2023 Archives - Page 19 of 38 - Pension Policy International

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Alberta presents plan to exit Canada Pension Plan

Today, the Alberta government released a report detailing just how Alberta plans to exit the Canada Pension Plan — which would have ripple effects on all Canadians. The proposal would amount to Alberta removing more than $330 billion — or almost sixty percent — of the Canada Pension Plan’s assets. Since 1966, Canadians have confidently invested their retirement savings in the CPP. More than 650,000 Albertans are CPP beneficiaries, and Canada’s chief actuary reports that the CPP is sustainable for at...

September 22, 2023

News2023, Canada, Pension Management

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

The Future of Global Retirement

By Andrew Evans & Will Wynne Smart is a world-leading retirement technology provider. Our mission is to transform retirement, savings and financial wellbeing, across all generations, around the world. Launched in 2015, our technology platform – Keystone – serves the needs of retirement savers globally, and we are now active on four continents. Keystone is specifically designed to help governments and financial services organisations to serve their citizens' and customers' retirement saving and spending needs. Smart’s team of engineers, researchers and user...

September 22, 2023

Books, Books, Reports, Savings2023, Australia, Investment, Pension Management, savings, South Africa, UK, US

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

2023 BlackRock Read on Retirement

By Black Rock If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that burnout is real. Three years on, it turns out it’s not just a workplace side effect. BlackRock’s 2023 Read on Retirement™️ survey reveals that financial burnout is on the rise – and one for employers to watch. Today, only about half of workplace savers feel on track to retire with the lifestyle they want – a double-digit drop compared to last year and a worrisome trend since 2021. Encouragingly, though, this drop in...

September 22, 2023

Books, Books, Reports, System Characterization2023, Investment, Pension Management, US

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: social protection and quality of life of older persons

By Natalia Aranco, Mariano Bosch, Marco Stampini, Oliver Azuara Herrera, Laura Goyeneche, Pablo Ibarrarán, Deborah Oliveira, Maria Torre Retana Reyes, William D. Savedoff & Eric Torres Ramírez In this report, we analyze older persons quality of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, its relationship with social protection policies, and how these policies must adapt to respond to population aging. We create a measure of quality of life of older persons which combines healthy life expectancy and income security. For...

September 22, 2023

Aging, Books, Books, Reports2023, Aging, Latin America, Social Protection

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

2023 Retirement Plan Landscape Report

By MorningStar Millions of Americans rely on the U.S. retirement system to save and invest for their futures. Similarly, the system depends on new employers offering retirement plans to replace plan closures. Expanding access to employer-sponsored retirement plans is essential to ensuring Americans are saving enough for the future, but it’s also necessary for the current system to address its weakness. In the second iteration of our annual report, we take a comprehensive look at the overall health of the...

September 22, 2023

Books, Books, Pension Management, Reports2023, Investment, Pension Management, Political economy, US

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Population Aging and Economic Growth: From Demographic Dividend to Demographic Drag?

By Rainer Kotschy & David E. Bloom This paper examines the extent to which changes in working-age shares associated with population aging might slow economic growth in upcoming years. We first analyze the economic effects of changing working-age shares in a standard empirical growth model using country panel data from 1950–2015. We then juxtapose the estimates with predicted shifts in population age structure to project economic growth in 2020–2050. Our results indicate that population aging will slow economic growth throughout...

September 22, 2023

Aging, Articles2023, Aging, Health, Labor Market

22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Motivated Saving: The Impact of Projections on Retirement Contributions

By George Smyrnis, Hazel Bateman, Loretti Dobrescu, Ben R. Newell & Susan Thorp Projections of future benefits can assist pension plan participants prepare for retirement. Here we measure the effects of projections of retirement incomes and lump sum balances on voluntary contributions and plan interactions of retirement savers. Data from a two-year field trial in a large Australian pension plan show that the frequency and average amount of participants’ voluntary contributions and interactions with the plan rose significantly in the...

September 22, 2023

Articles, Savings2023, Behavioral Economics, savings

20SepSeptember 20, 2023

Financiamiento de los sistemas integrales de cuidados: Propuestas para América Latina y el Caribe

Por Julio Bango, Jorge Campanella & Patricia Cossani La inversión en Sistemas Integrales de Cuidados no sólo genera bienestar, también puede convertirse en un motor de la recuperación socioeconómica pues genera un triple dividendo ya que permite la creación directa e indirecta de empleo, y facilita la participación laboral de las mujeres en el mercado laboral, lo que supone un retorno de ingresos para el Estado vía impuestos y cotizaciones así como mayores ingresos para las personas y los hogares. Una...

September 20, 2023

Libros, Libros, Reportes, Sostenibilidad del Sistema, Sostenibilidad del Sistema2023, América Latina, Envejecimiento, Salud

20SepSeptember 20, 2023

Alternativas de financiamiento para el sector salud

Por Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria La CUS es que todas las personas y las comunidades tengan acceso equitativo a los servicios integrales y garantizados, que necesitan a lo largo del curso de vida, con calidad y sin dificultades financieras (OPS, 2021). Además de avanzar hacia la CUS, los sistemas de salud enfrentan el envejecimiento de la población y la respectiva transición epidemiológica que elevan los costos de la atención médica. Lograr la CUS y dar respuesta a las necesidades...

September 20, 2023

Libros, Libros, Reportes, Sostenibilidad del Sistema, Sostenibilidad del Sistema2023, Financiamiento, Mexico, Salud

20SepSeptember 20, 2023

Empleo ante el envejecimiento demográfico: ¿Cómo garantizar el derecho al trabajo para las personas adultas mayores?

Por Gobierno de México Este proceso tiene su origen en el incremento de la esperanza de vida, la disminución de las tasas de natalidad y mortandad, la urbanización y los cambios en la estructura social y familiar. En México, el porcentaje de personas mayores a 60 años actualmente es del 12%, donde el 6.4% corresponde a mujeres, debido a que este grupo tiene una mayor longevidad, lo cual se conoce como feminización de la vejez. Dadas estas cifras, los países del...

September 20, 2023

Artículos, Envejecimiento, Envejecimiento, Mercado Laboral, Mercado Laboral2023, Envejecimiento, Ingreso, Mercado Laboral, Protección Social

September 2023