Pension Power : : Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada /

Pension Power : : Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada / / Isla Carmichael.

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Canadian pension fund assets are second in size only to the combined financial assets of the major banks and have become a critical source of capital for national and international markets. Given their tax-exempt status, pension funds can provide the long-term capital needed to build a new economy b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Carmichael, Isla,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2005
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (225 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • 1. The Development of Unions and Workplace Pension Plans
  • 2. The 'Prudent Man' Rule and Maximum Rate of Return
  • 3. The Expansion of Capital Markets
  • 4. Shareholder Activism
  • 5. Unions, Social Investment, and Corporate Accountability
  • 6. Value, Capital Accumulation, and Radical Accounting
  • 7. Venture Capital, Economically Targeted Investment, and Economic Development
  • Part 2
  • 8. A Case Study of Concert
  • 9. Carpenters and Concert: Social Accounting Models
  • 10. Collingwood and Concert: Union and Community
  • Part 3
  • 11. Accounting for Social Investment
  • 12. Two Models for Union Control of Pension Funds
  • 13. Education and Research
  • 14. Future Research
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Canadas Top 23 Pension Funds
  • References
  • Cases Cited
  • Index

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