July 2021
13Jul

France. Macron confirms he will pursue Pension Reform

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a series of economic measures, looking beyond the pandemic, although the much-anticipated pensions reform will be delayed until Covid is "under control". Obligatory vaccines and the extension of the health pass made the headlines following Macron’s live TV address on Monday evening, but the President also sketched out his vision for France’s post-Covid economy. Some of the measures he announced represent a return to the priorities he set at the beginning of his tenure, while...

July 13, 2021
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13Jul

US. Biden’s Pension Rescue Seen as Bigger Help for Corporate Bonds

U.S. President Joe Biden’s planned pension rescue could result in even more money being shunted into investment-grade corporate bonds than previously thought, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures pensions, issued rules on Friday for bailout money for multi-employer plans that are severely underfunded. These plans can apply for rescue funds as part of the $1.9 trillion pandemic-relief bill signed into law in March. The PBGC said that the pensions are eligible for $94 billion of...

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13Jul

Nigeria. Avoiding A Future Of Retired Destitute

NIGERIA’S Population has grown from 45.1 million in 1960 to the current 211.4 in 2021. By the United Nations estimates, the population grew by 2.5 per cent from its 2020 figure. Read also Jamaica. Dead or alive? Pension payments continue And according to National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 33 per cent of those within the workforce who were willing and looking for job were unemployed as at the close of 2020. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the informal sector...

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13Jul

Canadian green bond market riding high after record quarter

Canadian companies issued a record amount of green bonds in the second quarter, and bankers expect the debt instrument will become more popular because issuers are able to charge a premium that environmentally-friendly investors are willing to pay. With corporations and financial institutions facing growing pressure from investors to embrace more environmentally-sustainable practices, green bonds are seen by some as one way to work towards the transition to a clean energy future. One of the reasons they are catching on in...

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12Jul

Perú. Congreso insistirá esta semana con proyecto para traslado de fondos de AFP a bancos

Esta iniciativa legislativa -cabe recordar- no cuenta con el apoyo de la SBS, MEF y del BCR. “El congresista José Luna presentó un proyecto de ley que permite que cualquier afiliado traslade su fondo de AFP a una cuenta previsional en el sistema financiero, pese a que en la Comisión de Economía ya existían otros proyectos parecidos. Sobre ese proyecto el partido Podemos pidió que sea exonerado de dictamen en la Junta de Portavoces la semana pasada y esa propuesta...

July 12, 2021
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12Jul

México. Por crisis sanitaria, 700 mil retiraron de su Afore

De los más de dos millones de trabajadores que retiraron recursos de su Afore por desempleo durante la pandemia, sólo 700 mil se atribuyen “realmente” a la crisis sanitaria, aseguró el presidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar), Abraham E. Vela Dib. Los primeros retiros ligados al COVID-19 se registraron en mayo de 2020, considerando que deben pasar 46 días sin empleo para ser uso de este beneficio. De ahí a la fecha, dos...

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12Jul

Lack of climate risk analysis in US federal retirement fund sparks concern

The board overseeing the largest public retirement plan in the United States has not comprehensively assessed the risks climate change poses to its investments, a U.S. federal agency says, sparking fears retirement savings pots could be at risk. Read also US. How Benchmarks Keep Pension Stakeholders in the Dark The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) says its investment strategies already price in such risks to its portfolio as they track broader indices of companies coming under new pressure to disclose...

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12Jul

Transferring A Business Following Insolvency In Germany: Who Pays The Pensions Bill?

Acquiring a business on insolvency can have pitfalls, especially if it involves an employee occupational pension scheme. Will the German Federal Labour Court's case law, which is favourable to acquirers, continue to apply following a recent European Court of Justice decision? The promise of a company pension makes companies an attractive employer for (potential) employees. However, if a company is to be sold at some point, the pension obligations can become a dealbreaker from the buyer's point of view. Particularly...

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12Jul

Emerging markets pushed to the sidelines for now

Emerging markets have become a victim of China's success in 2020, with money managers and investors now underweight and pulling assets from equity and debt allocations as they watch and wait for better times to resume. The recovery in the U.S. dollar, an increase in safe-haven asset yields in the first quarter and China's tighter monetary policy have contributed to the underperformance of emerging market assets vs. developed market assets so far in 2021. On top of that, developed markets continue...

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09Jul

Chile. Cuarto Retiro AFP: diputados aclararon fecha en que se discutiría el nuevo 10%

En medio de la emergencia sanitaria, diputados del oficialismo y oposición debatieron sobre los proyectos que buscan hacer el cuarto retiro AFP. En este, se coincidió en que primero se deben evaluar las actuales ayudas como el IFE Universal, antes de pensar en una nueva extracción de fondos. Este Ingreso Familiar de Emergencia se paga hasta septiembre, fecha en que los legisladores dicen que puede ponerse en tabla el proyecto del cuarto retiro AFP. Technology is the backbone of the Tangerine...

July 9, 2021
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