2021 Archives - Page 22 of 176 - Pension Policy International

13DecDecember 13, 2021

These Retirement Savers Are Making a Big Mistake

Investing for retirement is crucial to building a nest egg that can provide financial security in your later years. Unfortunately, many people who are investing are making a big mistake with the money they're saving for the future. In fact, recent research from Fidelity found around a quarter of all employees who are invested in workplace retirement accounts are taking on more risk than they should. Among the 24.2% of investors in 2021 who are over-exposed to risk, there's one generation that's...

December 13, 2021

News, Slider2021, Saving, US

11DecDecember 11, 2021

Reforms of an Early Retirement Pathway in Germany and Their Labor Market Effects

By Regina T. Riphahn & Rebecca Schrader We investigate the unemployment pathway to retirement in Germany and study the causal effects of two early retirement reforms. Reform 1 (NRA) increased normal retirement age stepwise from 60 to 65. Simultaneously, it became possible to use early retirement with benefit discounts. Reform 2 (ERA) increased the age of early retirement stepwise from 60 to 63. We investigate behavioral responses to the reforms using administrative data and difference-indifferences strategies. We find strong and...

December 11, 2021

Articles, Pension design2021, Germany, Pension Reform, Retirement Age

11DecDecember 11, 2021

Asset Allocation: Glide Path Design for Target Date Retirement Funds

By Thomas Present & Sharon Persyn In this thesis, we discuss and compare target date retirement fund strategies that have been used in recent literature. These strategies include the 100% equity, glide path, maximum drawdown, risk budget and target return strategy. We conduct sensitivity analyses in order to obtain optimal parameters for the different strategies. We first compare the strategies with rebalancing between two asset classes: equity (Russell 1000) as the risky asset and bonds (10Y US government bonds) as...

December 11, 2021

Articles, Investment2021, Pension design, Pension Management

11DecDecember 11, 2021

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in the Age of COVID-19

By Francisco J. Bariffi & Julia M. Puaschunder The view that the COVID19 pandemic has set in motion profound changes in our modern societies is practically unanimous. The global effort to contain, cure, and eradicate COVID19 has been greatly benefited by the use, development and/or adaptation of technological tools for mass surveillance based on artificial intelligence and robotics systems. The management of the COVID19 pandemic yet has also revealed many shortcomings generated from the need to make decisions “in extremis”....

December 11, 2021

Articles, System Sustainability2021, AI, COVID-19, Social Protection

10DecDecember 10, 2021

Análisis de la pobreza multidimensional en los hogares de la agricultura familiar campesina en el Ecuador, 2009- 2019

Por Melany Morales & Andrés Mideros El artículo estudia la pobreza multidimensional en los hogares de la agricultura familiar y campesina (AFC), comparándolos con hogares a nivel nacional y rural. Se evidencia el aumento de la brecha de empobrecimiento de la AFC a lo largo del periodo. Más de la mitad de los hogares de la AFC presentan privaciones conjuntas en las cuatro dimensiones: educación; trabajo y seguridad social; salud, agua y alimentación; y hábitat, vivienda y ambiente sano. Las...

December 10, 2021

Artículos, Mercado Laboral, Sostenibilidad del Sistema2021, Ecuador, Ingreso

10DecDecember 10, 2021

Herramientas para la toma de decisiones en la planificación financiera de la jubilación

Por Anton Figuerola-Wischke, Anna María Gil-Lafuente & José María Merigó La desfavorable evolución de las variables demográficas y económicas supone una agravación de la sostenibilidad del sistema público de pensiones español, lo cual también dificulta poder mantener la suficiencia de las pensiones públicas para la jubilación. En consecuencia, los trabajadores se plantean invertir en instrumentos de ahorro privado para complementar la pensión pública y así garantizar la suficiencia de ingresos en el momento de la jubilación. El trabajo plantea herramientas...

December 10, 2021

Ahorro, Artículos, Diseño de Pensiones2021, Argentina, Ciencias del Comportamiento, Educación Financiera

10DecDecember 10, 2021

Estos son los riesgos a la reforma de pensiones que advierte la OCDE

La reforma al sistema de pensiones de México fue comentada en el informe Pensions at a glance por la Organización para el Desarrollo y Cooperación Económica (OCDE), que advierte una serie de riesgos para nuestro país. La OCDE advierte que la reforma de pensiones podría suponer un mayor gasto público en tanto que pone incentivos para un retiro anticipado. En este sentido, para el organismo, esto significaría que se debilite la contribución entre beneficios y contribuciones. Es decir, esta reforma podría...

December 10, 2021

Noticias, Noticias2021, Mexico, Reforma de Pensiones

10DecDecember 10, 2021

US. California Public Pensions Are Major Fossil Fuel Investors

California’s climate-conscious policies aren’t matched by the investment choices of its largest public pension funds, according to a report from two environmental groups. Of the 14 top U.S. pension funds analyzed by Stand.earth and Climate Safe Pensions Network, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, known as Calpers, and California State Teachers’ Retirement System, known as CalSTRS, were the largest investors in fossil fuel companies, with $27.1 billion and $15.7 billion, respectively, according to findings published Wednesday. The two combined hold about half...

December 10, 2021

News2021, Climate crisis, Public Pensions, US

10DecDecember 10, 2021

UK. Thousands of savers no longer able to participate in workplace pensions

The pandemic has impacted people's ability to save, with 300,000 savers no longer able to participate in a workplace pension, according to research. The repercussions of lockdown, particularly domestic work and homeschooling, have caused women to suffer the largest financial strain, with them being 50 per cent more likely to enter their retirement without a private pension than men. ‘Pandemics and pension inequality’, a Now Pensions report in collaboration with the Pensions Policy Institute, highlighted a rise in what it called...

December 10, 2021

News2021, Regulation

10DecDecember 10, 2021

Zimbabwe. Pensions funds owed $3,38bn in unpaid contributions

ZIMBABWE’s pensions and insurance organisations are owed over $3,38 billion in contributions deducted from employee salaries by companies. Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) commissioner-general Grace Muradzikwa raised concern over companies deducting pension contributions from employees, but not remitting the funds. Muradzikwa made the remarks in a speech read on her behalf by director (pensions) Cuthbert Munjoma during a handover ceremony of the solar-powered borehole and groceries to Chengetai Old People’s Home in Chinhoyi on Wednesday. “As a commission, we are sensitive to...

December 10, 2021

News2021, Pension Management, Zimbabwe

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