December 2023
21Dec

UK. Good News — The UK’s Pensions Black Hole Is No More

By John Stepek   Welcome to Money Distilled. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. The good news on UK corporate pensions Merryn talks to Kokou Agbo-Bloua, global head of economics, cross-asset and quant research about the outlook for 2024, and why he thinks a slowdown in the US is inevitable. But what should you buy? There was a story over on our Markets Live blog yesterday that caught my eye, as I’d missed...

December 21, 2023
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21Dec

UK. 2023’s pension proposals need political consensus

At a technical level, not an awful lot changed in the world of pensions in 2023, but a huge number of changes have been proposed – and some of those are seismic. Perhaps the most significant of those in the first half of the year was the announcement by chancellor Jeremy Hunt that the lifetime allowance would be scrapped, followed within minutes by the pledge from the opposition that it would be reinstated should they gain power. As it was, the charge was...

December 21, 2023
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21Dec

México frena solicitud de arbitraje sobre energías renovables de fondos canadienses

El gobierno mexicano informó el miércoles que detuvo una solicitud de arbitraje internacional contra el país interpuesta en materia de energías renovables por los fondos de inversión canadienses Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) y CDP Groupe Infrastructures Inc.Los reclamos fueron registrados el 15 de diciembre ante el Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones (CIADI), del Banco Mundial, según el portal del organismo, e invocan el Tratado Integral y Progresista de Asociación Transpacífico (TIPAT). La Secretaría de Economía informó en un comunicado del...

December 21, 2023
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21Dec

Santiago Peña sanciona polémica ley de pensiones en Paraguay

El presidente de Paraguay, Santiago Peña, sancionó este jueves (14.12.2023) una ley que crea la Superintendencia de Pensiones y Jubilaciones como institución reguladora de las entidades públicas y privadas, cuyo debate parlamentario desató protestas y movilizaciones convocadas por sindicatos, personas jubiladas y gremios de trabajadores en el país. Un día después de que la Cámara de Diputados avalara el proyecto de ley entre manifestaciones y cortes de rutas en distintos puntos del territorio paraguayo, Peña rubricó el texto, que fue publicado de inmediato en la Gaceta Oficial. "Se está...

December 21, 2023
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19Dec

La informalidad laboral y el desastre de las pensiones

Por Santiago Levy  Durante dos décadas, a partir de los años noventa, los países de América Latina y el Caribe se enzarzaron en un debate a propósito de cuál sería el tipo de sistema de pensión que mejor proveería para los ciudadanos jubilados. Se preveía que las poblaciones envejecerían rápidamente. Los presupuestos eran ajustados y las tasas de ahorro privado y nacional eran bajas. Había que encontrar una manera de garantizar las jubilaciones a la vez que se aumentaba el...

December 19, 2023
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19Dec

Once propuestas para aumentar la cobertura previsional contributiva en América Latina

Por Federación Internacional de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones Debido al bajo porcentaje de trabajadores que efectivamente cotizan en los programas contributivos de pensiones, en promedio el 60% de los adultos mayores de 65 años en la región latinoamericana no recibe una pensión contributiva. Ante este panorama, surge el desafío de aumentar la cobertura previsional contributiva. En el documento se destacan 11 propuestas que permiten lograr ese objetivo. Las primeras 5 son: Promover el desarrollo económico de forma sostenida mediante...

December 19, 2023
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15Dec

Pensions at a Glance 2023: OECD and G20 Indicators

By OECD The 2023 edition of Pensions at a Glance highlights the pension reforms undertaken by OECD countries over the last two years. It includes a special chapter focusing on pension provisions for hazardous or arduous work. It describes existing rules, characterises recent policy trends and assesses the design and functioning of early-retirement rules for hazardous or arduous jobs given changing working conditions and ageing pressure on pension systems. This edition also updates information on the key features of pension provision in...

December 15, 2023
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15Dec

Retirement Trajectories and Social Security’s Retirement Earnings Test

By Bob Joondeph Chair, Nancy J. Altman, Jagadeesh Gokhale & Amy Shuart Social Security’s retirement earnings test (RET) temporarily withholds or reduces the Social Security benefits of people below full retirement age (FRA) who work and earn above a certain threshold while collecting retirement benefits. Those benefits are increased at FRA to account for the months when benefits were withheld or reduced under the RET. The legislative intent of the RET, which has been part of the law since Social...

December 15, 2023
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15Dec

Priorities for social security Global 2022 Trends, challenges and solutions

By International Social Security Association The report Priorities for social security – Global 2022: Trends, challenges and solutions presents a global perspective on social security developments and trends, challenges and innovations, based on the series of reports for Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. The global report is presented in a new and interactive format, a digital, web-based publication that allows members of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) to easily navigate between sections of interest. The...

December 15, 2023
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15Dec

Working Without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work

By Datta Namita,Rong Chen, Singh Sunamika, Stinshoff Clara, Iacob Nadina, Nigatu Natnael Simachew, Nxumalo Mpumelelo & Klimaviciute Luka Online gig work poses both opportunities and challenges for governments and workers. On the upside, it offers prospects for income generation, especially in developing countries, where most people work in low-productivity, low-quality, often informal jobs. The virtual and often temporary nature of gig work also provides flexibility for often neglected groups such as women, youth, migrants, and people with disabilities. These jobs...

December 15, 2023
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