November 2021
05Nov

Pensions, Income Taxes and Homeownership: A Cross-Country Analysis

By Hans Fehr, Maurice Hofmann & George Kudrna This paper studies the role of pensions and income taxes in determining homeownership and household wealth. It provides a cross-country analysis, using tax and pension policy designs in Germany, the US and Australia. These developed nations have similar incomes per capita but very different homeownership rates, with the US and Australia having much higher homeownership compared to Germany. The question is to what extent the observed differences in homeownership are induced by...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

Colombia. Se hundió proyecto de ley que permitía el traslado extemporáneo de fondos privados a Colpensiones

Este miércoles la Comisión Séptima de la Cámara de Representantes hundió el proyecto de ley que avalaba cambiarse de fondos privados a Colpensiones sin inconvenientes. La iniciativa de Juan Carlos Wills recibió una votación de nueve votos por el sí y 7 por el no a la pregunta de archivarlo, proposición radicada por Henry Correal. El autor denunció que la proposición de archivo de Henry Correal sería un “mandado del Ministerio de Hacienda y el Gobierno Nacional”. Por su parte Wills...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

UK. State pension payments still delayed for thousands

By Kevin Peachey Thousands of newly-retired people are still yet to receive their first state pension payments after a deadline for backlogs in payments to be cleared. Most delayed pensions to people who have just turned 66 are now being paid following a catch-up exercise by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). But applications have yet to be processed for 4,900 people from whom the DWP has asked for extra details. The pandemic and staffing issues were blamed for problems over the...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

US. IRS Announces 2022 Retirement Plan Contribution and Benefit Limits

The IRS has announced contribution and benefit limits for qualified retirement plans for 2022. The contribution limit for employees who participate in 401(k), 403(b) and most 457 plans, as well as the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan will increase to $20,500, up from $19,500 in 2021. The catch-up contribution limit for employees aged 50 and over who participate in 401(k)s, 403(b)s, most 457 plans and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan remains unchanged at $6,500. The limitation regarding SIMPLE [savings incentive match...

November 5, 2021
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05Nov

Graying China sinks pensions under critical line in more provinces

China's pension reserves have fallen below a key government threshold in a majority of provinces, as growing deficits from a rapidly aging population threaten the system's long-term viability. China has two main pension schemes that together cover 1 billion people. One is compulsory for urban employees and public servants, while the second serves other urban residents and the rural population. The urban employee pension system, the far larger of the two, received 16% less income in 2020 than the year...

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05Nov

We’re not convinced about the genuineness of the scheme’s implementation — Cocoa farmers to stage demo against cocoa pension scheme

Members of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association have threatened to embark on a massive demonstration against COCOBOD should government go ahead with its plans to implement the cocoa farmers pension scheme under the newly inaugurated board of trustees. According to the Association, they are not convinced of the genuineness and fair implementation of the scheme even though COCOBOD has inaugurated the Board of Trustees of the Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme. They said their association, together with other cocoa farmer-based associations...

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05Nov

Norway’s largest pension fund divests from 14 arms firms

Norway's largest pension fund said on Thursday that it has divested from 14 nuclear and regular arms-producing companies. Oslo-based KLP said it made the decision after reviewing its ethical criteria on weapons. "This will primarily mean companies that produce certain types of weapons which, by their nature, violate fundamental humanitarian principles,'' the fund said in a statement. "The criterion applies mainly to nuclear weapons and cluster munitions, as well as anti-personnel mines," it said in a statement. Which companies is KLP divesting from? As...

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04Nov

Cuarto retiro de las AFP: PCR positivo de Boric deja en vilo votación del proyecto que se trasladaría al miércoles 10

Pese a que el martes 9 de noviembre, en sesión especial, el Senado sometería a votación el proyecto de cuarto retiro desde las AFP, la situación generada a raíz del PCR positivo del diputado Gabriel Boric podría hacer cambiar el itinerario. Así lo informó la presidenta de la entidad, Ximena Rincón, quien explicó que debido a que la senadora Yasna Provoste es contacto estrecho de Boric, deberá cumplir una cuarentena de siete días, que termina justamente el martes 9, por...

November 4, 2021
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04Nov

AFP: Congreso trabaja en proyectos de ley que ponen en riesgo el sistema de pensiones

En las últimas semanas el Congreso de la República ha presentado proyectos de ley relacionados al sistema de pensiones que podría poner en riesgo la jubilación de millones de peruanos, según alerta la Asociación de AFP (AAFP). Los proyectos a los que se hace referencia son los presentados por el partido Podemos Perú y la solicitud de Perú Libre el Congreso de actualizar la reforma previsional de pensiones. “En este nuevo Congreso, que solo tiene tres meses de funcionamiento, ya se...

November 4, 2021
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04Nov

Can ethical investing really help in the fight against climate change?

By Ralph Benson What links climate change, the Black Lives Matter movement and the Facebook whistleblowing controversy? They’re all impossible to ignore when it comes to investing your money ethically. As global leaders and climate activists gather in Glasgow this week for COP26, in the face of the threat of climate catastrophe, the term ‘ethical’ will be bandied about in relation to all topics, from government finances to corporate responsibility. We, as potential pension investors, can play our part in this by...

November 4, 2021
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