September 2024
13Sep

Improving Job Quality in Latin America: A Long Road Ahead

Job opportunities exist in Latin America and the Caribbean, but the quality of employment remains a significant challenge. According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), urgent measures are needed to ensure workers can escape poverty and enjoy social protection. Latin America and the Caribbean face a persistent issue: while many people are employed, the quality of those jobs leaves much to be desired. According to the 2024 Better Jobs Index from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the region’s employment quality scores...

September 13, 2024
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13Sep

UK. Pensions and private capital leaders propose solutions to boost private markets investment

The government should use the upcoming value for money framework to help pension schemes shift their focus from short-term considerations to long-term returns in defined contribution (DC) pensions, leaders from the pensions and private capital industry have said. The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA)-led group advocated for this approach as data had demonstrated that private capital funds generate the highest average returns compared to alternative UK assets. In particular, BVCA analysis revealed that, since 2001, investors in private...

September 13, 2024
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13Sep

South Africa. Over 63,000 government employees dip into their two-pot retirement funds, says GPAA

The Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) has confirmed that that more than 60,000 public sector employees have made applications to make withdrawals from their savings pot of the two-pot retirement system. According to the GPAA, the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEFP) has received a little under 63,000 two-pot retirement system applications since September 1, 2024. In terms of two-pot retirement system enquiries, the GPAA said it has received a high number of applications from its members, which include teachers, nurses, police officers and other...

September 13, 2024
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12Sep

Argentina. Milei gana la disputa política y mantiene el veto al aumento a jubilados

Con 153 votos a favor, 87 en contra y 8 abstenciones, el presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei, consiguió que la oposición no eche por tierra su veto a la Ley de Movilidad Jubilatoria que semanas atrás había sido aprobada por el Congreso de la Nación. La normativa impulsada por el radicalismo y posteriormente vetada por el mandatario buscaba compensar la pérdida del poder adquisitivo de las pensiones para la tercera edad ante el salto inflacionario de 20,6% de enero, que había sido...

September 12, 2024
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12Sep

Perú. Reforma de pensiones no supone riesgo

El costo fiscal de la reforma del sistema de pensiones aprobada por el Congreso de la República se ubicaría entre el 0.19% y 0.33% del PBI adicionales entre los años 2024 y 2070, por lo que no pondría en riesgo la sostenibilidad de las finanzas públicas, según el reporte “Análisis y estimación del costo fiscal de la ley de reforma al sistema previsional peruano”, elaborado por Macroconsult. «El análisis se ha efectuado sobre una reforma base, con varios escenarios (desde...

September 12, 2024
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12Sep

IBM completes $6 billion pension buyout with Prudential, its second in 2 years

International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y., purchased a group annuity contract from Prudential Insurance Co. of America to transfer $6 billion in defined benefit plan liabilities. The purchase of the contract, which closed Sept. 11, transfers the benefit-paying responsibility for about 32,000 retirees and beneficiaries covered by the IBM Personal Pension Plan, according to an 8-K filing with the SEC. According to the filing, the transferred participants represent “certain pension benefits that began to be paid prior to 2016.” Prudential will take on the...

September 12, 2024
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12Sep

UK retirement security reaches record high in GRI

Retirement security in the UK has improved over the past year and reached a record-high position of 14th place on the Natixis Investment Managers (IM) Global Retirement Index (GRI), the firm has revealed. The UK rose two places in the index over the past year, outperforming France, Finland, Sweden, and the United States, with the improvement driven by increases in health spending per capita. Overall, the UK scored 74 per cent on its retirement security, up from 67 per cent and...

September 12, 2024
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12Sep

US pension fund allocation to private debt falls short of target

US pension funds were below their median target allocation to private debt in August, a reflection of the challenges in analyzing the growing number of private debt participants. The median target allocation across 117 US pension funds was $188 million, while the median actual allocation was $112 million, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. This suggests that pension funds had a $76 million median net underallocation to private debt as of Aug. 21. The majority of pension funds analyzed failed to meet...

September 12, 2024
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12Sep

Pakistan. Govt notifies major pensions reform

ISLAMABAD: In a major reform in the government's pensions scheme, the finance ministry issued three office memoranda on Tuesday to notify the new criteria on the recommendation of the Pay and Pension Commission 2020. According to the documents available with The Express Tribune, the federal government fixed the period of family pension at 10 years after the death of the retired employee, however, in case of a special child, the family pension would continue for life. The period of special...

September 12, 2024
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11Sep

México. Consar establece mecanismo de validación en retiros por desempleo de las Afores

En meses pasados, la Consar había identificado que algunos promotores de las Afores ayudaban a los trabajadores a registrar un salario superior al que tenían mientras cotizaban para sacar más dinero de la cuenta de ahorro para el retiro. La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) ya estableció un mecanismo de validación para que cuando los trabajadores realicen un retiro por desempleo de sus Afores, lo hagan con el último salario que tuvieron mientras estaban activos,...

September 11, 2024
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