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March 2025

20Mar

What Age Do People Around the World Think Is Best to Reach Major Life Milestones?

When is the right time in life to get married or have a child? What is the best age to buy a home? Is there an ideal age for retirement? We asked adults in 18 mostly middle-income countries what they think is the best age to reach these life milestones. Overall, there is a lot of agreement around the world. A chart showing The ideal ages for major life events, according to people in 18 nations On average across the countries...

March 20, 2025
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20Mar

UK. DWP State Pension age to rise next year for thousands

The State Pension age will be rising from next year, the age is currently 66 for both men and women. It will gradually increase to 67 between 2026 and 2028 for those born after April 1960. The transition process is then expected to be completed for everyone by March 2028. The planned change to the official age of retirement has been in legislation since 2014, with a further rise from 67 to 68, which is set to be implemented between...

March 20, 2025
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20Mar

US. Some retirees will see bump in Social Security benefit starting next month

Retirement just got a little boost for many public sector retirees and their spouses. By the end of this month, more than 3 million Social Security recipients affected by the Social Security Fairness Act that President Biden signed into law in January will see a bump in their benefits. This law increases monthly Social Security benefits for certain types of workers, including some teachers, firefighters, and police officers in many states, federal employees covered by the Civil Service Retirement System, and...

March 20, 2025
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20Mar

South Korea approves reforms to shore up $830 bln state pension fund

South Korea's parliament on Thursday passed a bill to reform the country's $830 billion pension fund and delay the depletion of the state fund that has been on track to run out by the mid-2050s due to a rapidly ageing population. The bill's passage marks the first time parliament has agreed to a major shake-up in the state pension fund in 18 years and could delay depletion by 15 years. Under the legislative amendment, contributions and payouts will rise, the former...

March 20, 2025
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14Mar

Argentina: Pensioners and soccer fans unite in protests

Argentine pensioners and soccer fans clashed with police on Wednesday as a protest unfolded in front of Congress, with citizens rallying against the economic policies brought in by the government of President Javier Milei. It was an unlikely mix with retirees gathered in Buenos Aires flanked by soccer fans from teams normally at odds with one another. What started as a peaceful event escalated into violent clashes as police fired water cannons, tear gas and pellets while protesters threw stones. The crowd...

March 14, 2025
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February 2025

26Feb

Los problemas del sistema de pensiones y la necesidad de reforma tras el COVID-19

Por Alejandro Izquierdo & Waldo Tapia (BID) Ante la llegada del COVID-19, los gobiernos de toda América Latina y el Caribe impusieron medidas de confinamiento y otras restricciones que provocaron la pérdida generalizada de puestos de trabajo. Se registraron altas tasas de desempleo en los sectores de hotelería, turismo y comercio minorista. Los jóvenes, las mujeres y los trabajadores de bajos ingresos fueron quienes más sufrieron, mientras que el sector informal se vio seriamente afectado. El aumento del teletrabajo que...

February 26, 2025
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26Feb

Pensiones, el gran reto de la seguridad social de México en el siglo XXI

Por Christian Cortés Pérez1Coautoras, Samanta Decire Bernal Ayala & Yanalte RodríguezSoto Uno de los grandes retos del Estado Mexicano en el siglo XXI es, inevitablemente,  el tema pensionario.  La versatilidad, desigualdad y falta de unificación  de los sistemas pensionarios  han  provocado serios problemas para su viabilidad financiera. Esto se refleja en el incremento considerable del gasto pensionario, mismo que el  Estado ha tratado de detener por la via legislativa  con la aprobación de reformas a las leyes de seguridad social ...

February 26, 2025
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26Feb

Mecanismos para la incorporación de trabajadores informales a la seguridad social

Por FIAP América Latina enfrenta el grave problema de la informalidad laboral: uno de cada dos trabajadores de la región es informal. Esta situación no sólo deja a estos trabajadores en total desprotección ante incidencias durante su vida laboral, sino que también los condena a enfrentar una vejez sin una pensión digna. Lamentablemente, la informalidad laboral tiene consecuencias irremediables sobre el monto futuro de las pensiones, especialmente para los trabajadores más jóvenes. Estimaciones realizadas para el caso chileno dan cuenta que...

February 26, 2025
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07Feb

México. Disminuyen en 3,78% los recursos de las afores en junio

A cierre del pasado mes de junio, el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro de México (SAR) administraba 1.919.494 millones de pesos (unos 146.772 millones de dólares), según cifras publicadas por la Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar). Estos recursos, que disminuyeron en más de 75.000 millones de pesos (unos 5.769 millones de dólares) o un 3,78% con relación al saldo de mayo de 2013 y provenientes de las más de 49 millones de cuentas individuales...

February 7, 2025
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07Feb

Federación Internacional de AFP por reforma: “A Chile le gusta hacer experimentos económicos”

La vicepresidenta de la Federación Internacional de AFP, Karol Fernández, se refirió a los pormenores que traerá consigo la reforma previsional que fue aprobada por la Cámara Baja. Según comentó, este proyecto es un avance importante en materia de pensiones, pero -advirtió- el éxito del mismo va a depender del rol que jueguen las administradoras. En conversación con CNN Prime, Fernández sostuvo que es “un avance importante. Se refuerza el ahorro, la propiedad de los ahorros y la heredabilidad. Se avanza...

February 7, 2025
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