May 2025
14May

Desigualdad y pobreza en Colombia y América latina. Un análisis comparativo con los países de la OCDE

Por Albert Ferrer Sánchez Este artículo, en primer lugar, compara a Colombia con el resto de países latinoamericanos y con países de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (OCDE) en términos de desigualdad, pobreza y protección social. Para ello, mide estos conceptos a partir de distintas variables y muestra su relación con el nivel de desarrollo económico. Segundo, analiza la desigualdad entre capital y trabajo, y las divergencias salariales en todos los países de la muestra. Tercero,...

May 14, 2025
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14May

El sistema de pensiones en Perú: Sostenibilidad, cobertura y tasa de reemplazo

Por Víctor Horacio Rodriguez Baca El objetivo del  artículo es explorar los desafíos y posibles soluciones del sistema previsional peruano. Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la ratificación de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos en 1948, el derecho a la seguridad social quedó garantizado. En Perú, el sistema de pensiones cuenta con dos regímenes: el Sistema Nacional de Pensiones (SNP) y el Sistema Privado de Pensiones (SPP). Sin embargo, enfrenta problemas de cobertura limitada (solo el 26.5% de la...

May 14, 2025
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09May

The DC Future Book 2024: in association with Columbia Threadneedle Investments

By Pensions Policy Institute This report is the tenth edition of the Pensions Policy Institute’s (PPI) The DC Future Book: in association with Columbia Threadneedle Investments, setting out available data on the Defined Contribution (DC) landscape alongside commentary, analysis and projections of future trends. Demographic and policy changes mean that, compared to previous generations of pensioners, current and future retirees will. These changes increase the risk borne by pension savers and the complexity of decisions they must make at, and during,...

May 9, 2025
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09May

The Purple Book 2024. DB pensions universe risk profile

By Pension Protection Fund The Purple Book, also known as the Pensions Universe Risk Profile, highlights trends in DB scheme funding, demographics and asset allocation. It provides us with an in-depth understanding of the risks we face from the universe of schemes we protect. The 19th edition of the Purple Book shows the strong net funding position of the universe of DB pension schemes has remained largely stable over the past year. For this year’s Purple Book, we’ve used an enhanced roll-forward...

May 9, 2025
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09May

The Singular Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance

By Jill E. Fisch & Jeff Schwartz With more than $5 trillion in assets, public pension funds are significant players in financial markets. Like private asset managers, public pension fund managers are typically expected to exercise their discretion over investing and engagement to serve the interests of the funds’ beneficiaries exclusively, a model that we term “beneficiary primacy.” To this end, beneficiary primacy imposes fiduciary duties on fund managers to maximize the economic value of the fund. We argue that...

May 9, 2025
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09May

Beyond the Bottom Line: How ESG Engagement Reshapes Pension Fund Strategy

By Allen Mendenhall & Daniel Sutter The study suggests that pension funds have developed methods to advance ESG objectives without significantly changing their investment portfolios. This approach enables them to influence corporate behavior while maintaining financial positions. However, all pensions and investors may suffer reduced returns when activism undermines value-creating investment. Pension systems that merely engage, rather than divest, may not underperform compared to other funds, but their tactics allow government-backed entities to exert extraordinary influence without sufficient accountability or...

May 9, 2025
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09May

Participation in Pension Programs in Low and Middle Income Countries

By John Giles, Clement Joubert & Tomoaki Tanaka Low- and middle-income countries are aging rapidly but stagnation of growth in participation in pension programs, due to widespread informal employment, presents a major fiscal challenge. Some claim that improving the design of pension program rules can encourage more pension contributions, while others push for universal non-contributory pensions. This paper reviews the recent academic literature on the determinants of active participation in pension systems in high-informality settings. An emerging body of evidence...

May 9, 2025
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07May

Estos colombianos podrán pensionarse tres años antes que el resto: así los excluye la nueva ley que rige en julio

Ganele la partida al tiempo exigido por la ley para pensionarse, en estos casos específicos la reforma a la ley pensional permite pensionarse tres años antes. Así puede saber si pertenece al grupo de beneficiados. En julio de 2024 el Congreso de la República dio el visto bueno para implementar el nuevo sistema de pensiones propuesto por el Gobierno de Gustavo Petro, que establece que los trabajadores con ingresos iguales o inferiores a 2,3 salarios mínimos mensuales coticen sus aportes...

May 7, 2025
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07May

Largest 100 Corporate Pension Plans See Strong Increases in Funding Surplus

The largest U.S. corporate pension funds had a collective funding surplus last year for the first time since 2007, according to Milliman’s 2025 Corporate Pension Funding Study. Funding ratios of the Milliman 100 rose to 101.1% in fiscal year 2024, up from 98.5% in 2023. This is the first time these companies have had an average funding surplus since 2007, when that figure stood at 106%, before falling to 79% during the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. In fiscal 24,...

May 7, 2025
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07May

New buyout strategy for pension funds?

There is a wrinkle developing in the overall theme of depressed buyout markets, and especially difficult exit conditions. And it’s hardly a positive one. According to news reports, leading pension funds which used to be stalwart independent executors of buyout transactions are now pulling back from direct investment and pursuing more partnership deals with buyout firms. Higher borrowing costs have also reduced the allure of direct investment deals. Canada’s Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has already launched a strategic...

May 7, 2025
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