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12MarMarch 12, 2025

Stocks are down. What does this mean for older, younger Americans with 401(k)s?

Stocks tumbled this week amid growing concerns over the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The benchmark S&P 500 avoided correction territory ‒ defined as at least a 10% decline from a recent high ‒ and ended the day down 0.76% at 5,572.07 points, up from a daily low of 5,528.41. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 1.14%, while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.18%. Investment strategists told USA TODAY that the recent dip is no reason for Americans with retirement accounts such as 401(k)s...

March 12, 2025

News, SliderInvestment, US

12MarMarch 12, 2025

South Africa . Ramaphosa assures MPs pension funds used to invest in infrastructure will be protected

President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured MPs that the funds of pensioners that will be used to invest in infrastructure will be protected and safeguarded. He said that amendments to pension fund legislation and regulations had created room for these investments to be made into the country’s infrastructure. Ramaphosa was responding to oral questions in the National Assembly on issues around growing the economy. "They are not state resources. To facilitate in infrastructure investment, government needs to provide those savers with a reasonable...

March 12, 2025

News, SliderInvestment, Pension Management, South Africa

12MarMarch 12, 2025

UK. How US stock market falls could affect your pension – and what to do about it

Stock markets in the US fell sharply on Monday, with worries about the economic impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs thought to be behind the dip. The S&P 500, a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 of the largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States, was down over 8 per cent at close on Monday compared to its all-time high in February. The Nasdaq, which focuses more on technology stocks, also dipped, as did Asian markets at...

March 12, 2025

News, SliderInvestment, UK

11MarMarch 11, 2025

Pension funds should take climate risk more seriously, say experts

Pressure is mounting on pension funds to take more account of climate change risks, with campaigners calling on trustees to make sustainable investment decisions and use their voting power to push companies they invest in to go green. They also want governments to consider tighter regulation to force transparency. The push comes as some big pension funds are already taking more action on climate despite US president Donald Trump’s hostility to ESG, and some companies are backtracking on climate commitments...

March 11, 2025

News, SliderClimate crisis, Investment

10MarMarch 10, 2025

AFC chief pushes to unlock billions from African pension funds

The African Finance Corporation said it is accelerating efforts to mobilise the continent’s own money for investments, and tapping investors in the Middle East and Asia, as developing nations grapple with seismic shifts in geopolitics and funding flows. Samaila Zubairu, chief executive of the AFC – a development finance institution owned by Nigeria’s central bank and other African financial institutions – said in an interview the lender is ready to weather a world in which the United States and Europe...

March 10, 2025

News, SliderAfrica, Investment

05MarMarch 5, 2025

The 2023 Latin America report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for health-centred climate-resilient development

By Stella M. Hartinger, Yasna K. Palmeiro-Silva, Camila Llerena-Cayo, Luciana Blanco-Villafuerte, Luis E. Escobar, Avriel Diaz, Juliana Helo Sarmiento, Andrés G. Lescano, Oscar Melo, David Rojas-Rueda, Bruno Takahashi, Max Callaghan, Francisco Chesini, Shouro Dasgupta, Carolina Gil Posse, Nelson Gouveia, Aline Martins de Carvalho, Zaray Miranda-Chacón, Nahid Mohajeri, Chrissie Pantoja, Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Maria Fernanda Salas, Raquel Santiago, Enzo Sauma, Mauricio Santos-Vega, Daniel Scamman, Milena Sergeeva, Tatiana Souza de Camargo, Cecilia Sorensen, Juan D. Umaña, Marisol Yglesias-González, Maria Walawender,...

March 5, 2025

Articles, Pension design2023, Aging, Climate crisis, Healthcare, Investment, Latin America

05MarMarch 5, 2025

The European country tearing up its pensions – and why Britain should take note

Apathy rules supreme in workplace pensions. Almost 30 million people work in the UK’s private sector and for many, a pension contribution is just another line on the monthly payslip. It’s precisely this mindset that government ministers were counting on when they introduced auto-enrolment in 2012, forcing employers into offering workplace pensions but leaving employees with the final decision. The hunch proved to be well-founded. Although workers can opt out at any time, very few have. Within a decade, the proportion with a workplace...

March 5, 2025

News, SliderAI, Innovation, Investment

05MarMarch 5, 2025

‘Trump can’t tell people where to invest their money’

One of Donald Trump’s first acts on returning to the White House was to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, and he has long railed against environmental, social and governance investment and “woke capitalism”, having rolled back more than 100 environmental rules and policies in his first term. So there is an understandable fear that Trump’s stance will slow momentum towards meeting net-zero targets and reduce sustainable investment around the world. Multiple financial institutions have withdrawn from net-zero alliances set...

March 5, 2025

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05MarMarch 5, 2025

US Public Pension Funds Increased Allocations to Fixed Income in 2024

US public pension funds are raising their fixed-income allocations, but with equities still holding the largest share of portfolios, US small- and mid-cap stocks could present an opportunity, according to the National Conference on Public Employees Retirement System (NCPERS). Data from 201 US public pension funds revealed that while allocations to other asset classes declined in the first half of 2024, fixed-income investments saw a sharp increase. Equities remained the largest part of pension portfolios, averaging a 41.5% allocation, though this was down...

March 5, 2025

News, SliderInvestment, US

04MarMarch 4, 2025

UK. DB schemes reconsidering long-term strategies amid market changes

Defined benefit (DB) pension schemes may be reconsidering their endgame strategies in light of recent market movements, PwC has said, after its Low Reliance Index continued to show a record surplus position, rising to £180bn in February 2025. PwC’s Buyout Index also recorded a surplus position of £90bn, demonstrating that DB pensions schemes continue to have, on average, sufficient assets to buyout their pension promises. PwC head of investment strategy, Sam Seadon, noted that there has been "something of a roller...

March 4, 2025

News, SliderDefined Benefit, Investment, Pension Management, UK

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