Entries from Chemicals & The Economy tagged with 'pensions'
Pension risks growing as pretence continues "all will be well"
We all hope to live long enough to receive a pension. But few of us have any real idea of how much money is needed to fund our retirement. Many happily assume that savings of $250k, for example, will easily...
Most pension funds have negative returns since 2007
The chart above should be of great interest to anyone who hopes to retire on a pension. It should also be required reading for any executives planning their business portfolio for the future. Published by the Financial Times, it shows...
Oil markets break out of their 'triangle'
There has never been any fundamental basis for the rise in oil prices over the past 3 years: • At no time has there been any actual shortage of product • In fact, inventories have always been at comfortable levels...
Europe's €30trn pension fund 'hole'
Pensions were one of the great inventions of the past century. Now the European Central Bank (ECB) has issued a 'wake-up call' on the affordability issues that lie ahead. The reason is very simple. As we note in 'Boom, Gloom...
Pensions fall as financial market turmoil continues
Increasing life expectancy is an enormous benefit for today's population. We can all, whether in developed or developing countries, expect to live a decade or more longer than our grandparents' generation. Yet pension systems haven't adapted to this change. The...
Lower earnings, pensions, hit US consumers
Wall Street analysts have their bonuses to consider at this time of year. So it is no surprise that they are talking up the prospects for the Christmas season - the peak shopping period of the year in the West....
Low Western pensions will change demand patterns
Next week, the blog publishes Chapter 5 of its 'Boom, Gloom and the New Normal' eBook, co-authored with John Richardson. This looks in detail at the major changes taking place in demand patterns as the BabyBoomers (those born between 1956-70)...
Whisky Galore for pensioners
The pension funding crisis is causing problems for companies, as life expectancy increases. So the blog was interested to learn that drinks giant Diageo is to hand over whisky worth £500m ($750m) to its pension fund, to help bridge the...
Feed Subscription
If you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to a feed of all future entries tagged 'pensions'. [What is this?]
