February 2023
17Feb

EIOPA, Unit-linked Insurance and Polish Product Intervention: A Silent Regulatory Revolution?

By Lucie Škapová When the Polish financial market supervisor, Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF), notified its intention to prohibit certain unit-linked insurance products marketed in Poland, it created an unprecedented situation: for the first time, a financial market supervisor decided to trigger Chapter III of the PRIIPs Regulation and adopt product intervention measures in the insurance sector. If adopted, these measures would regulate not only the investment strategies of unit-linked insurance products offered in Poland but also their cost structure and...

February 17, 2023
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17Feb

Putting Labor’s Capital to Work for Labor: Restoring a Worker-Centric Vision of Fiduciary Duty

By David H. Webber  This report has two goals: first, to illustrate how the legal concept of fiduciary duty, designed to protect worker retirement funds, has been captured and distorted in ways that harm workers. Second, to propose means of restoring fiduciary duty to its proper purpose. The state-level fiduciary duties addressed in this report govern the investment of up to $10 trillion in assets and directly shape the retirements of 26 million working-class Americans. They are also just about...

February 17, 2023
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17Feb

What matters for annuity demand: Objective life expectancy or subjective survival pessimism?

By Karolos Arapakis & Gal Wettstein Objective life expectancy and subjective survival pessimism (defined as the difference between objective and subjective life expectancy) may both affect the demand for annuities. The question this project answers is: how do these two explanations contribute to annuitization decisions in practice? To explore this question, the analysis estimates regression models that include objective life expectancy, subjective survival pessimism, and other characteristics that are linked to annuitization decisions. The results show that, as one would...

February 17, 2023
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15Feb

Sistemas de protección social sostenibles: desafíos nuevos y existentes

Por Organización Internacional de Empleadores Los sistemas de protección social ocupan un primer plano en el debate mundial. Pese que ha sido así desde hace décadas, su pertinencia ha aumentado debido a los cambios demográficos, el cambio climático, las crisis económicas mundiales, la reciente pandemia de COVID-19 y la aparición de nuevas tecnologías y formas de trabajo. La Organización Internacional de Empleadores (OIE) participa de forma activa en los debates mundiales y ha contribuido al diseño de los objetivos y las estrategias destinados a mejorar los...

February 15, 2023
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08Feb

Early Pension Withdrawals in Chile During the Pandemic

By Olga Fuentes, Olivia S. Mitchell & Félix Villatoro Chile, with one of the largest and best funded defined contribution programs in Latin America, held over USD $200 bn in assets at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, or more than 80% of GDP. Reacting to populist pressures during the pandemic, however, the government gave non-retired participants three separate opportunities to tap into their retirement accounts, leaving some 4.2 million participants with zero retirement savings and draining around $50 bn...

February 8, 2023
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01Feb

Apertura financiera, fragilidad financiera y políticas para la estabilidad económica

Por Esteban Pérez Caldentey El crecimiento de las economías en desarrollo se ve limitado por el desempeño del sector externo. La noción de crecimiento bajo una restricción externa sitúa la organización de las relaciones económicas internacionales en el centro del análisis. El desempeño económico de los países en desarrollo está determinado, en gran medida, por la arquitectura financiera internacional. El sistema financiero y monetario actual está anclado al dólar de los Estados Unidos como moneda de reserva y los países...

February 1, 2023
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01Feb

Impactos distributivos de las jubilaciones y pensiones en el Uruguay

Por Martín Lavalleja & Ianina Rossi Evaluar el impacto distributivo de los programas de jubilaciones no es un análisis trivial. Si se consideran únicamente las prestaciones que reciben los individuos, se estaría realizando un análisis incompleto, puesto que los individuos contribuyen directa e indirectamente a su financiamiento. Un desafío importante en la realización de este análisis es la construcción del contrafactual, cómo ahorrarían los individuos para la vejez de no existir el programa de jubilaciones. En este trabajo se analizaron...

February 1, 2023
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01Feb

Jubilación Flexible y Compatible

Por José Ignacio Conde-Ruiz & Jesús Lahera Forteza España envejece y va ser necesario adaptar tanto el mercado de trabajo como el sistema de pensiones a esta nueva realidad demográfica. La única vía para afrontar con éxito el reto del envejecimiento pasa necesariamente por utilizar parte de avances en la longevidad a producir o generar riqueza alargando la etapa laboral. Y para ellos urge cambiar radicalmente la forma en que nos jubilamos. Necesitamos alargar de forma flexible la etapa laboral...

February 1, 2023
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01Feb

The Progress of Social Security Measures for Labourers in India

By Dr. S.R. Keshava Social security has gained paramount importance in the changed economic scenario. Social security programmes are actively undertaken even in developed nations. The USA social security administration points out that it is much more than retirement program. One in Six Americans (57 million) receives social security benefits in USA. India also has enacted many social security measures for its needy citizens. In order to protect the welfare of unorganized workers the legislative measures namely minimunm wages Act, 1948,...

February 1, 2023
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