Song Shin Fintech promises to spur financial inclusion and close the gender gap in access to financial services. Using novel survey data for 28 countries, this paper finds a large 'fintech gender gap': while 29% of men use fintech products and services, only 21% of women do. The gap is present in almost every country in our sample. Country characteristics and several individual-level controls explain about a third of...

July 23, 2021

Articles, Innovation, Labor Market, Savings2021, Financial Inclusion, Fintech, Gender Gap

23JulJuly 23, 2021

Pensions and Timing of Retirement: The Case of the Public Service Pension Scheme in Uganda

By Kibs Boaz Muhanguzi Unsustainable defined-benefit public pension scheme, rising life expectancy, and high level of unemployment endanger the socioeconomic and political stability of Uganda’s economy. This research approaches the problem from labor supply point of view by: (i) analyzing the effect of the public service pension scheme on timing of retirement; (ii) investigating the required early retirement incentives that would increase employment in the public service; and (iii) determining the predictors of postretirement employment in the public service in...

July 23, 2021

Articles, Pension design2021, Africa, Public Pensions, Retirement Age, Uganda

22JulJuly 22, 2021

Obstáculos regulatorios y tecnológicos tiran ahorro para el retiro: BID

Los países de América Latina, incluido México, cuentan con regulaciones establecidas para proteger al ahorrador que, si bien tienen buenas intenciones, hacen complejo y burocrático el proceso de ahorrar para una pensión, asegura el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID). Leer también Por qué el riesgo colectivo es clave para las pensiones “El camino para ahorrar para el retiro está lleno de obstáculos regulatorios, restricciones tecnológicas y fallas de mercado que dificultan la implementación de soluciones de ahorro escalables y efectivas que...

July 22, 2021

Noticias2021, América Latina, COVID-19, Regulación

22JulJuly 22, 2021

México. Retiros parciales por desempleo significan 0.48% del total administrado por afores: Consar

Las 10 administradoras de fondos para el retiro (afores) administran más de 4.9 billones de pesos, aproximadamente 21% del Producto Interno Bruto, de este total los retiros parciales por desempleo representan apenas 0.48% (23,520 millones de pesos aproximadamente) en el periodo comprendido de mayo del 2020 a mayo del 2021, reveló la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). En este sentido, de ese 0.48%, sólo 0.14% (alrededor de 7,114 millones de pesos), se podrían atribuir como...

July 22, 2021

Noticias2021, América Latina, COVID-19, Educación Financiera, Mexico

22JulJuly 22, 2021

Chile. Se suspende sesión de comisión de Hacienda que revisaría la reforma de pensiones

Era una de las primeras actividades de la presidenta de la Asociación de AFP, Alejandra Cox, tras arribar a Chile, pero finalmente no pudo ser. Su participación en la comisión de Hacienda del Senado que revisaría la reforma de pensiones estaba confirmada hasta ayer, pero la instancia se suspendió esta mañana por el trabajo en Sala. La economista llegó hace dos fines de semana al país, luego de haber asumido el cargo como la representante gremial de las administradoras a...

July 22, 2021

Noticias2021, Chile, COVID-19, Reforma de Pensiones

22JulJuly 22, 2021

Prudential to Sell Its Retirement Division to Great-West for $3.55 Billion

Prudential Financial Inc. said it would sell its full-service retirement business to a unit of Canada’s Great-West Lifeco Inc. for $3.55 billion as the life insurer continues implementing Chief Executive Officer Charles Lowrey’s three-year transformation plan. The business will be purchased by Great-West’s Greenwood Village, Colorado-based Empower Retirement division. Prudential expects total proceeds of about $2.8 billion from the sale, which is expected to close in the first quarter of next year, the companies said in a statement. It will...

July 22, 2021

News, Slider2021, Pension Management, Risk

22JulJuly 22, 2021

Canada. 27% of homeowners planning to access pension early despite adequacy fears

Nearly a third (31 per cent) of homeowners over 40 plan to work beyond state pension age due to concerns over affordability and financial insecurity, whilst over a quarter (27 per cent) plan to access their pensions early, according to research from Canada Life. The survey found that many older savers had fears around funding their retirement, with close to a third (31 per cent) of homeowners over 40 who are currently working stating that they cannot afford to retire...

July 22, 2021

News, Slider2021, Adequacy, Canada, Withdrawals

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