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Is the UK criticizing American pension funding “calling the kettle black”? Derek Scott v Benefit Jack
In my article yesterday, I argued that Britain was a paradigm of virtue. When it comes to organising its funded and unfunded pensions – in comparison to Chicago (and other American municipalities) I am sure it is. But the question … Continue reading
The parable of the foolish president
The American articles I’ve come across suggest that the predicted triumph of the USA in the football resulted from an internal dispute within the team – you bet it did. But this was not created by a side who had … Continue reading
You think the USA’s a good place to grow old- the Wall Street Journal disagrees.
Sometimes we forget about how Europe in general and Britain in particular , has unity within its boundaries. The United States of America don’t look too united when it comes to delivering retirement income and healthcare to their citizens. Here … Continue reading
Is the world cup screwing up your and your colleague’s working day?
A couple of days in and we are finding ourselves interested in Bosnia v Canada, Mexico v South Africa, USA v Paraguay and South Korea v the Czechs. Phones are tucked under pillows and buds put in ears, phones run … Continue reading
Are the American 401(K) participants dreaming what Donald Trump’s dreaming?
In last night’s rambling self-promotion by President Trump, we heard among other things of a huge increase in the amount that is in the 401K saver’s plans- across America I was reminded that Jack Towarnicky promised us his work that … Continue reading
Has “fiduciary” been captured by the “pension woke”?
I recently published a letter by 250 CEOs of companies asking that investment into UK companies come from pension funds, I didn’t realise this had been organised by the London Stock Exchange but now I can state that it does … Continue reading
A big question of Commonwealth emerges in our pension investment
The FT examines the empathy between Canada and British investment of pension schemes. In an article this morning with London’s Mary McDougall and Ilya Gridneff in Toronto Like the UK, Canada has been examining how to channel more pension assets to … Continue reading
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Louise Farrand and Mark Austin around the world for DCIF
In Louise Farrand we have a communication superstar. This wrap up of every country’s pension system compared against each other through the DCIF podcast is well worth listening to. Mark Austin speaks with Louise through 45 minutes of adventures with … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, DCIF, Iceland, Louise Farrand, Mark Austin, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, USA
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There’s only two Henry Tappers! (out of 800m active users of Linked in!)
It is difficult to get out of Microsoft (owners of Linkedin) how many active users there are. John Espirian reckons there are just under 800m “active” but 1.1 billion accounts. A lot (300m) of dead people, people on more than … Continue reading
Canada and Denmark have their own views of how to invest their pensions.
Free trade causes a virtuous circle in the long run between world trade and world GDP. Trade boosts GDP, which in turn spurs trade; and so on. The new equilibrium of the virtuous circle is captured by the long run … Continue reading