November 2023
10Nov

The world’s largest pension funds – 2023

By Thinking Ahead Institute  The global top 300 pension funds is an annual study conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute, in conjunction with Pensions and Investments. The research highlights high-level trends in the pension fund industry and provides information on how the characteristics of these top funds have changed. Key findings Assets Under Management (AUM) of the top 300 pension funds total US$20.6 trillion, having reduced by 12.9% in 2022, down from 8.9% growth the previous year Volatility and uncertainty in...

November 10, 2023
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10Nov

Health and Retirement: Heterogeneity in the Responsiveness to Pension Incentives

By De Fen Hsu, Melinda Sandler Morrill & Aditi Pathak Workers often time retirement around pension eligibility, yielding a strong instrument for retirement timing.  By estimating the characteristics of the complier population, we find heterogeneity by individuals' health status in the responsiveness to pension-related financial incentives to retire.  Workers in poor health do not uniformly retire earlier or later, but rather are less responsive overall to pension incentives.  Thus, characterizing compliers may yield different conclusions than simple comparisons of means. Source...

November 10, 2023
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10Nov

In search of financially sustainable pension systems: three benchmark models

By Ekaterina Cuéllar, Daniel Gamboa & Waldo Tapia  One of the great dilemmas facing countries around the world is to define a pension system that is financially sustainable in the face of increasing life expectancy, falling fertility rates and the consequent lack of generational replacement. Globally, pension reforms in countries with more advanced aging processes have focused on implementing parametric reforms and incorporating automatic adjustments of the main parameters to share productivity, financial and demographic risks. In this article we present the advantages...

November 10, 2023
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08Nov

Proyecciones del gasto público en pensiones España

Por Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones De acuerdo con la proyección, el momento de mayor gasto en pensiones se produciría a finales de la década de los 40. En 2050, en la proyección del  escenario base sin reformas, el gasto total en pensiones contributivas sería del 14,7% del PIB, y una vez sumado el gasto en clases pasivas y en pensiones no contributivas, alcanzaría el 15,8%. Una vez incorporado el efecto de todas las medidas aprobadas desde 2020,...

November 8, 2023
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08Nov

En busca de sistemas de pensiones sostenibles: tres modelos referentes

Por Ekaterina Cuéllar, Daniel Gamboa & Waldo Tapia Uno de los grandes dilemas a los que se enfrentan los países de todo el mundo es definir un sistema de pensiones que sea financieramente sostenible frente al incremento de la esperanza de vida, la caída de la tasa de fecundidad y la consecuente falta de reemplazo generacional. A nivel global, las reformas de pensiones en países con envejecimiento poblacional más avanzado, se han concentrado en implementar reformas paramétricas y en incorporar ajustes automáticos...

November 8, 2023
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08Nov

Sistema de Pensiones para la movilidad social

Por Enrique Díaz-Infante Chapa Las pensiones son un componente esencial en la discusión sobre movilidad social, porque permiten que las personas gocen de una vejez digna y ayudan a contener la pérdida de bienestar socioeconómico en esa etapa de la vida. Además, el ahorro para el retiro acumulado en las AFORE impulsa la inversión y el crecimiento del país, con la consecuente generación de empleos. Sin embargo, en ausencia de una reforma fiscal, el pago de pensiones pagadas con recursos...

November 8, 2023
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03Nov

Alberta pension plan: Analysis of costs, benefits, risks and considerations

By LifeWorks Alberta Treasury Board and Finance (ATBF) has engaged LifeWorks to prepare a detailed analysis of the costs, benefits and structure of a potential Alberta Pension Plan (APP). This analysis includes actuarial, economic, legal, and technical information regarding the establishment and ongoing operation of an APP. This analysis will give ATBF a clearer picture on what a future provincial pension plan may look like and help answer key questions that Albertans are asking about the costs and benefits of such a move. This report does...

November 3, 2023
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03Nov

ESG in China: A review of practice and research, and future research avenues

By Hongtao Shen, Honghui Lin, Wengi Han & Huiying Wu   This paper reviews the practice and research on environmental, social and governance (ESG) in China. It finds that (1) under China’s top-down framework, ESG practices have grown substantially in ESG disclosure, ESG rating and ESG investing; and (2) ESG research has focused on corporate ESG disclosure and performance as well as ESG investing. Although the topics of the ESG studies reviewed in this paper are similar to those of ESG...

November 3, 2023
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03Nov

Aging, Healthcare System, and Interest Rates

By Reona Hagiwara Over the past few decades, the Japanese economy has experienced the widening gap between returns on liquid bonds and illiquid capital (i.e., the liquidity premium) due to a secular decline in the real interest rate and a slight increase in the capital return. This paper explores the role of the health or medical expenditure risk in the increase in the premium, using a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with heterogeneous agents that differ in health status and...

November 3, 2023
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03Nov

The Impact of Population Aging on Financial Services and Economic Development

By Hongyu Fang With the increasing aging population, it has had a profound impact on the financial services industry and economy. This study aims to explore the effect of population aging on the financial service industry and economy and propose corresponding countermeasures and suggestions. The aging population has brought challenges to the financial services industry. The increase in the elderly population has led to a rise in demand for financial products and services. Financial institutions innovate and develop financial products...

November 3, 2023
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