March 2022

Over a third of people would accept lower pension savings for ethical investments

Over a third of people would accept lower pension savings for ethical investments

More than a third (37 per cent) of people would be willing to accept some reduction in their pension savings if their investments were made more ethically, a study by the High Pay Centre and Survation has found. Read also UK. Creating a sustainable retirement plan Of those surveyed, two-thirds (66 per cent) said that they wanted their pension fund to reflect their ethical values and beliefs. Almost a third (29 per cent) considered insufficient pension savings as the biggest threat to...

México. Población informal y bajo ahorro voluntario, los retos que aún enfrenta el sistema de pensiones

La reforma que se impulsó en 2020 en materia de pensiones fue un paso importante y acertado para atacar algunos problemas que se veían en el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro; sin embargo, aún queda trabajo por atender, como la población informal y el impulso al ahorro para la jubilación, manifestaron expertos. Durante el Foro Virtual “Pensiones ¿Un retiro seguro?”, organizado por El Financiero, Carlos Ramírez, economista, politólogo y expresidente de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro...

US. Milliman analysis: Competitive pension risk transfer buyout rate hits all-time low in February, at 98.9%

US. Milliman analysis: Competitive pension risk transfer buyout rate hits all-time low in February, at 98.9%

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI). As the Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) market continues to grow, it has become increasingly important to monitor the annuity market for plan sponsors that are considering transferring retiree pension obligations to an insurer. During February, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process decreased from 99.9% of a plan's total liabilities...

UK. Investment approach is increasingly key to pension endgames

UK. Investment approach is increasingly key to pension endgames

Aon has said that with 2022 promising to be another active year in the UK pension risk settlement market, an increasing number of schemes are focusing on their investment approach in the bid to be ‘settlement ready’. Aon’s recently released Global Pension Risk Survey 2021/22 showed that more UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are now opting for buyout as their long-term target rather than just self-sufficiency. To prepare for that, schemes are ever more aware that they need to...

China:National Pension Insurance Co receives green light to start operations

China: National Pension Insurance Co receives green light to start operations

The CBIRC has given approval to the newly established National Pension Insurance Company to commence operations, making it the 10th standalone pension insurer operating in China. The business scope of the new company includes: annuity insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, health insurance; reinsurance business of the above-mentioned businesses; management of clients' yuan and foreign-currency denominated funds for the purpose of old-age security, etc. The National Pension Insurance Co is set up to serve as an impetus for the development of the...

UK. Creating a sustainable retirement plan

UK. Creating a sustainable retirement plan

ESG is becoming more commonplace within retirement strategies. Indeed, recent figures from Aviva, highlighted that an strong majority (72%) of pension savers consider such initiatives to be important when developing their long term financial plans. As such, more and more pensions schemes and businesses operating within the retirement industry are prioritising ESG above most other investment considerations. For example, the Universities Superannuation Scheme Britain’s largest pension scheme – announced plans to completely disinvest in companies involved with coal mining, tobacco...

COVID pandemic fuelled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties

COVID pandemic fueled 2021 population drop in 73% of U.S. counties

The toll of the COVID-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease last year in the population of nearly three-quarters of U.S. counties versus the two previous years, the census bureau said on Thursday. Read also US. Milliman analysis: Competitive pension risk transfer buyout rate hits all-time low in February, at 98.9% More than 73% of U.S. counties experienced natural decrease, or an excess of deaths over births, up from 55.5% in 2020 and 45.5% in 2019, bureau data showed. Read also...

Gobierno de Chile prevé enviar el proyecto para reformar el sistema de pensiones en 2023

El gobierno chileno prevé enviar al Congreso un esperado proyecto para reformar el controvertido sistema de pensiones durante el próximo año, dijo este martes el ministro de Hacienda, Mario Marcel. Leer también En Perú no se ha entregado a todos el retiro del 100% de los fondos de pensiones El sistema actual de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) privadas ha sido duramente criticado por las bajas jubilaciones que paga y su modificación fue una de las mayores demandas de las...

Aplicación de la unidad de medida y actualización en las pensiones en México

Aplicación de la unidad de medida y actualización en las pensiones en México

Por María Ascensión Morales Ramírez El presente trabajo analiza la resolución que con carácter de jurisprudencia emitió en México la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) en la contradicción de tesis 200/2020, la cual responde a un criterio económico-político porque cuida las finanzas, en este caso, del ISSSTE en perjuicio de los asegurados y respalda la reforma del 16 de diciembre de 2020 a las pensiones de la Ley del Seguro Social, que legalizó la UMA y, de...

Concentración en el Mercado Laboral y su Relación con los Salarios en México

Concentración en el Mercado Laboral y su Relación con los Salarios en México

Por Ana Cristina Oseguera Sauri Utilizando un panel se muestra la relación entre la concentración en el mercado laboral y las remuneraciones de los trabajadores. La concentración se calcula utilizando el índice de Herfindahl-Hirschman sobre el empleo. En el sector formal se encuentra que un aumento de una desviación estándar (3,566 puntos) del IHH está asociado con un aumento en las remuneraciones por trabajador de entre 2.1% y 2.9%. Esta elasticidad depende de la productividad laboral. En elsector informal se...