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March 2019

15Mar

Why Americans must rise to the challenge of an aging population

At dawn on his 62nd birthday in 1366, Petrarch started a letter to his friend Boccaccio. “When you feel that you are old,” the Italian humanist told his fellow writer, “then and no sooner will you declare your old age.” Why should we care about old age any more now than Petrarch did then? Demographics. Every day until 2030, about 10,000 Americans will turn 65. Between now and 2050, the number of Americans over 65 will double. By then,...

March 15, 2019
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14Mar

Perú. AFP presentan propuesta de reforma que costaría al Estado 0.5 % anual del PBI

Según gremio de gestoras de fondos previsionales privados El costo marginal de la propuesta de la reforma del sistema previsional peruano sería de 0.5 % anual del Producto Bruto Interno (PBI) hasta el 2028 y posteriormente tendría una tendencia decreciente. A partir del 2044 se generaría un beneficio neto positivo en las cuentas fiscales, estimó hoy la Asociación de AFP (AAFP). La propuesta de reforma del sistema previsional de la Asociación de Administradoras de Fondos Privados de Pensiones (AAFP)...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

México. Alistan minirreforma a pensiones de Afore

La Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (Consar) prepara cambios legislativos para tratar de mejorar las condiciones que enfrentará la primera generación de trabajadores que recibirá su pensión vía sus ahorros en el sistema de Afore a partir de 2021. Algunos, en el mejor de los casos, recibirán una jubilación de 30% de su salario y en los peores ni siquiera alcanzarán el mínimo de semanas para obtener una pensión. "Tal vez sea necesario llevar a...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

Chile. AFP registran fuertes compras en mercados internacionales en febrero

Las administradoras de fondos de pensiones (AFP) registraron importantes compras en los mercados internacionales durante febrero. Según el reporte mensual de inversión extranjera de las AFP elaborado por HMC Capital, en renta variable realizaron adquisiciones netas por US$1.770 millones. Gran parte de esa inversión la concretaron en los mercados asiáticos: más de US$1.000 millones. También siguieron aumentando su exposición a Estados Unidos, donde sumaron US$468 millones, fundamentalmente en títulos de alta capitalización bursátil, mientras que en América Latina agregaron...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

South Korean pension fund deals blow to Elliott in Hyundai fight

Elliott Management received a potentially fatal blow in its proxy fight to shake up South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group on Thursday when major shareholder the National Pension Service (NPS) said it would vote down the U.S. hedge fund’s proposals. Elliott, founded by billionaire Paul Singer, has been battling to get South Korea’s No.2 conglomerate to return excess capital to shareholders and fix governance problems since May last year when it scuppered a restructuring plan. [L4N1RG5BG] The fund has demanded...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

Scottish public pension fund partners with MSIM on sustainability

Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund has become the first UK local authority pension fund to invest in Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s (MSIM) Global Sustain Strategy. Launched in 2018, the strategy is managed by MSIM’s international equity team and invests in firms that are carbon light, tobacco-free, alcohol-free, and free of fossil fuels. Councillor David Parker, the pension fund’s chair, said: “The Scottish Borders Council Pension Fund believes that a positive approach to ESG issues can positively affect the financial...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

Thailand. NGOs call for universal pensions as key to women’s rights and development

As member states and NGOs are gathering at the UN in New York for the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), HelpAge International and its partners are calling for universal social protection for vulnerable older women. Around the world, women are more likely than men to live in poverty throughout their lives, to be disempowered socially and economically, and have their rights denied. Most of the world's older women struggle to survive and feed...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

Ageing Britons More Likely To Be Impoverished And Unwell, Says Report

Millions more people can expect to live their last years in poverty and hardship, with increasing health challenges, a damning independent report has said. An increasing number of people reaching old age is putting pressure on health services, the Centre for Ageing Better, who ran the report, said. But Dr Anna Dixon from the Centre was keen to assert “our current rates of chronic illness, mental health conditions, disability and frailty could be greatly reduced if we tackled the...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

Algunas notas sobre los sistemas de pensiones de la seguridad social y la experiencia de su reforma en América Latina

Por Henry Colina Hernández Las diferentes concepciones sobre la seguridad social, así como las experiencias prácticas en la concesión de estos servicios sociales, son responsables de la evolución de lo que históricamente se ha organizado como un sistema de pensiones. En la región latinoamericana se ha experimentado dicho proceso de configuración de manera desigual. Así, ha transitado desde la privatización pionera en los años 1980 y 1990, hasta las recientes reformas que incorporan componentes de solidaridad intergeneracional en algunos...

March 14, 2019
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14Mar

A vueltas con las pensiones: Reflexiones, ideas y ocurrencias

Por José Antonio Herce Tras muchos años investigando, enseñando y opinando sobre las pensiones, José Antonio Herce brinda a los lectores, con esta recopilación, varias docenas de tribunas y editoriales libres que ha venido publicando entre 2010 y... ayer mismo. Así pues, este volumen aborda todas estas cuestiones que tienen como denominador común el sistema social (público y privado), el conjunto de reglas y compromisos comúnmente aceptados, en suma, el “compacto social” que son las pensiones.Por si los problemas de sostenibilidad,...

March 14, 2019
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