June 2026

Amid market volatility and an ageing population, natural assets endure

Global finance is facing two demographic challenges. The first is the great wealth transfer now underway. Over the next quarter-century, $124trn will move from baby boomers to millennials and Gen Z. In 2025 alone, heirs inherited a record $297.8bn. This is set to be the largest wealth transfer in history, and along with it comes a shift in investment mindset because younger investors are increasingly approaching capital allocation differently. Some 99% of Gen Z and 97% of millennials express interest in sustainable investing. Within this, two-thirds of...

March 2026

México. Generación Z acelera ahorro para retiro

Jóvenes de la Generación Z han comenzado a planear su retiro con décadas de anticipación, impulsados por estrategias de ahorro disciplinadas y el uso de instrumentos financieros de bajo riesgo y largo plazo. Desde Boston, el analista financiero Ryan Lowe, de 26 años, forma parte de esta tendencia. Con un ingreso anual de 85 mil dólares, destina más de 4 mil dólares mensuales a su fondo de jubilación, con la meta de retirarse antes de los 50 años. Su estrategia...

México. Generación Z en México enfrenta deuda creciente y solo 3 de cada 10 ahorra para el retiro, lo que eleva el riesgo de crisis financiera futura

La situación financiera de los jóvenes en México muestra señales de alerta que pueden afectar su estabilidad en el corto y largo plazo. El acceso al crédito ha crecido, pero también lo han hecho las deudas, los retrasos en pagos y la falta de ahorro para el retiro. Este panorama no solo impacta su presente, también condiciona su futuro económico. De acuerdo con datos de la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro y la Comisión Nacional para la Protección y...

December 2025

‘Generation war’ dogs pension debates in France and Germany

A generational reckoning is brewing in Paris and Berlin, where a new wave of younger politicians is putting pensioners on notice: The system is buckling and can’t hold unless retirees do more to help fix it. Culture, language and local politics may add a distinct flavor to each debate, but the European Union’s two biggest economies are dealing with the same issue — how to pay for the soaring costs associated with the retirement of baby boomers. The problem is both...

October 2025

Reimagining pensions for Gen Z

Two recent Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) reports shed light on the shifting landscape of UK retirement. The concerns of Gen Z explores the financial realities of the youngest working cohort, while the generations deep-dive in the UK Pensions Framework 2025 provides a system-wide assessment of adequacy, sustainability and fairness. Together they reveal that, despite reforms such as automatic enrolment (AE), younger adults face structural obstacles that could leave them with lower retirement incomes than previous generations. Many Gen Z workers begin their...

July 2025

Paging Gen Z: It’s not a ‘micro-retirement.’ It’s a vacation

It’s July, and many Midwesterners are flocking to the lake, driving south to go to the beach, or simply sticking around to enjoy the fleeting hot weather at their local pool. Even Pope Leo XIV, arguably one of the busiest and most important people in the world, is taking a summer vacation. (True, his break includes six weeks off, something most of us can only dream of.) That’s why we were intrigued to see a new Gen Z term crop up. A...

February 2025

UK Pension Fund Pulls £28bn From State Street Amid ESG Policy Divisions

The People’s Pension, the UK’s largest commercial master trust, has withdrawn £28bn from State Street, prioritizing sustainability, active stewardship, and long-term value creation. The fund awarded a £20bn equity mandate to Amundi and £8bn in fixed-income assets to Invesco, both sharing the People’s Pension’s commitment to responsible investment. This decision comes amid the European Commission’s recent Omnibus package, which narrows corporate sustainability reporting legislation in the EU, and a retreat from ESG initiatives by US firms under the Trump...

‘Unique financial pressures’ threaten Gen Z retirement prospects

"Unique financial pressures" are threatening the retirement prospects of Gen Z (ages 18-29), according to a new report from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) The report, The Concerns of Gen Z, found that despite "universal benefits" from automatic enrolment (AE) in workplace pension schemes, young people's ability to save is being constrained by economic uncertainty, high student debt, unaffordable housing, and changing employment patterns. According to the report, these pressures have led many to prioritise short-term financial flexibility, often at the expense of...

Micro-retirement: has gen Z found a brilliant fix for burnout?

Is this one of those things where gen Z takes an old concept, gives it a new name and pretends they invented it? Not at all. The concept is taken from a 2007 book called The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. I take it back. Although nobody really talked about it until this year, when a bunch of TikTokers started doing it, so you’re partly right. So what is it? You know work-life balance? I am vaguely aware of it, yes. And you know how the company you work for only cares...

June 2024

US. Gen X is the least confident about retirement as ‘crunch time’ nears—and has done less to prepare than boomers or millennials

The cohort once derided as the “slacker generation” is about to start heading into retirement, and many Gen Xers aren’t feeling so optimistic about it after not doing as much to get ready. Only 62% of Gen Xers feel confident about “being able to financially support all the things they want to do in life,” according to Allianz Life Insurance’s 2024 annual retirement study. That’s well below baby boomers (82%) and millennials (77%). To be sure, the simple fact that Gen X...