December 2023
01Dec

The health status of the retirement-age population: a first approach

By Laura Crespo & Juan F. Jimeno Rationale The health of the population aged 55 to 69 influences their labour supply and retirement decisions. This article aims to document their health status, in Spain and in other European countries, drawing on data from the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Takeaways •There are marked differences by gender in the health status of the Spanish population aged 65 to 69. Among women, 62.9% report chronic health problems, 30.1% mobility limitations and 32.1%...

December 1, 2023
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01Dec

Augmenting the Funded Ratio: New Metrics for Liability Based Plans

By Sanjiv Ranjan Das, Daniel N Ostrov, Anand Radhakrishnan, Deep Srivastav & Wylie Tollette The primary metric used to determine the health of a liability based plan (LBP) is the funded ratio, which is the ratio of the LBP’s current assets to its present-valued liabilities. The funded ratio, however, cannot accommodate a considerable number of important financial factors, so we suggest three additional metrics of financial health, each connected to the probability of fulfilling the plan’s liabilities. The first two...

December 1, 2023
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01Dec

Australia pension funds call for reforms to encourage green energy investment at home

Australian pension funds called on Friday for the government to enact reforms that would make it easier to invest in domestic renewable energy projects and warned that without action investors would opt for more compelling overseas projects. Australia's electricity transmission network, batteries and sustainable aviation fuel are three areas where simplified planning, subsidised finance and other regulatory changes could catalyse investment, according to a report released by eight major pension funds. Changes could quickly unlock A$4 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of...

December 1, 2023
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01Dec

Nordic pension funds invest more in UK start-ups than British counterparts

Nordic pension funds are now investing more in UK start-ups than their British counterparts, research by Atomico has found. As reported by our sister title, European Pensions, the State of European Tech report found that pension funds from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden collectively contribute USD 88m to UK start-ups, compared to USD 49m from the UK and Ireland combined. In addition, the report found that generally UK pension funds only represent 5 per cent of funds committed to venture...

December 1, 2023
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November 2023
29Nov

Informe de Género sobre el Sistema de Pensiones y Seguro de Cesantía 2022

Por Superintendencia de Pensiones Este informe presenta un análisis descriptivo de la situación de hombres y mujeres en el sistema de pensiones y el seguro de cesantía, a partir de estadísticas desagregadas por sexo y de indicadores que permiten visualizar las diferencias y desigualdades de género, según distintas variables. Esta quinta versión del informe está elaborada con información a junio de 2022 e incluye un análisis con perspectiva de género de los tres retiros del 10% de los fondos previsionales...

November 29, 2023
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29Nov

La región envejece rápido; ¿está preparada LatAm para ese reto demográfico?

Por Sebastián Osorio Idárraga La población esta envejeciendo. Es una frase recurrente y común de escuchar, especialmente en los ambientes de trabajo, que reflejan que faltan personas en la fuerza laboral para cumplir con las demandas en diferentes sectores económicos, como sucede en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con el Banco de la Reserva Federal de Nueva York. Y América Latina y el Caribe no es ajena a esta frase y a este fenómeno de envejecimiento. La Comisión Económica para América Latina...

November 29, 2023
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29Nov

Las pensiones universales y las pugnas dentro del federalismo mexicano

Por Anahely Medrano Buenrostro En los albores del actual milenio, el enfoque neoliberal en política social federal, particularmente en lo referente a asistencia social y pensiones, era claro y dominante en México. El programa social más emblemático de ese paradigma son las transferencias monetarias condicionadas (TMC) focalizadas en la población extremadamente pobre. Hay muchas versiones de este tipo de programas. El mexicano (inicialmente llamado Progresa) operó entre 1997 y 2018, y fue ampliamente reconocido mundialmente. Este programa se caracterizó por...

November 29, 2023
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24Nov

Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Transforming education as a basis for sustainable development

By ECLAC Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022 has four chapters. Chapter I presents the relevant macroeconomic background in terms of the evolution of per capita GDP, employment, household income distribution and the consumer price index, and looks at how income inequality and poverty have changed over the past two decades (2002–2021). The chapter also discusses changes that occurred in social stratification during the pandemic. Chapter II addresses the worrying silent crisis of education as another of the...

November 24, 2023
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24Nov

Retirement Planning: The Volatility-Adjusted Coverage Ratio

By Javier Estrada  The important decisions that retirees have to make to try to achieve their financial goals during retirement often stem from models used by financial planners. Despite the important role it plays in many of those models, the failure rate has several limitations and many alternatives have been proposed. This article introduces a new metric, the volatility-adjusted coverage ratio, which incorporates the benefit (the coverage ratio) and the cost (the volatility of the portfolio) of the strategies considered....

November 24, 2023
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24Nov

ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-To-Date Recap and Analysis

By Joshua Lichtenstein, Michael Littenberg & Reagan Haas Since 2021, Ropes & Gray has been actively tracking the various approaches states have taken on how or whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be applied to the investment decisions for public retirement systems. States have used legislative, administrative and enforcement mechanisms to address this area, which has been complemented by Congressional Republicans’ various attempts to shine a spotlight on ESG in recent months. Judging by the significant uptick in...

November 24, 2023
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