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April 2019

24Apr

Brazil. Government Declares Studies that Support Social Security Reform Confidential

The Minister of the Economy decreed that studies and technical data supporting a constitutional change to Social Security remain confidential as the matter progresses through the government. Thus, ordinary citizens who will be affected directly by changes in pensions and retirement funds, will not have access to arguments, statistics, and economic and social data that support the significant change. The decision to deny the publication of documents is partly in response to a Law of Access to Information...

April 24, 2019
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23Apr

México. Carecen de seguridad social 62 millones de mexicanos

En México existen 62 millones de personas que no tienen accesos a la seguridad social, es decir, la mitad de la población carece de servicios de salud y de una cuenta de ahorro para el retiro. Por ello es necesario reforzar el sistema de seguridad social, coincidieron expertos. Héctor Villarreal, director general del Centro de Investigación Económica Presupuestaria (CIEP), explicó que para cubrir a 70% de la población de 13 servicios básicos, como lo establece la Organización Mundial de...

April 23, 2019
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23Apr

Colombia. Mintrabajo pidió que se retire artículo que permite “traslado express” de pensiones

La ministra de Trabajo Alicia Arango, dio a conocer que esa cartera emitió un concepto negativo en contra del artículo del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo, que permitirá un “traslado express” de las pensiones. Arango manifestó que ese artículo cómo está consagrado podría motivar una competencia desleal con los fondos de pensión. “El Ministerio de Trabajo emitió un concepto negativo con respeto a ese artículo, porque pensamos que ese artículo no puede ir en el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo porque...

April 23, 2019
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23Apr

Nigeria. ‘PenCom’ll not pay to fraudsters’

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) said it has put stringent measures in place to prevent payment of pension to fraudsters. Its Acting Director-General, Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar who gave the assurance in an interview with The Nation said the administration and payments of retirement benefits under the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2004, as repealed by PRA 2014, 2014 is fool proof. She said the Commission also checks to confirm that information submitted to it are correct before granting approval for...

April 23, 2019
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23Apr

Dutch Pension Funds Rebound from December’s Santa Claus Blues

After a rough 2018, Dutch pension funds are finding redemption in the markets. Civil service plan ABP ($484 billion) and health care retirement fund PFZW ($243.6 billion) felt the sting of a cold, winter gust that knocked assets around. The two plans suffered losses (-2.3% and -0.4%, respectively) in 2018, sinking their funding ratios a bit. Amid this year’s cold, wintry gusts, first quarter assets showed signs of recovery. ABP returned 8.2% and PFZW gained 8.5% in the period...

April 23, 2019
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22Apr

Perú. Plantean que afiliados de AFP que más ganan financien pensión de los de menores ingresos

Los afiliados de AFP de mayores ingresos podrían terminar financiando la pensión de los que menos remuneración perciben. Así lo plantea un proyecto de ley presentado por la bancada de Fuerza Popular, que contempla la creación de cuatro pilares en un único sistema de pensiones. Un pilar solidario tiene como objeto la equidad en las pensiones de todos los afiliados, según el proyecto de norma. “Este pilar solidario permitirá que un pequeño porcentaje de los aportes obligatorios de los...

April 22, 2019
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22Apr

Cada vez son más los colombianos que no cotizan pensión

Entre Colpensiones y los Fondos privados de pensiones hay alrededor de veintiún millones de personas afiliadas, de este total se estima que solo 8.7 millones de colombianos paga este aporte social. El comportamiento laboral del país, donde las ofertas de trabajo disminuyen y la informalidad aumenta, son algunas de la razones por la cuales para alguno, resulta complicado pensionarse, lo que hace que disminuya el número de cotizantes a pensión. Sandra Isabel Mesa, experta en pensiones, asegura que: “es...

April 22, 2019
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22Apr

Nuevas regulaciones para criptomonedas y Fintech llegan a Chile

La relación entre las instituciones de Chile y las criptomonedas no ha sido muy armoniosa. Sin embargo, este país posee uno de los mercados criptográficos más grandes de América del Sur, luego de Venezuela, Colombia y Brasil. Es por ello que se han vuelto más que necesarias regulaciones que favorezcan el desarrollo de la industria y, al mismo tiempo, protejan el sistema financiero; y todo indica que un nuevo proyecto de ley quiere dar esta solución. Felipe Larraín, el...

April 22, 2019
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22Apr

Brazil. Commission Resumes Opinion Review on Pension Reform on Tuesday

The Commission for the Constitution and Justice (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies will resume this Tuesday (April 23rd) the examination of the rapporteur’s opinion, Delegate Marcelo Freitas (PSL-MG), on pension reform. Pressed by parties of the ruling base, the parliamentarian may present a complementation. “What we are trying to work on is the construction of a consensus that allows us to discuss a final text that serves the interests of Brazilian society without dismissing the text proposed by...

April 22, 2019
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22Apr

Canada. Pension protection should be federal priority

With a budget light on details, federal government has an opportunity to protect pensioners Pension protection for Canadians is long overdue. When a company becomes insolvent and its pension is underfunded, pensioners are powerless to intervene and secure their pensions. Sears, Nortel and other corporate pensioners experienced sharp reductions in their annual pension income after those companies failed. In March of this year, Imperial Tobacco filed for protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). Yet another group of...

April 22, 2019
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