Édgar Robles
Costa Ricabusiness executiveMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Édgar Robles is a former head of the Superintendencia de Pensiones (Supén) in Costa Rica, known for his insights on pension fund management and investment strategies. Recently, he was in the news discussing the impacts of Donald Trump's tariffs on the financial markets and the subsequent effects on the Régimen Obligatorio de Pensión Complementaria (ROP), highlighting the potential for significant losses in pension investments.
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Édgar Robles explained that the recovery of the funds is due to a normalization of international financial markets.
Pensiones ROP se recuperan tras minusvalías: fondos crecen y rendimientos repuntan en abrilCosta Rica· 2026-06-01Edgar Robles expressed that greater diversification, while it could increase the fund's returns, would not solve the structural sustainability problem of the regime.
Supén advierte riesgo por concentración de inversiones del IVM en bonos de GobiernoCosta Rica· 2026-02-19
Édgar Robles was the superintendent of pensions who predicted the collapse of the IVM regime.
Editorial: IVM: crónica de una muerte anunciadaCosta Rica· 2026-02-12Edgar Robles explained that independent workers are at a disadvantage regarding pension contributions.
La pesadilla de ser trabajador independiente: ¿La burocracia empuja a Costa Rica a la informalidad?Costa Rica· 2025-10-05
Edgar Robles is involved with Fresenius Medical Care in Mexico.
El polémico contrato de mil millones del ISSSTE
Mexico· 2025-08-27
Édgar Robles, the former superintendent of pensions, stated that any past losses in the Mandatory Pension Regime are fully recovered.
Exjerarca de Supén sobre ROP: ‘Cualquier tipo de pérdida que hubo en el pasado está totalmente recuperada’Costa Rica· 2025-07-26Édgar Robles agreed that the limit should disappear for better investment by the operators.
Operadoras de pensiones abogan por eliminar el tope de inversiones en el extranjeroCosta Rica· 2025-07-17
Édgar Robles comentó que esos grupos de edades empezaron a tener un mejor conocimiento de estos fondos voluntarios.
Pensiones voluntarias crecen con fuerza entre un grupo de la población, conozca el porquéCosta Rica· 2025-06-02
Édgar Robles, exsuperintendente de Pensiones, commented that no pension system should pass the bill of its imbalance to the general population through higher taxes or interest rates.
Tormenta perfecta: las debacles en las pensiones del IVM y el Poder Judicial ocurrirán en la misma fechaCosta Rica· 2025-05-12
Édgar Robles, a former superintendent of pensions, noted that the current situation resembles the yield drop experienced in 2022 and 2023.
Pensionados perdieron hasta ¢13 millones por caída del ROP en 2022: ¿puede volver a pasar?Costa Rica· 2025-04-08
Édgar Robles, former head of Supén, noted that the situation with ROP resources will first affect external investments.
La caída de los mercados por aranceles de Trump ya impactan al ROP: estas son las afectacionesCosta Rica· 2025-04-08
