Financialization Research Lab
@financialization.bsky.social
A research unit based at the Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University (Ottawa)
https://carleton.ca/financializationlab
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Another one bites the dust? Del Monte Foods in the US files for bankruptcy protection after being "stripped and flipped" by private equity.
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025... @familyfarmco.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025... @familyfarmco.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Another one bites the dust? Del Monte Foods in the US files for bankruptcy protection after being "stripped and flipped" by private equity.
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025... @familyfarmco.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2025... @familyfarmco.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @iatp.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social
Danish pension funds are major investors in a factory pig farm in Chile that locals are resisting due to pollution and other harms. Friends of the Earth is calling for the funds & the Danish government to exit and for the profits they’ve made to be given to the community
gylle.dk/pensionssels...
gylle.dk/pensionssels...
Pensionsselskaber og staten investerer i miljøskadelige svinefabrikker i udviklingslande | Gylle.dk
Den danske stat og en række danske pensionsselskaber investerer i svinefabrikker i Chile og andre lande på den globale top-10 for eksport af svinekød. Det bliver solgt som udviklingsprojekter med foku...
gylle.dk
July 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Danish pension funds are major investors in a factory pig farm in Chile that locals are resisting due to pollution and other harms. Friends of the Earth is calling for the funds & the Danish government to exit and for the profits they’ve made to be given to the community
gylle.dk/pensionssels...
gylle.dk/pensionssels...
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Predatory finance is taking over Asia Pacific—labours, farmworkers & public services are at risk.
📢Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back. Register here: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back. Register here: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Predatory finance is taking over Asia Pacific—labours, farmworkers & public services are at risk.
📢Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back. Register here: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢Join us on May 22, 12h30 Delhi/14h Jakarta/17h Sydney, to expose how private equity, pension & wealth funds exploit communities—and how we fight back. Register here: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Interested in pension funds & land grabbing? Join this deep dive into how TIAA is "investing" in farmland in Brazil to manage US workers' retirement funds - at the expense of local communities
15 April | 13:30-15:30 ET | Zoom
Register: foe.org/tiaa-webinar
@financialization.bsky.social
15 April | 13:30-15:30 ET | Zoom
Register: foe.org/tiaa-webinar
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April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Interested in pension funds & land grabbing? Join this deep dive into how TIAA is "investing" in farmland in Brazil to manage US workers' retirement funds - at the expense of local communities
15 April | 13:30-15:30 ET | Zoom
Register: foe.org/tiaa-webinar
@financialization.bsky.social
15 April | 13:30-15:30 ET | Zoom
Register: foe.org/tiaa-webinar
@financialization.bsky.social
Nonprofit hospitals are building tax-exempt real estate empires — and working to crush politicians who stand in their way.
www.levernews.com/paging-dr-la...
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Paging Dr. Land Baron
Nonprofit hospitals are building tax-exempt real estate empires — and working to crush politicians who stand in their way.
www.levernews.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nonprofit hospitals are building tax-exempt real estate empires — and working to crush politicians who stand in their way.
www.levernews.com/paging-dr-la...
www.levernews.com/paging-dr-la...
📣 #Webinaralert
Tomorrow! Do join us!
26 March 14:30-16:00 ET / 18:30-20:00 GMT
Interpretation to English, French & Spanish
Register on Zoom: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Tomorrow! Do join us!
26 March 14:30-16:00 ET / 18:30-20:00 GMT
Interpretation to English, French & Spanish
Register on Zoom: world-psi.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
How are agricultural land grabs in Brazil linked to Canadian workers' wage deferrals? Through the investments of Canadian pension funds. Join our webinar on 26 March to discuss more examples from around the world: @financialization.bsky.social publicservices.international/resources/ev...
March 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🚨 Les fonds de pension investissent souvent dans l'accaparement des terres ou la privatisation des services. Comment bénéficier de retraites justes sans contribuer à des pratiques financières prédatrices ? Rejoignez-nous le 26/03 à 18h30 GMT: carleton.ca/financializa... @lessoulevements.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨 Les fonds de pension investissent souvent dans l'accaparement des terres ou la privatisation des services. Comment bénéficier de retraites justes sans contribuer à des pratiques financières prédatrices ? Rejoignez-nous le 26/03 à 18h30 GMT: carleton.ca/financializa... @lessoulevements.bsky.social
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California teachers pension plan + Microsoft pour $175mn into Al Gore's private equity fund, which will target Brazil, Australia and the US for carbon farming farmlandgrab.org/32708 @tiaadivest.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social @familyfarmco.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
Just Climate secures $175m to invest in agricultural decarbonization
Al Gore-backed private equity firm Just Climate has secured its first round of funding from two major global investors to begin investing in solutions aimed at reducing agricultural emissions.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
California teachers pension plan + Microsoft pour $175mn into Al Gore's private equity fund, which will target Brazil, Australia and the US for carbon farming farmlandgrab.org/32708 @tiaadivest.bsky.social @financialization.bsky.social @familyfarmco.bsky.social @usrighttoknow.bsky.social
Lab launch event: Confrontations with pension fund capitalism, Wed March 26 (14:30) launch event at Carleton
Panel: the CPPIB Orpea scandal (for profit LTC), Cdn pension funds in water and energy privatization, + Chile’s mass movement for pension reform
To register:
carleton.ca/financializa...
Panel: the CPPIB Orpea scandal (for profit LTC), Cdn pension funds in water and energy privatization, + Chile’s mass movement for pension reform
To register:
carleton.ca/financializa...
Financialization Research Lab - Financialization Lab
Welcome to the new homepage of the Financialization Research Lab, a research unit based at the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. Mark your calendars and register now! Launch event...
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March 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Lab launch event: Confrontations with pension fund capitalism, Wed March 26 (14:30) launch event at Carleton
Panel: the CPPIB Orpea scandal (for profit LTC), Cdn pension funds in water and energy privatization, + Chile’s mass movement for pension reform
To register:
carleton.ca/financializa...
Panel: the CPPIB Orpea scandal (for profit LTC), Cdn pension funds in water and energy privatization, + Chile’s mass movement for pension reform
To register:
carleton.ca/financializa...