November 2024
21Nov

US. CalPERS affirms commitment to ESG amid changes coming to Washington

CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost affirmed the $522.4 billion pension fund’s commitment to environmental, social and governance investing in the face of expected federal policy changes stemming from the recent election. Election results make clear that change is coming, Frost told the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Sacramento, at its Nov. 20 meeting. “We expect the year ahead will include new voices and viewpoints on several issues, including climate- focused investing, corporate governance and healthcare policy,” Frost said. “We welcome those...

November 21, 2024
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21Nov

How India’s Gig Worker Unions Are Fighting for Change

Syed Lateefuddin was only in the first week of his job as a driver for Uber when an early dawn ride changed his life. Lateefuddin, who is Muslim, accepted a ride around 3:30 am and was driving across the streets of southern India’s metropolis of Hyderabad—home to 11 million people and located about 440 miles east of Mumbai—when six men accosted him. The men trailed him and later attacked him, forcing him to chant Hindu religious slogans and pelting his car...

November 21, 2024
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20Nov

Jubilarse en Chile: pros y contras del que es considerado el sistema más sólido de Latam

El modelo de jubilaciones chileno, que comprende una pensión social de vejez casi universal, un sistema de capitalización obligatorio de gestión privada y un marco de cotizaciones voluntarias, es considerado uno de los más sólidos de Latinoamérica en los más recientes rankings globales sobre pensiones, pero detrás también se esconden desafíos como la inequidad, sostenibilidad y el impacto de la informalidad. “Tanto Chile como Colombia tienen participación del sector público con un sistema de beneficio definido y del sector privado con un sistema...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

Colombia. Colpensiones tiene en problemas a 6.000 colombianos que buscan pensionarse: culpan a un artículo de la reforma de Petro

Más de 6.000 colombianos que esperan pensionarse se encuentran en un limbo administrativo debido a que Colpensiones aún no les habilita el ingreso al régimen de prima media, tal y como. A raíz de la aprobación de la Ley 2381 de 2024, “por medio de la cual se establece el Sistema de Protección Social Integral para la Vejez, la Invalidez y la Muerte”, más conocida como reforma pensional, que se basa en un sistema de pilares (semicontributivo, contributivo, solidario y...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

Perú. SBS propone que AFP puedan invertir en más instrumentos, ¿cuáles son?

Con la finalidad de que exista una mayor diversificación que contribuya a maximizar la rentabilidad ajustada por riesgo de los fondos privados de pensiones, la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP (SBS) ha publicado un proyecto que propone incluir una nueva alternativa de inversión. Así, la SBS plantea como un producto elegible para las AFP a las acciones colocadas vía oferta privada y que tengan el compromiso de ser inscritas en una bolsa de valores. El proyecto plantea las condiciones bajo las cuales los fondos de pensiones...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

South Africans Withdraw $1.94 Billion From Pensions

South Africans have withdrawn 35.1 billion rand ($1.94 billion) from retirement funds since new laws came into effect three months ago giving them early access to part of their savings. The figure is higher than the amount the National Treasury forecast savers would tap after the implementation of a so-called two-pot pension system on Sept. 1. South Africa’s central bank has said that a high-withdrawal scenario may help boost the country’s economic growth rate by as much as 0.3 percentage...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

Healthy New Town: Revitalizing neighborhoods in the wake of aging populations

Planned suburban residential neighborhoods in metropolitan areas known as new towns were initially developed in England. The new town movement spread from Europe to East Asia, such as to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In Japan alone, 2,903 New Towns were built, but many experienced rapid population decline and aging in the 40 years after their development. Therefore, they changed into old new towns and had to transform their facilities. Dr. Haruka Kato, a junior associate professor at...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

‘Golden Girls’ no more: How America’s concept of old age became outdated

The idea of retirement is losing its luster The stereotype of retirement as a time to play golf, travel and relax is a relatively new concept in American history. But by now, even that idea is outdated as more older adults work longer and grapple with the need for purpose in their older years. Also, with people living longer and healthier, there may be several chapters in their lives to pursue different jobs, vocations and hobbies. In the new book, "Golden...

November 20, 2024
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20Nov

CPPIB Leads Global Pension Funds With $144B Allocated to Private Equity

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board made the largest allocation to private equity of any pension fund during the first 10 months of the year, with $143.86 billion—which made up 24.6% of its portfolio—allocated to the asset class, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. The 20 pension funds with the largest allocations have committed a combined $707.6 billion to private equity, through the end of October The California Public Employees’ Retirement System was a distant second with $83.5 billion—16% of...

November 20, 2024
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19Nov

México. Concentra Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro 20% del PIB. AMAFORE se declara lista para contribuir al crecimiento.

Con activos equivalentes a más de 20% del PIB; de los cuales, 86% están invertidos en México, lo que lo convierte en un potencial aliado para la inversión en el desarrollo de infraestructura estratégica para el desarrollo del país, el Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (SAR) cuenta con más de 70 millones de cuentas de ahorro para el retiro, lo que significa que 73% de la población adulta de México tiene una cuenta Afore. Este año, el Encuentro Amafore 2024...

November 19, 2024
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