AAE´s paper «The ageing of the UE-implications for pensions», awarded

The AAE paper, “The ageing of the EU – implications for pensions” was shortlisted in the “Best Pensions Paper 2016 (Europe)” Award category as “Highly Commended” in Savvy Investor Awards 2016. This discussion paper analyses some of the key features of “The 2015 Ageing Report” and “The 2015 Pension Adequacy Report”, published in 2015 by the European Commission. It comments on the underlying population projections and the scope for differences of view and then considers what the projections tel...
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OECD publishes Pensions Outlook 2016

The 2016 OECD Pensions Outlook analyses how the pensions landscape is changing in the face of challenges that include ageing populations, the fallout from the financial and economic crisis, and the current environment of low economic growth and low returns. The report shows that there were 13 OECD countries in which assets in funded pensions represented more than 50% of GDP in 2015, up from 10 in the early 2000s. Over the same period, the number of OECD countries where assets in funded privat...
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AAE and IAA in Joint Discussion Forum with ILO and ISSA in Geneva

For the last 6 years, the Actuarial Association of Europe (AAE) and the International Actuarial Association (IAA) have organized a discussion forum together with two important international bodies -the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the International Social Security Association (ISSA). The purpose of this forum is to exchange views on current projects and issues, and to seek further areas of collaboration -all to help improve the soundness of decisions being made on societal issue...
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EIOPA advises on development of EU single market for personal pension products

EIOPA has today published the final Advice on the further development of a single European Union market for personal pension products (PPPs). This Advice completes the European Commission’s Call for Advice on how the European Union-wide framework for personal pensions can be further developed. EIOPA confirms its views that, in a highly heterogeneous market for personal pension products and complementary pension savings in Europe, harmonising Directives and rules across the different relevant ...
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En 2030, la brecha entre cotizantes y jubilados aumentará en un 21,1%.

Las últimas previsiones del Instituto de Actuarios Españoles (IAE) apuntan, en caso de no continuar con las reformas necesarias, a un aumento del gasto público en pensiones  debido al incremento de la brecha entre cotizantes y jubilados. Según este organismo, en 2030 el ratio cotizante-pensionista será de 1,5, frente al 1,8 actual. Asimismo, el factor de sostenibilidad se verá estresado por el incremento de la esperanza de vida, que, según los datos del IAE, cada día que pasa aumenta 4,8 horas a...
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