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28NovNovember 28, 2022

U.K. Pension savers ‘lost £1.7 billion on retirement transition

New research from HSBC Tomorrow Master Trust shows workplace pension scheme members are losing around £1.7 billion a year during their transition into and in retirement, due to savers choosing costly pathways to access their money. While some of this loss comes from scheme members withdrawing more than the 25% tax-free lump sum, exposing them to hefty tax penalties, many are potentially buying products that are not the optimal solution for their circumstances. The research was commissioned for a report Converting...

November 28, 2022

News2022, Income, Pension Management, savings, UK

25NovNovember 25, 2022

Global top 300 pension funds

By Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments Pension fund industry trends Growth headwinds test financial and sustainability mandate resilience Has the macro reality shifted from ‘lower-for-longer’ to ‘end-of-cheap-money’? The last decade’s fear of deflation has been replaced by significantly higher inflation. A steep rate hike cycle has led to more interest rate volatility and is placing pressure on pension funds to deliver sufficient risk-adjusted returns. Pension funds are expected to face elevated macro uncertainty over the short term. The industry has...

November 25, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management2022, Investment, Pension Management

25NovNovember 25, 2022

PEPP: Catalyst for Pension Innovation?

By Hans van Meerten & T.J.B. Hulshoff In the past two decades, several traditional markets have been 'disrupted' by parties with new business concepts, new technology and, above all, a big focus on consumer experience. Music, video, books, taxi, hotels, banks, meal delivery; examples abound. Is the personal pension savings market up for grabs? If it is up to the EU, yes. Through new PEPP legislation. But will this actually happen? Are providers and consumers ready for this? And what...

November 25, 2022

Articles, Pension design2022, Europe, Innovation, Labor Market

25NovNovember 25, 2022

Average Retirement Savings: How Do You Compare?

By Amelia Josephson If you’re wondering what’s a normal amount of retirement savings, you’re probably one of the 60% of Americans who either don’t think their savings are on track or aren’t sure, according to the Federal Reserve’s “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2019.” Among all adults, median retirement savings are $65,000, according to the Federal Reserve’s most recent data. The Federal Reserve also estimated that by retirement, that number would grow to an average...

November 25, 2022

Articles, Savings2022, Adequacy, Retirement Planning, US

23NovNovember 23, 2022

México en la fábrica de América del Norte y el nearshoring

Por Garrido, Celso En este estudio se analizan los procesos de inversión en México en el contexto del nearshoring producido por la relocalización de las inversiones en las cadenas globales de producción, como parte del cambio en la estructura regional de las cadenas globales de producción identificada por las fábricas globales de Europa, Asia y América del Norte, en la que está incluido México. El cambio detonado por las crisis en cuso desde 2008 abrió un debate sobre el futuro...

November 23, 2022

Caracterización del Sistema, Libros, Libros2022, América Latina, Economía Política, Inversión

23NovNovember 23, 2022

Revisión bibliográfica sobre inclusión financiera como estrategia de recuperación y de crecimiento fintech

Por Daniel Cardona Valencia El presente artículo pretende dar un acercamiento a la inclusión financiera digital desde la visión post-COVID-19 como posible herramienta de desarrollo y resiliencia. Mediante un seguimiento bibliográfico de análisis institucionales, investigaciones académicas e informes de entidades relevantes, se hace un mapeamiento de los aportes y recomendaciones sobre la temática en materia de recuperación económica. En los resultados se confirma la trascendencia de la inclusión financiera digital como elemento aportante a la reconstrucción y fortalecimiento del flujo...

November 23, 2022

Artículos, Sostenibilidad del Sistema, Sostenibilidad del Sistema, sosteninbilidad del sistema2022, América Latina, Confianza institucional, Educación Financiera

23NovNovember 23, 2022

Pensar un nuevo modelo de desarrollo para América Latina y el Caribe

Por Josette Altmann-Borbón América Latina enfrenta una situación compleja producto de una acumulación de crisis que se vienen arrastrando desde hace décadas y han venido a empeorar los graves problemas estructurales de las sociedades. Problemas como la desigualdad, la pobreza, la inequidad, la inseguridad, la degradación ambiental, las violencias, el desempleo, el crimen organizado, la corrupción y la impunidad, a los que se suman ahora los efectos negativos de la pandemia por la COVID-19 y la guerra en Ucrania, generando...

November 23, 2022

Artículos, Caracterización del Sistema, Inversión2022, América Latina, Economía Política

22NovNovember 22, 2022

P&I Research Center. Public Pension Plan Benchmarks

Prepared by: Valerie Ge, CFA Research Analyst This report intends to provide insights into the overall and asset class benchmarks selected by the 50 largest U.S. public defi ned benefi t plans. The top 50 plans are selected based on their reported U.S. DB asset totals in Pensions & Investments’ 2021 survey. Eleven out of 50 plans did not disclose enough detailed information, and 10 plans had a fi scal year ended other than June 30. Insights into the overall and...

November 22, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management, Public Pensions, Reports2022, Pension Management, Public Pensions, US

21NovNovember 21, 2022

Colombia. Los peros de los fondos privados a la propuesta de reforma pensional del Gobierno

Esta semana empezaron a darse algunas de las primeras puntadas de una controversia que seguramente será muy intensa en los próximos meses. Esa polémica tiene que ver con el futuro de las pensiones en el país. En la instalación de la subcomisión de la reforma pensional, el Gobierno Nacional presentó su borrador de propuesta que recoge las ideas que ya había expuesto en campaña el presidente Petro y que apuntan a un sistema de pilares en el que las personas...

November 21, 2022

Noticias, Noticias2022, Ahorro, Colombia, Reforma de Pensiones

21NovNovember 21, 2022

UK regulators call for action on hidden leverage threat to pension funds

Regulators and policymakers are calling for action to address the risks associated with pension funds’ use of derivatives, after key watchdogs admitted last week that they were unprepared for the crisis that hit the industry in September. The meltdown, now the focus of four separate parliamentary probes, revealed regulators did not have a reliable picture of the scale of hidden leverage in liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies, which cover about £1.4tn of the future promises made by UK defined benefit pension...

November 21, 2022

News2022, Investment, Pension Management, Regulation, Risk, UK

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