UK pension funds do not perform as well as their counterparts in some other countries.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves wants pension funds in the UK to invest in the same way as they do in Canada. But can it work?
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If you start to plan for your retirement now, your future self will thank you for it.
If you plan for retirement now, you’ll have less of a shock waiting for you in future.
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It may seem like a long time away but having an idea of how much income you’ll need to survive on in future is crucial.
The upgraded Kudube pedestrian bridge in Hammanskraal, South Africa.
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Development finance addresses the failures or limitations of financial institutions such as commercial and investment banks.
London Stock Exchange: not many buyers.
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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.
Wearing a protective mask, a dog walker ventures out as heavy smoke from northern Alberta forest fires blankets downtown Calgary on May 16, 2023.
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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?
Andrew Bailey, the embattled governor of the Bank of England.
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If the Bank of England extends its rescue scheme for the bonds market beyond October 14, all bets are off.
Unsettling times.
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Here are the threats being faced by banks, companies and investment funds.
Ant Group is the payments powerhouse behind Alibaba.
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In the teeth of the crackdown on foreign listed companies, Ant Group has opted for Hong Kong – ultimately to the cost of American savers.
Contradictory messaging.
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Investors who care about the environment are better off holding shares in and exercising their influence over fossil fuel companies.
Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline set up a support station near Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., in January 2020.
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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.
Suncor’s plant in the oilsands in Fort McMurray Alta. Divesting in fossil fuels can not only help combat climate change, but can also increase investors’ returns, according to a new analysis.
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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.
A polar bear walks over sea ice floating in the Victoria Strait in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in July 2017. Research suggests that divesting in fossil fuels could help nations meet their climate change goals.
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Fossil fuel divestment apparently works. Research suggests announcements of divestments have a significant impact on the fossil fuel industry’s share prices.
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Too much money, too few targets. Is the golden child of the 1980s starting to look long in the tooth?
Shoppers browse at a Sears Canada store in Toronto in October after the company began liquidation sales. Its retirement funds are short $308 million, forcing a 19 per cent cut to employee pensions.
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Sears Canada’s bankruptcy should alert employees and regulators alike to rethink defined-benefit pensions.
The Rhodes Must Fall movement accused the University of Cape Town of having blood on its hands for investing in the mining company Lonmin.
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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.
Many seniors pay less than younger workers on the same income as a result of special tax breaks for seniors.
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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 funds could be a powerful source of higher education financing.
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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 world changed dramatically after the 2008 financial crisis and central banks are adjusting.
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The 2008 financial crisis exposed major gaps in central banks’ operations. New features like quantitative easing have since emerged.