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Ontario, Go It Alone!!!
Bill Curry and Adrian Morrow of the Globe and Mail report, With no consensus on CPP reform, Ontario pledges to go its own way:Ontario is vowing to press ahead with its own mandatory retirement pension...
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The Dectaper Surprise?
Rick Newman, author of Rebounders: How Winners Pivot From Setback To Success, wrote an opinion piece for Yahoo Finance, The Fed is about to surprise investors:The main question this year about the...
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From Tapering to Deflation?
Daniel Worku wrote a comment for Liberty Voice, Federal Reserve System’s Mythical Taper has Finally Arrived:The Federal Reserve System’s long dreaded taper fade has finally been announced. After...
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Solving the Global Pension Crisis?
Mark Cobley of Dow Jones Financial News reports, Solving the pensions crisis across the globe:In 2014, it will be the 125th anniversary of the pension scheme. Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor who...
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Time to Short Canada?
Camilla Hall of the Financial Times reports, Short-focused fund to launch in Canada:Investors in Canada are to get the chance to bet against their own real estate market as one of the first...
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The IRS Grinch That Stole Christmas?
David Cay Johnston, contributing editor at Newsweek and columnist for Al Jazeera, National Memo and Tax Analysts, sent me his latest article, District Court Rebukes IRS Church Plan Rulings:The IRS...
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Hot Stocks of 2013 and 2014?
Mary Kristof of Kiplinger reports, Best S&P 500 Stocks of 2013:Comebacks and momentum stories dominate the list of the hottest companies in Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index this year....
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Outlook 2014: Plowing Ahead?
Johanna Kyrklund, Head of Multi-Asset Investment, wrote an article for NASDAQ, Outlook 2014: A Look at Multi-Asset Investments:"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the...
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Ontario's New Pension Plan Raising Questions?
Rick Baert of Pensions & Investments reports, Proposal for new Ontario pension plan raises lots of questions (h/t: Suzanne Bishopric);A lot of questions surround Ontario's plans to create a...
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Detroit's Deep Pension Freeze?
Reuters reports, Detroit manager freezes pension fund, creates 401k-type plan:Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has frozen the pension fund for some of the city's workers, replacing it with a...
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One Surefire Way to Cure ‘Pension Envy’?
Anne Tergesen of MarketWatch reports, 3 ways to cure ‘pension envy’:Pension envy: These days a lot of people have it – and for good reason. According to a new analysis by Hearts & Wallets, a...
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Ramping Up PE Exposure in 2014?
Louie Woodall of Risk.net reports, Insurers to ramp up private equity exposure in 2014:Insurers are rethinking their investment strategies and beginning to increase their exposure to private equity....
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Pensions Posting Dramatic Rebound?
Janet McFarland of the Globe and Mail reports, Canadian pension plans post dramatic rebound:Canadian pension plans posted a major turnaround last year as strong returns made all their “dreams come...
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The Real Wolves of Wall Street?
Nick Harding of The Independent reports, Jordan Belfort: The real Wolf of Wall Street and the men who brought him down:The pitch could have been barked by any of the "motivational-training" snake-oil...
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Dumping Structured Crap in Your Pensions?
Janet Tavakoli of Tavakoli Structured Finance sent me her latest comment, Did Banks Dump Structured Financial Products in Your Pension Fund?:Almost five years after the financial crisis, Congress...
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CalPERS Revamping its PE Portfolio?
Randall Smith of the New York Times DealBook reports, Stung by Scandal, Giant Pension Fund Tries to Make It Right (h/t, Suzanne Bishopric):After a pay-for-play scandal tarnished its reputation, the...
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The Pension Proctologist?
Jesse Burkhart of North Carolina's Triangle Business Journal reports, Here's how the SEC expert will dissect the N.C. pension fund:If you were expecting quick answers as it relates to the recently...
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Diversity in the Workplace?
Gary Burnison, Chief Executive Officer at Korn/Ferry International, posted a comment on LinkedIn, Labeled 'World's Ugliest Woman'– Would You Hire Her?:Last week, I was moved by an interview on...
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Closing the Canadian Pension Gap?
Frank Swedlove, President of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, wrote a special for the National Post, Canada cannot afford to wait any longer to close the pension gap:About one out of...
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Ontario Sticks it to the Feds!
The Toronto Star reports, Ontario recruits Paul Martin to help with provincial pension plan:Premier Kathleen Wynne has recruited former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin to help with a...
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