April 2022

US. America's Senior Homeless Population is Growing as More Retire on Streets
11Apr

US. Senior Homeless Population is Growing as More Retire on Streets

Karla Finocchio's slide into homelessness began when she split with her partner of 18 years and temporarily moved in with a cousin. The 55-year-old planned to use her $800-a-month disability check to get an apartment after back surgery. But she soon was sleeping in her old pickup protected by her German Shepherd mix Scrappy, unable to afford housing in Phoenix, where median monthly rents soared 33% during the coronavirus pandemic to over $1,220 for a one-bedroom, according to ApartmentList.com. Finocchio is...

April 11, 2022
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US. Window opens to increase ESG investments in DC plans
11Apr

US. Window opens to increase ESG investments in DC plans

Retirement plan service providers are betting that demand for ESG investments in plan menus — until now muted — is set to grow. Take, for example, Morningstar Inc. In October, the company's investment management arm announced it had teamed up with Plan Administrators Inc., a retirement plan administrator and record keeper, to launch a pooled employer plan this year featuring an investment menu made up almost exclusively of ESG funds. Five months later, Transamerica Corp. followed suit with the launch of...

April 11, 2022
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How to Get Americans to Save for Retirement
08Apr

US. How to get people to save for retirement

The House voted 414-5 on March 29 to pass the Securing a Strong Retirement Act, or “Secure Act 2.0,” hailed in news reports as legislation that would “change the way Americans save for retirement” by requiring that employees be automatically enrolled in work retirement plans. Yet if enacted, Secure 2.0 would increase Americans’ annual retirement contributions by less than 0.2% in 10 years. Secure 2.0’s modest gains are thanks mostly to Republicans—who also have the biggest stake in making...

April 8, 2022
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US. Conservative Group Wants to Stop State Pensions From Pursuing ESG Initiatives
07Apr

US. Conservative Group Wants to Stop State Pensions From Pursuing ESG Initiatives

State pension funds should be barred from considering social and environmental factors in their investment decisions, a conservative association said in a push for new state legislation that would clash with the financial industry’s efforts to focus on greener investments. American Legislative Exchange Council, an association of state legislators, on Wednesday put forward model legislation that provides states a template for laws to keep pension funds from following so-called environmental, social and governance trends. “Politically motivated investing, by definition, takes rates...

April 7, 2022
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US. Saving for Retirement Is Harder Than It Should Be
05Apr

US. Saving for Retirement Is Harder Than It Should Be

The U.S. government has long offered myriad contrivances and enticements to get Americans to save enough for a comfortable retirement — so far with woefully inadequate results. But why should it be involved at all? Why can’t people be responsible enough to prepare for an entirely foreseeable event? There are two answers. First, people turn out to be pretty bad at thinking about the distant future: It seems our brains aren’t wired for it. Second, compounding that problem, the financial...

April 5, 2022
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01Apr

EEUU. Muy pocas mujeres creen estar ahorrando lo suficiente para su retiro. Así pueden ponerse al día

Los dos años transcurridos desde que la pandemia provocó un cierre generalizado en Estados Unidos han afectado especialmente a las mujeres. Ahora, la brecha de sus ahorros para la jubilación con los de sus pares masculinos se ha ampliado aún más. Sólo el 19% de las mujeres confía en estar en camino de jubilarse sin el temor a quedarse sin dinero mientras hacen este ahorro. Esto es en comparación con el 35% de los hombres, según la encuesta de la compañía...

April 1, 2022
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US. Saving for retirement is the top financial priority for just 17% of adults, survey shows
01Apr

US. Saving for retirement is the top financial priority for just 17% of adults, survey shows

Saving for retirement appears to be taking a backseat to other financial considerations for many Americans right now. Just 17% have made saving for their post-working years their top financial priority for 2022, according to First National Bank of Omaha’s latest financial wellness survey. This is despite 59% of respondents worrying that they won’t be able to retire by age 65. Additionally, 46% of those surveyed said they have less than $15,000 saved for retirement. The survey was conducted in February...

April 1, 2022
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March 2022

U.S. funds remain vigilant over exposure to Russian securities
31Mar

U.S. funds remain vigilant over exposure to Russian securities

U.S. pension funds large and small are monitoring their portfolios for exposure to Russian securities and are asking their money managers to divest those investments as Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine. Members of the investment staff of the $41 billion defined benefit plan of Indiana Public Retirement System, Indianapolis, have been "actively monitoring and managing its Russian-related investments leading into and throughout the invasion into Ukraine," a statement from the fund said. Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb issued an...

March 31, 2022
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30Mar

US. House passes SECURE 2.0 bill

The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan retirement security bill in a 414-5 vote. Read also US. SEC takes ‘monumental’ step on climate disclosure The Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022, introduced by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and ranking member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, builds on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, known as the SECURE Act, which Congress passed and was signed into law in late 2019. Read also US. Saving for retirement...

March 30, 2022
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US. SEC takes ‘monumental' step on climate disclosure
29Mar

US. SEC takes ‘monumental’ step on climate disclosure

More than a year in the works, the Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled its much-anticipated climate disclosure rule proposal this month, with major implications for the investor and business communities. "It's a monumental rule-making initiative," said Erin E. Martin, a Washington-based partner with law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP who previously worked in the SEC's division of corporation finance. "This has been a long time coming, it's been highly anticipated by the public, it's an area that's of interest...

March 29, 2022
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