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12AprApril 12, 2022

Retirement Plan Participants Want Their Investments to Make a Difference

Plan sponsors might consider building an investment lineup to meet the growing demand for sustainable options from defined contribution retirement plan participants. Nearly three-quarters (74%) of retirement plan participants said they would increase their contribution rate if offered sustainable investments, compared to 69% in 2021, according to the Schroders 2022 U.S. Retirement Survey. They said they want their investments to be aligned with their values (87%), and that they see environmental, social and governance investments as a driver of performance...

April 12, 2022

News2022, ESG, savings, US

12AprApril 12, 2022

Colombia. Superfinanciera sancionó a Sura por inversiones indirectas entre filiales del grupo

El Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana dio a conocer que fue sancionado por la Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) por, presuntamente, incumplir la normatividad que regula el régimen de capitalización. Al respecto, la compañía del Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño (GEA) afectada, anunció recursos legales para reversar dicha decisión expuesta a través de la Resolución 399 de 2022. Leer también Colombia. ¿Qué tan conveniente es que los fondos de pensiones inviertan en infraestructura? El mismo emisor aseguró que, con el fin de fortalecer el...

April 12, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Colombia, Inversión, Regulación

12AprApril 12, 2022

México. SAT: tres consejos para la deducción de aportaciones para el retiro

Mediante un comunicado el Servicio de Administración Tributaria hizo tres recomendaciones para que las personas físicas que realicen su Declaración Anual 2021 puedan aplicar como deducciones personales las aportaciones complementarias y voluntarias en cuentas de ahorro para el retiro. Las aportaciones complementarias de retiro, las cuales no se pueden retirar hasta la edad de 65 años o por una condición de invalidez o incapacidad, y las aportaciones voluntarias a largo plazo que se pueden retirar a los seis meses realizadas...

April 12, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Ahorro, Impuestos, Mexico

11AprApril 11, 2022

The Danish Pension System: Design, Performance, and Challenges

By Andersen, Hougaard Jensen & Rangvid The need for pension reform is widely discussed against the backdrop of falling fertility rates and rising longevity. These developments challenge pension systems which in many countries already encounter problems with pension adequacy and financial sustainability. In the debate, reference is often made to Denmark as a model for pension system reform. This book offers the first coherent and in-depth description and analysis of the Danish pension system; its structure and performance. As is well-known to...

April 11, 2022

Books, System Characterization, System Sustainability2022, Investment, Netherlands, Pension Management, Pension Reform, Regulation

11AprApril 11, 2022

The Association between Mandated Environmental Liability Recognition and Voluntary ESG Disclosure Quality

By Daniel A. Bens, Cai Chen & Peter R. Joos We examine the association between mandated Asset Retirement Obligations (ARO), i.e., environmental clean-up costs of normal operations estimated on the balance sheet, and the quality of voluntary ESG disclosures. We hypothesize that when firms recognize larger AROs with higher accuracy that this effort will spillover into enhanced voluntary disclosure of a broad range of ESG outcomes. Empirical evidence supports this hypothesis. In a sample of environmentally sensitive industries, we find...

April 11, 2022

Articles, Investment, Pension Management2022, Climate crisis, ESG

11AprApril 11, 2022

Changes in Retirement Savings during the COVID Pandemic

By Elena Derby, Lucas Goodman, Kathleen Mackie, & Jacob Mortenson This paper documents changes in retirement saving patterns at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We construct a large panel of U.S. tax data, including tens of millions of person-year observations, and measure retirement savings contributions and withdrawals. We use these data to document several important changes in retirement savings patterns during the pandemic years relative to the years preceding the pandemic or the Great Recession. First, unlike during the...

April 11, 2022

Articles, Savings2022, COVID-19, Public Policy, Taxation, US

11AprApril 11, 2022

Russia: Have investment trends shifted irreversibly?

It has been six weeks since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, beginning what is perhaps the largest ground conflict in Europe since Germany declared war on France in 1940. Already this has changed the world immeasurably, as well as sending shockwaves through the markets. Read also Germany set for bumper pension hike amid inflation surge As the west has grouped together to impose crippling sanctions on the Kremlin’s elite, businesses have turned away from Russia, causing their economy to haemorrhage. The decision to...

April 11, 2022

News2022, Investment, Political economy, Russia

US. America's Senior Homeless Population is Growing as More Retire on Streets

11AprApril 11, 2022

US. Senior Homeless Population is Growing as More Retire on Streets

Karla Finocchio's slide into homelessness began when she split with her partner of 18 years and temporarily moved in with a cousin. The 55-year-old planned to use her $800-a-month disability check to get an apartment after back surgery. But she soon was sleeping in her old pickup protected by her German Shepherd mix Scrappy, unable to afford housing in Phoenix, where median monthly rents soared 33% during the coronavirus pandemic to over $1,220 for a one-bedroom, according to ApartmentList.com. Finocchio is...

April 11, 2022

News2022, Aging, Social Protection, US

11AprApril 11, 2022

México. Afores tienen invertido 80,953 millones de pesos en el sector eléctrico

Las administradoras de fondos para retiro (afores), mediante sus Sociedades de Inversión Especializada de Fondos para el Retiro (Siefores), a diciembre del 2021 tenían invertidos 37,629 millones de pesos en certificados bursátiles de la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), de un total de 180,683 millones de pesos que la empresa productora del Estado ha emitido, esto de acuerdo con la Comisión Nacional del Sistema del Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Leer también México. Promueven retiros por desempleo de hasta 28,000...

April 11, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Inversión, Mexico, Riesgo

11AprApril 11, 2022

UK. Benefits and state pension increase outpaced by rising prices

A 3.1% rise in the state pension and various benefits has now taken effect but charities have warned it fails to tackle cost of living pressures. Official figures show that prices are rising twice as fast, and they are expected accelerate further. Read also UK. Can retirement savers make their pension greener? The government said it recognised people's difficulties and was helping. Late last year, ministers decided to temporarily cut the state pension's link to average earnings, which would have led to an...

April 11, 2022

News2022, Adequacy, Income, UK

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