June 2022

Millennials, Gen Z worry about retirement, sustainability, employer values

Money, politics, and stress are all factors affecting younger generations' willingness to stay in a job. A newly released study by Deloitte, a professional services networked, surveyed nearly 15,000 millennial and Gen Z professionals to see what their top priorities were in the workplace, as the Great Resignation continues. The survey by Deloitte found that workers from the millennial and Gen Z age groups are more likely to bring their political opinions to the workplace. The 2022 study by Deloitte...

Este futuro no applica

Por Ana Heatley Tejada, Diego Alejo Vázquez Pimentel, Laura Arely Centeno Maya, Lucía Pacheco Fernández del Castillo, Alma Luisa Rodríguez Leal-Isla, Anahí Rodríguez Martínez & Máximo Ernesto Jaramillo-Molina. La economía compartida o gig economy es un sector económico que se distingue por el comercio al por menor de bienes o prestación de servicios a través de transacciones de bajo valor, de una sola vez y a través de canales digitales. Con esta nueva economía, las personas trabajadoras que pertenecen al...

Reformas del sector Salud en México

Por Diana V. Sánchez-Martínez & Jesús C. Ruvalcaba-Ledezma Las reformas en el sector salud en México datan de hace setenta y ocho años, las cuales tienen la finalidad de realizar cambios en las instancias y funciones,con la intención de incrementar la equidad de los servicios médicos y con ello lograr una cobertura universal. Dichas modificaciones han intentado disminuir la fragmentación estructural entre institutos de seguridad social y asistencia pública en salud, reconocer el derecho a la protección en salud e...

US. New York State Common allocates $350 million for in-state co-investments

New York State Common Retirement Fund, Albany, committed $350 million total to a pair of investment funds through its In-State Private Equity Investment Program. The pension fund committed another $50 million to the Hudson River Co-Investment Fund III, in addition to the $300 million previously committed, confirmed Mark Johnson, a spokesman for Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller and sole trustee of the $279.7 billion pension fund. The pension fund also announced a $300 million commitment to the new Hudson River...

UK. TPR’s new DB funding code expected in September 2023

The Pensions Regulator expects its much-anticipated new defined benefit funding code to be in place and operational by September 2023, according to its latest corporate plan. In the document published on June 13, the regulator explained that the delay in the new funding rules, and in its second consultation on the matter, has allowed it to take the time it needs “to develop the right shape for our DB funding code”, while wanting to take the “opportunity to learn from...

Perú. Retiro AFP 2022: Usuarios reportan problemas de acceso a plataforma para presentar solicitudes

La Asociación de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AAFP) reconoció este lunes que la web oficial para solicitar el retiro de fondos de AFP presenta problemas de acceso, es así que amplió el horario del registro en la plataforma. Tras las quejas reportadas por diversos usuarios en redes sociales, la AAFP aseguró que por hoy se extenderá la atención de las solicitudes hasta las 8 p.m. “Estimados afiliados, debido a algunos inconvenientes que se han presentado en la web, ampliaremos el...

Iranian labor minister resigns amid protests against soaring living costs

Iran’s labor minister resigned on Tuesday amid daily nationwide protests by pensioners, merchants and workers against soaring living costs. While it was not clear if Hojatollah Abdolmaleki’s resignation was directly related to the month-long protests, a senior MP blamed his “incompetence” for the unrest. The semi-official Tasnim news site said his resignation followed “mounting criticism for his handling of the labor market and a meagre rise in the retirement pensions.” ”His failure to create a planned number of jobs and the growing...

United States: IRS Announces New Retirement Plan Pre-Examination Program

The Internal Revenue Service announced last week that it was piloting a pre-examination retirement plan compliance program beginning this month. This program involves the IRS notifying an employer by letter in advance that the employer's retirement plan was selected for an upcoming examination. The letter gives the employer a 90-day window to review its retirement plan's document and operations to determine if they meet all current tax law requirements. If the employer does not respond within 90 days, the IRS...

Pension investors launch campaign against dual-class share structures

Leading UK and U.S. pension investors managing more than $1 trillion have launched a campaign to stop companies using dual-class share structures that concentrate voting power in the hands of certain shareholders at the expense of others. Launched by British railways pensions scheme Railpen and the non-profit Council of Institutional Investors (CII), others backing the Investor Coalition for Equal Votes (ICEV) include the New York City Comptroller's Office and the Washington State Investment Board. Companies with dual-class structures have two or...

Pension funds are exploring to step in crypto

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein same that a lot of pension fund corporations are wanting to feature crypto to clients’ portfolios. Talking with CNBC, Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein said there’s still interest in we tend toll as together with cryptocurrencies in people’s pension portfolios, despite the recent market volatility. He noted that more pension funds are exploring the chance, whereas keeping one eye on the restrictive landscape. In keeping with Sonnenshein, we are defrayal time with politicians and a few of...