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October 2020

15Oct

2020 Global Retirement Index An in-depth assessment of welfare in retirement around the world

By NATIXIS With the world facing immediate issues resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and the economic consequences from the response of governments around the world, wildfires and other natural catastrophes triggered by changing weather and climate patterns, and heightened concerns about social justice and income inequality, the long-term goal of retirement security may not appear to be a top global concern in 2020. In reality, though, the crises we are experiencing today will have long-range implications for global retirement...

October 15, 2020
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09Oct

United Kingdom (UK) Pre-Retirement Pensions Market 2020

By Research and Markets The total UK pensions market grew 16.1% to £16.4bn annual premium equivalent (APE) in 2019. Workplace pensions drove growth as minimum pension contributions increased to 8%. Direct benefit to direct contribution transfers continue as companies de-risk and individuals take advantage of pension freedoms. COVID-19 will bring uncertainty to saving for retirement. The UK economy has officially entered into recession and disposable incomes are set to fall as unemployment rises. This will force many individuals to...

October 9, 2020
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02Oct

The Essential 2020 Guide to Unlocking the Potential of Reverse Mortgages: Modern Retirement Planning

By Michael Malyszko A must-read book by reverse mortgage expert, Michael Malyszko, The Essential Guide to Un-locking the Potential of Reverse Mortgages breaks down the fundamentals of reverse mortgages, giving homeowners the knowledge they need to leverage the full potential of this incredible financial planning tool. In recent years, reverse mortgages have become even more common as an increasing number of homeowners have discovered that reverse mortgages are a valid retire-ment strategy, offering flexibility that few other loans and...

October 2, 2020
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September 2020

24Sep

The Role of IRAs in US Households’ Saving for Retirement, 2019

By Sarah Holden, Daniel Schrass This paper presents survey results on the incidence of IRA ownership in the United States and the activity of IRA-owning households. In mid-2019, 36 percent of US households owned individual retirement accounts (IRAs). More than eight in 10 IRA-owning households also had employer-sponsored retirement plan accumulations or had defined benefit plan coverage. All told, more than six in 10 US households had retirement plans through work or IRAs; three-quarters of near-retiree households did. In...

September 24, 2020
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15Sep

Financial Access Challenges for Older Adults

By Joe Valenti In 2017, an estimated 8.4 million households in the United States, representing about 14 million adults, had no checking or savings account at a bank or credit union.1 This figure includes roughly 3.5 million households headed by someone age 50 or older.2 When combining this population—often called the unbanked—with households that have accounts but still use some alternative services such as check cashers or payday lenders, these numbers rise to nearly...

September 15, 2020
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15Sep

(Mis)Allocation Effects of an Overpaid Public Sector

By Tiago Cavalcanti, Marcelo Rodrigues Santos There is a large body of evidence showing that for many countries the structure of wages and pensions and the labor law legislation are different for public and private employees. Such differences affect the occupational choice of agents and might generate some type of misallocation. We develop a life-cycle model with endogenous occupational choice and heterogeneous agents to study the implications of an overpaid public sector. The model is estimated to be consistent...

September 15, 2020
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11Sep

2019 World Pensions Forum Held in EU Capital Before G7 Summit

By M. Nicolas J. Firzli The 8th World Pensions Forum was held 23-24 May: 130 pension executives and supranational experts representing $12 trillion in combined assets convened in Brussels to discuss “Effective Asset Ownership”. The Forum was pleased to note that some of our ideas were taken up by the Finnish presidency of the Council of Europe and the G7 Steering Committee – notably the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the notion of institutional co-investment in private equity and sustainable...

September 11, 2020
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11Sep

The Impact of Social Security on Pension Claiming and Retirement: Active vs. Passive Decisions

By Rafael Lalive, Arvind Magesan, Stefan Staubli We exploit a unique Swiss reform to identify the importance of passivity, claiming social security benefits at the Full Retirement Age (FRA). Sharp discontinuities generated by the reform reveal that raising the FRA while imposing small early claiming penalties significantly delays pension claiming and retirement, but imposing large penalties and holding the FRA fixed does not. The nature of the reform allows us to identify that between 47 and 69% of individuals are...

September 11, 2020
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04Sep

Homeownership Effect on Retirement Adequacy and Government Transfers in Australia

By John R. Evans, Abdul Razeed Whilst the concept of an asset-based welfare system developed formally in the 1950s there is evidence in Australia that the philosophy developed well before then and has continued through advantages for those able to acquire a home over those that cannot in the retirement system. The net cost to government of the retirement system has been reduced below that which would have applied had the own home asset-based welfare system not been introduced....

September 4, 2020
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August 2020

28Aug

Pension System in Guinea Bissau: Key Challenges and Prospects for the Future

By Philippe Auffret The government of Guinea Bissau is considering implementing the pension fund included in the 2015 Budget Law. It requested a technical assistance from the World Bank to conduct an initial diagnostic of the pension system with a focus on the public service pension scheme. The objective of this note is an initial step to respond to this request. The analysis shows that it is not recommendable for Guinea Bissau to set up a pension fund for the...

August 28, 2020
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