If the UK doesn’t want to lose London’s role as one of the great magnets for world capital, there are some ugly choices to weigh up.
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The potential gains may be great, but the risks of softer regulation are pretty big too.
Canadian financial institutions — banks, pension funds and private equity firms — fund the fossil fuel industry and are therefore helping fuel the climate crisis. Why won’t Ottawa hold them to account?
If the Bank of England extends its rescue scheme for the bonds market beyond October 14, all bets are off.
Here are the threats being faced by banks, companies and investment funds.
In the teeth of the crackdown on foreign listed companies, Ant Group has opted for Hong Kong – ultimately to the cost of American savers.
Investors who care about the environment are better off holding shares in and exercising their influence over fossil fuel companies.
The fact that so many Canadian pension funds are tied to oil and gas companies is a deeply structural form of racialized oppression and a denial of Indigenous rights.
A recent study suggests that divesting in fossil fuels not only allows investors to address their climate change concerns, it also reduces financial risks and increases financial returns.
Fossil fuel divestment apparently works. Research suggests announcements of divestments have a significant impact on the fossil fuel industry’s share prices.
Too much money, too few targets. Is the golden child of the 1980s starting to look long in the tooth?
Sears Canada’s bankruptcy should alert employees and regulators alike to rethink defined-benefit pensions.
Universities have the power to transform society not just through how they operate their campuses, but also through how they invest their endowments and pensions funds.
The federal government could save about A$1 billion a year by changing three unfair tax breaks for older Australians, a new report says.
Pension fund managers must consider environmental, social and governance issues when making investment decisions. The student funding crisis is a perfect example of a social issue.
The 2008 financial crisis exposed major gaps in central banks’ operations. New features like quantitative easing have since emerged.
Efforts to break our financial addiction to the energy sector might find useful lessons in the slow decline of tobacco.
Sovereign Wealth Funds have about $7 trillion to invest in the companies we work for – and new research shows that the biggest of them brings some extra benefits.
Private equity is becoming much less private these days. But it is still not clear who will benefit from this new-found openness and accessibility. Not so long ago, private equity operated largely outside…
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