Newsmakers

Nordics Change Rules to Ease Pension Burden

Denmark has allowed the country’s pension funds to change the discount rate they employ to calculate their liabilities a week after Sweden implemented a similar reform.

Why Raise the Retirement Age At All?

More people are working well past the age they are officially allowed to retire – do we all have a greater work ethic these days or is it a sign of impending pension doom?

Market Woes Hit Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation, ailing from lackluster returns on its capital, has slashed the money it will offer to prize recipients by 20%.

CIC Pulling Back from Europe, Says Chief

The CEO and chairman of China Investment Corporation has said that risks of a Eurozone break-up are so acute that the giant sovereign wealth fund has begun unwinding its holdings of European fixed income and equity.