July 2022
27Jul

Chile. Reforma de Pensiones: Expertos Analizan los Desafíos para que las Pensiones de los Chilenos Mejoren

En el marco del seminario virtual "Reforma de Pensiones, ¿La tercera es la vencida?", organizado por la Cámara Chilena Norteamericana de Comercio (AmCham Chile) y la Escuela de Gobierno de la Universidad Católica, y que fue difundido por T13 En Vivo, Roberto Méndez, profesor de la Escuela de Gobierno UC, expresó que en este ámbito hay dos discusiones: Una técnica de cómo generar mejores pensiones, pero también hay una disputa ideológica sobre un modelo de desarrollo. Leer También El sistema...

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

China faces largest retirement wave in next 10 years

It is estimated that in the next 10 years, an average of 20 million people will retire each year, according to a recently published article by Banyuetan, a journal under China’s Xinhua News Agency. According to mainland media, the first impact of the retirement wave is the significant decline of the working-age population. Peng Xizhe, Dean of the Institute of Aging at Fudan University, pointed out that in the tide of retirement, more than 20 million people will retire every year....

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

México. ¿Tendremos una vejez digna?

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo sería tu calidad de vida si tuvieras la fortuna de llegar a la vejez? El índice de calidad de vida del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) mide el número de años que una persona puede esperar vivir con buena salud y sin pobreza a partir de que cumple 65 años. En la región de América Latina y el Caribe, los adultos mayores de países como Panamá, Chile, Uruguay y Brasil pueden esperar vivir...

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

UK. Thousands of gig economy workers in line for improved labor conditions

While not a change in the law, business minister Jane Hunt said the guidance was “tidying up the rules” to help workers find out if they are being treated fairly by their workplace. It follows the landmark Uber Supreme Court judgment in February last year, which held that individuals in the gig economy qualify as workers. This entitles them to core employment protections including earning at least the National Minimum Wage as well as being given paid holiday leave and a...

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

US. Gen Z is stashing away 14% of income for retirement — more than older generations, study shows

Young adults may be hearing the save-for-retirement drumbeat loud and clear, a new study suggests. Generation Z workers — defined in the study as those ages 18 to 25 — are socking away, on average, 14% of income for their golden years, according to new research from BlackRock. That compares with 12% for their older counterparts: millennials (ages 26-42), Gen Xers (ages 43-55) and baby boomers (ages 56 to 75). At the same time, the total share of Americans who think...

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

It’s good more funds are looking to become environmentally friendly, but this could lead to greenwashing

There have been a large number of funds rebranding recently to include the phrase sustainable or ESG in their name, which raises suspicions about the potential for greenwashing – not the kind of recycling that climate crisis campaigners had in mind. Greenwashing is used to describe the way funds may claim “green’” credentials to improve their environmental, social and governance appeal to investors. By adding the phrase ESG to an existing funds it’s a bit like a company creating a huge...

July 27, 2022
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27Jul

UK. Pension savers prioritise returns over ‘investment big bang’

Less than a fifth of pension savers think that investing their pensions in companies or assets that would benefit their local area should be prioritised, research has revealed. The findings from the Centre for Progressive Policy, published on July 25, jars with the government’s push to channel pension fund money into domestic infrastructure. Last year, prime minister Boris Johnson and then-chancellor Rishi Sunak published a letter calling for an “investment big bang”, making comparisons with pension fund investment in Australia and...

July 27, 2022
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26Jul

US. ‘True Cost of Aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities

Each month, Seeley, a retired teacher, gets $925 from Social Security and a $287 disbursement from an individual retirement account. To make ends meet, she’s taken out a reverse mortgage on her Portland, Maine, home that yields $400 monthly. So far, Seeley has been able to live on this income—about $19,300 a year—by carefully monitoring her spending and drawing on limited savings. But should her excellent health worsen or she need assistance at home, Seeley doesn’t know how she’d pay...

July 26, 2022
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26Jul

México. Cautela favorece a inversión de Afores

De los 4.966 billones de pesos que las administradoras de fondos para el retiro (Afores) administraban hasta junio de este año, solo 6.64% (cerca de 330,425 millones de pesos) lo invirtieron en renta variable nacional. Los recursos destinados a la renta variable internacional fue casi el doble, alcanzando 12.53%, según datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Las Afores tienen una mayor exposición a renta fija nacional o deuda del gobierno mexicano. Destinan 50.79%...

July 26, 2022
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26Jul

German government invests pension assets in oil, gas firms despite ESG index switch

The German government continues to invest public pension and social security assets in oil, coal and gas companies on the equity market, despite announcing that it would switch to an ESG index by the end of the year. According to a report by investigative documentary series Panorama, the German government invests a total of €573.59m in oil, gas and coal companies on the equity market to finance the pensions of civil servants. The government has confirmed that it has invested more...

July 26, 2022
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