Covid-19 only 'short-term' delay in demographic shift to aging population

Global population will consist of 1.6 billion people aged 65 or older by 2050

Martin Richmond
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Covid-19 only 'short-term' delay in demographic shift to aging population

The Covid-19 pandemic was a “short-term” interruption in a shift towards an increasingly aging population which will put increased pressure on pension systems across the globe, research by Allianz has found.

The company's second edition of its global pension report, Reforming against the demographic clock, analysed 75 pension systems around the globe using its Allianz Pension Index (API) to assess the ...

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