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July 2024

2023 Defined Contribution Pension and Savings Report

By Gemma Burrows The 2023 survey contains data on 122 of the FTSE 350 companies and 140 other leading UK employers, which makes this one of the largest UK DC Pension and Savings Surveys in the industry. As always, we would like to thank those who took part in this survey and helped us to conduct this research and bring these valuable insights. Get the report here ___ Since our last survey, we have seen turmoil in investment markets, inflation rise into double-digit...

Global Public Pensions 2023

By OMFIF  The Global Public Pensions 2023 report explores how public pension and sovereign funds are building optimal investment strategies to address the uncertain economic environment and factor sustainability into their portfolios. The report draws on surveys, discussions, and written contributions from 22 global public funds across the world with combined assets under management of $4.3tn. These include the likes of Singapore’s GIC, Canada’s CDPQ, Australia’s Future Fund and India’s National Infrastructure Investment Fund. It also analyses the annual reports...

Retirement Benefit Distributions for California Educators

By Robert L. Clark, Denis Pelletier & Beth Ritter Distribution choices by individuals retiring from CalSTRS are examined for participants that retired between 2016 and 2023. Women are much more likely to select a member-only annuity while a larger proportion of men select a J&S annuity that provide survivor benefits. Being married is a dominant factor in the selection of J&S annuities. Greater final annual salary, older ages at retirement, and more years of service are associated with a greater probability of choosing...

Pensions for Migrants – Leveraging the Renda Success

By Arun Muralidhar, Leandro Sarai & Sid Muralidhar Since migrants typically come from developing countries, with weak currencies, and are considered informal workers in developed countries, with hard(er) currencies, they slip through the economic and social cracks. Even if they earn a reasonable income, they do not have access to the formal financial sector and hence have no retirement security (much like informal workers in developed or developing countries). Brazil’s digitally-enabled, through Tesouro Direto, RendA+ retirement income bond, designed along the...

Changing Retirement Incentives and Retirement in the US

By Courtney Coile Employment rates of older Americans have been rising since the 1990s. While the US is fairly unique among advanced economies in not experiencing any large-scale pension reforms in recent decades, there have been multiple changes to Social Security policy that have strengthened the incentive to work at older ages. This study builds on prior work documenting the changes in retirement incentives over time to explore the effect of these changes on retirement behavior, using over two decades...

Avances y desafíos en la implementación del sistema de pensiones no contributivo en la República Dominicana

Por Manuel Delgado, Nincen Figueroa & Juan Vila  En este documento se examinan el estado actual y los desafíos del sistema de pensiones en la República Dominicana, centrándose en la implementación del régimen subsidiado de pensiones no contributivas. Se analizan los resultados de su puesta en marcha y se exploran escenarios para la ampliación de su cobertura. Se discuten los aspectos institucionales y financieros de esta ampliación, así como su impacto potencial en la reducción de la pobreza y en...

Avances y obstáculos en el sistema de pensiones en Chile (1980-2023)

Por Osvaldo Larrañaga El objetivo del próximo Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano (2024): del PNUD Chile, es analizar la capacidad de la sociedad chilena para acordar y conducir cambios sociales. Con este propósito, el presente documento analiza, en clave de economía política, la evolución que ha tenido en las décadas recientes el sistema de pensiones chileno. El eje del actual sistema es el pilar de capitalización individual, que ha tenido deficientes resultados en términos del monto de las pensiones que paga y de la desconfianza...

Seguridad social y sistemas de pensiones: una valoración desde la óptica de la justicia distributiva

Por Pablo Sandoval Cabrera Cualquier sistema de pensiones viable, adecuado y sostenible debe fincarse, necesariamente, en la existencia de condiciones de equidad en la distribución de la riqueza generada por la sociedad; esto es, presupone condiciones mínimas de justicia distributiva, así como la prevalencia de oportunidades con sentido de inclusión. Partiendo de esta premisa, se establece un marco de reflexión en la búsqueda de propuestas de solución al problema pensionario y de seguridad social desde el enfoque de la justicia...

Los sistemas de pensiones en México, Colombia y Finlandia a partir de que se transitó del sistema de reparto al sistema de capitalización individual

Por Emma Jiménez Rodríguez  La evolución de los sistemas de pensiones en diferentes países refleja adaptaciones a desafíos económicos, demográficos y sociales. Este estudio compara los sistemas de pensiones de México, Colombia y Finlandia, analizando sus características, marcos jurídicos y resultados. Se presentan conceptos clave relacionados con los sistemas de pensiones, incluyendo el modelo de reparto y capitalización individual, así como términos como cobertura, cotizaciones y beneficios. Se examinan los antecedentes históricos de la seguridad social a nivel mundial y...

June 2024

Hidden Figures: LGBT Health Inequalities in the UK

By LGBT Foundation  We believe in a fair and equal society where all lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people can achieve their full potential. Our work started in 1975 and we’ve been changing the lives of LGBT people ever since. Over the last five decades, we’ve provided information, services and support for LGBT people who’ve had nowhere else to turn. We’ve been at the forefront of the social and legal changes that mean LGBT people in the UK have more rights...