Argentina – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Argentine Senate passes pension spending increase in a blow to President Milei’s radical austerity https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/argentine-senate-passes-pension-spending-increase-in-a-blow-to-president-mileis-radical-austerity/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=159471 Argentina’s Senate defied President Javier Milei to push through an increase to pension spending that would cost at least 0.4 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product, dealing a blow to his tough austerity program. The bill, which already swept through the lower house in June, passed the Senate in a 61-8 vote. All […]

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]]> FTSE Russell set to add Chinese government bonds to world government bond index https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/ftse-set-to-add-chinese-government-bonds-to-global-fixed-income-index/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/ftse-set-to-add-chinese-government-bonds-to-global-fixed-income-index/#respond Fri, 25 Sep 2020 07:54:32 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/ftse-set-to-add-chinese-government-bonds-to-global-fixed-income-index/ Chinese government bonds are set to be included in the FTSE Russell world government bond index. The changes came off the back of the index provider’s latest country classification review, with the inclusion reflecting China’s ongoing progress toward market reforms and increased access for global investors, according to FTSE Russell. The inclusion is scheduled to […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/ftse-set-to-add-chinese-government-bonds-to-global-fixed-income-index/feed/ 0 Romania, Tanzania see changes in FTSE Russell’s latest country classification review https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/romania-tanzania-see-changes-in-ftse-russells-latest-country-classification-review/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/romania-tanzania-see-changes-in-ftse-russells-latest-country-classification-review/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 06:50:55 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/romania-tanzania-see-changes-in-ftse-russells-latest-country-classification-review/ Romania will be reclassified from a frontier to a secondary emerging market and Tanzania will become a frontier market, effective September 2020, according to the equity side of FTSE Russell’s latest classification review. Argentina was removed from the watch list for potential reclassification as a secondary emerging market because it has imposed capital controls. And […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/romania-tanzania-see-changes-in-ftse-russells-latest-country-classification-review/feed/ 0 What Argentina’s historic market crash means for institutional investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-argentinas-historic-market-crash-means-for-institutional-investors/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-argentinas-historic-market-crash-means-for-institutional-investors/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 06:04:53 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-argentinas-historic-market-crash-means-for-institutional-investors/ On Aug. 13, after Argentina’s primary elections took a different direction than markets expected, the country’s stocks suffered one of the most dramatic crashes in global history. “It was a super unusual reaction,” says Jim Barrineau, head of emerging market debt at Schroders Investment Management Ltd. He notes the market crash was especially bizarre because […]

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