January 2022

Retiro 100% AFP 2022: exigen que Comisión priorice devolución de aportes
21Jan

Perú. Retiro 100% AFP 2022: exigen que Comisión priorice devolución de aportes

El congresista de Perú Libre, Roberto Kamiche Morante, se dirigió a la congresista Carmen Patricia Juárez a través de un oficio y le solicitó que se priorice la iniciativa legislativa N° 929/2021 – CR en el próximo Pleno del Congreso. Esta iniciativa propone que los afiliados puedan disponer del 100% de sus ahorros de las Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (AFP) en un solo retiro. Leer también Proceso de envejecimiento de la población en el Perú como nueva realidad social y...

January 21, 2022
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20Jan

Ghana. NPRA to prosecute firms that refuse to pay 2-tier contribution for employees

The Manager of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for the Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Region, William Ohene-Adjei, has indicated that his outfit is ready to prosecute institutions that refuse to pay the tier two contribution of their employees. Mr. Ohene-Adjei gave the indication during a sensitisation programme in Sunyani for the leadership of Anglican Dioceses of Sunyani on the need for people in the informal sector to embrace the 3-tier pension scheme. He urged the leadership of the church...

January 20, 2022
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20Jan

Australian Pension Seeks to Double Its Assets to $108 Billion by 2025

Australia’s Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund expects to double assets to A$150 billion ($108 billion) in three years by snapping up rivals as regulator scrutiny forces smaller firms to exit. The Melbourne-based fund is talking to like-minded firms which will help it hit the target “in a couple years,” the A$68 billion fund’s Chairman Wayne Swan said in an interview Wednesday. “We don’t seek to grow for growth’s sake,” he said. “We seek to grow so we can deliver a...

January 20, 2022
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Sin ingresos ni ahorros para el retiro, mujeres son víctimas de la precariedad laboral: experta
20Jan

México. Sin ingresos ni ahorros para el retiro, mujeres son víctimas de la precariedad laboral: experta

La especialista en finanzas personales, Viviana Mondragón, refiere que 50 por ciento de las mujeres enfrenta pobreza en la etapa de retiro a causa de no generar recursos o no saber administrar sus finanzas. Leer también Impacto de la privatización de la seguridad social en el presupuesto. Mujeres: doblemente desprotegidas En México, la población femenina tiene dificultades para ser económicamente independiente por muchos motivos, de ahí que al llegar a la edad de retiro no tenga recursos suficientes, expresó la especialista...

January 20, 2022
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20Jan

UK. More universities join USS strike

The University and College Union has secured the support of yet more institutions in its campaign for strike action over member benefit cuts in the Universities Superannuation Scheme. The UCU balloted its members in November over strike action in response to proposals agreed between the USS trustee and Universities UK, the group representing 340 USS employers, over the scheme’s controversial 2020 valuation. The union has argued that the agreement, which includes covenant support measures that UUK says are necessary to stave...

January 20, 2022
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Pensiones en Chile, otro dolor de cabeza para el GEA en medio de la pelea con los Gilinski
20Jan

Pensiones en Chile, otro dolor de cabeza para el GEA en medio de la pelea con los Gilinski

La arremetida del grupo Gilinski por el control de Sura, Nutresa y probablemente Bancolombia no es el único problema que enfrenta el Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño (GEA). Uno de sus negocios más rentables en Latinoamérica, la administración de fondos privados de pensiones, estaría en la cuerda floja por cuenta del cambio de gobierno en Chile. El Grupo Sura, una de las joyas más valiosas del empresariado antioqueño, tiene presencia en 11 países de América Latina, a los que llega con sus...

January 20, 2022
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20Jan

Why Sustainable Strategies Outperformed in 2021

It paid for investors to be sustainable in 2021, even as energy companies were among the stock market’s best performers. Companies that scored the strongest on environmental, social, and governance metrics saw some of the highest returns in 2021 with help from stocks such as Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), and TSLA (TSLA). The Morningstar U.S. Sustainability Leaders Index--representing the 50 U.S. companies with the best ESG scores as measured by Sustainalytics (a division of Morningstar)--returned 33.3% for the year, beating the...

January 20, 2022
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19Jan

Puerto Rico gets green light to end five-year bankruptcy

The judge overseeing Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year-long debt restructuring process has approved a debt adjustment plan that is intended to revitalize the commonwealth’s economy and reduce its $135 billion in liabilities. Read also UK. More universities join USS strike U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain approved the plan in an order filed on Tuesday, bringing nearly half a decade of litigation over Puerto Rico’s financial standing to a close and marking a historic moment for the largest-ever U.S. municipal debt restructuring. Read...

January 19, 2022
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19Jan

The elephant in the room: Bringing sustainable investment to Africa

By Fiona Stewart The coronavirus pandemic has renewed interest in sustainable investing strategies that allow investors to both protect the financial value of their assets and contribute to solutions to global problems such as climate change. These investments have become increasingly mainstream, and now account for more than $39 trillion in the five major global markets, a 34 percent increase over two years, according to the latest trends reported by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. Read also Ghana. Lack of Pension...

January 19, 2022
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19Jan

Pensions dashboards should have interactive features, says ABI

Pensions dashboards should have interactive features to meet younger people’s digital needs, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI commissioned research which found that seven in 10 working people would like dashboards to be interactive. The industry has been working on dashboards which will allow people to see all their pensions in one place for several years. Younger people were more likely than those of retirement age to want options which are not just “read-only”, including using modelling tools...

January 19, 2022
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