The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund prides itself on being open about its investments, publishing monthly reports that provide more timely information than most other state and local government pension plans across the country.
But like many plans, Oregon’s state pension fund is perpetually hungry for high returns on its investments — higher than it expects from stocks and bonds alone.
So Oregon’s plan has been pouring money into private equity funds that are, by definition, illiquid and opaque. Those
Arsenal star Nicolas Pepe has reportedly had his contract terminated ahead of a switch to Besiktas. The winger is one of the players surplus to requirements at the Emirates Stadium and now looks set to finally depart.
The Ivorian arrived at Arsenal to huge fanfare in 2019 but has been unable to justify his £72million price tag. He bagged eight goals on loan at Nice last season and will leave Arsenal having not played in a competitive game for the
Italy said on Thursday (27 July) it planned to use EU money to fund an investment programme worth around €19 billion to strengthen power and gas grids and make its economy greener.
The move is part of efforts by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to present a revised post-COVID recovery plan to European Union authorities next month.
“There will be a serious face-off with the European Commission,” EU Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto said during a press conference.
Italy is due to
While climate adaptation plans across European cities are improving, a lack of funding and staff shortages still deter municipalities from investing in climate mitigation and adaptation measures, a European Investment Bank (EIB) survey found.
While climate adaptation in urban settings has improved in the last decades, a number of issues remain when implementing climate investment plans.
“A lack of funding continues to pose a significant deterrent for municipalities when it comes to planning investment, alongside lengthy and uncertain regulatory processes,”
Nearly one million young adults are owed a share of a £1.7billion savings pot, a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found.
The money is wrapped up in forgotten-about Child Trust Funds (CTF) and it’s estimated that the average value of unclaimed accounts is around £1,900 each.
CTFs are tax-free savings accounts, which were set up for all eligible children in the UK who were born between September 1, 2002, and January 2, 2011. The accounts can be
Politicians desperate to kickstart economic growth are pondering how to co-opt the nation’s pension savings to boost investment in UK plc.
Both the Tories and Labour are looking at ways to channel the trillions of pounds stashed in retirement funds into ‘productive’ and – this is key – homegrown investments.
There is apparently a cross-party consensus that the Government is strapped for cash, higher interest rates make it too expensive to borrow much more, and pension funds are sitting on
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Slowenien hat nach monatelangen Verzögerungen, die der Regierung heftige Kritik einbrachten, die erste Finanzierung aus der Aufbau- und Resilienzfazilität der EU in Höhe von 50 Millionen Euro erhalten, da die Finanzierung im vergangenen Herbst erfolgen sollte.
Die Europäische Kommission bestätigte die Übertragung am Donnerstag, nachdem Slowenien die erforderlichen Meilensteine in den Bereichen Reformen zur Förderung der digitalen Transformation, Verbesserung des Geschäftsumfelds und des Audit- und Kontrollsystems erreicht hatte.
„Weitere Meilensteine betreffen Investitionen in Low-Power-Prozessoren und Halbleiterchips sowie in gemeinsame europäische
Mehr Umweltschutz ist seit langem erklärtes Ziel der EU bei der Umsetzung von Agrarsubventionen. Solche Ambitionen haben jedoch nicht die gewünschten Umweltauswirkungen erbracht, argumentieren zwei Forscher.
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Alle sieben Jahre verständigen sich die europäischen Gesetzgeber auf das milliardenschwere EU-Förderprogramm für landwirtschaftliche Betriebe, die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik (GAP). Insbesondere die beiden vergangenen Reformen – die diesjährige und die 2014er – brachten erweiterte Versprechungen zur Rolle der GAP im Umwelt- und Klimaschutz.
Doch diese Maßnahmen haben nicht den
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