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Over the past five years, attempts to boost the global economy through reductions in interest rates have pushed up pension liabilities. Benefit cuts and hikes in retirement ages have taken place. Pension increases are lagging inflation. To rub salt in the wound, some governments have been using pension scheme assets to plug their budget deficits. Financial News outlines seven of the most extreme examples

Pensions schemes used to be crucial providers of equity finance to industry. Now they are being eyed by governments as a means to fund recovery.

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Pensions assets as a percentage of country GDP

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Ex-Fidelity star Anthony Bolton warns US stocks will have ‘day of reckoning’

JPMorgan AM ups headcount 20% in European ETF push

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Find out who is on the move in the City and beyond this week

Sidley Austin raids Latham & Watkins for 10-lawyer team in London

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CDPQ hires Sharon White to lead push in Europe

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Former chair of the John Lewis Partnership is joining the Canadian pension fund giant early next year

One of the top investors in Adani Group launched an on-market share buyback to protect its share price against the contagion from a U.S. investigation into the Indian conglomerate.

GQG Launches Buyback After Stock Tumbles on Adani Probe

The president-elect floated the idea during a Wednesday meeting with the former Fed governor.

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Trump Considers Warsh Serving as Treasury Secretary—and Then Fed Chair

The U.S. auditing watchdog voted to require certain audit firms to disclose eight new metrics ranging from auditor turnover to partner involvement and restatement history.

Large Accounting Firms Will Have to Submit Financial Statements to U.S. Regulator

The AI titan will maintain its strong lead, but complicated product rollouts, sky-high expectations and the China threat add complications to growth potential.

Nvidia Is on Top but Does It Have Anywhere to Go but Down?

Research group GfK’s measure of consumer confidence climbed to minus 18 in November’s survey from minus 21 in October.

U.K. Consumers Cheerier Ahead of Holidays as Budget, U.S. Election Jitters Fade

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