Joonsik(Joon) Kim
@joonsikkim.bsky.social
#Sociology Ph.D. candidate @UofT | Studying social monies. Dissertation on the financialization of national pensions in the U.S., Canada, and South Korea.
https://joonsikkim.com/
https://joonsikkim.com/
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For reasons, checking in on foreign official holdings of US treasuries at the Fed. Now down $100 billion since 'Liberation day'. Note: That latest data point with the biggest weekly drop yet is from *before* Trump's attempted firing of the Fed governor.
Next release will be interesting (Thursday).
Next release will be interesting (Thursday).
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
For reasons, checking in on foreign official holdings of US treasuries at the Fed. Now down $100 billion since 'Liberation day'. Note: That latest data point with the biggest weekly drop yet is from *before* Trump's attempted firing of the Fed governor.
Next release will be interesting (Thursday).
Next release will be interesting (Thursday).
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What shapes fossil-fuel investment decisions?
What are pension funds’ climate considerations?
And how does the portfolio risk concept influence these issues?
Excited to see my paper "The dark side of diversification: Passive finance and fossil-fuel investment" published in @finandsoc.bsky.social!
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What are pension funds’ climate considerations?
And how does the portfolio risk concept influence these issues?
Excited to see my paper "The dark side of diversification: Passive finance and fossil-fuel investment" published in @finandsoc.bsky.social!
🧵
July 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What shapes fossil-fuel investment decisions?
What are pension funds’ climate considerations?
And how does the portfolio risk concept influence these issues?
Excited to see my paper "The dark side of diversification: Passive finance and fossil-fuel investment" published in @finandsoc.bsky.social!
🧵
What are pension funds’ climate considerations?
And how does the portfolio risk concept influence these issues?
Excited to see my paper "The dark side of diversification: Passive finance and fossil-fuel investment" published in @finandsoc.bsky.social!
🧵
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In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition?
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
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@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition?
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
🧵
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
🧵
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Seven of Canada’s largest pension funds remain committed to net-zero by 2050. Last week, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned its 2022 commitment to invest the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in line with achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
As CPPIB backslides on climate, other Canadian pension giants remain committed to net-zero — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Last week, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned its 2022 commitment to invest the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in line with achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. The unaccep...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Seven of Canada’s largest pension funds remain committed to net-zero by 2050. Last week, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned its 2022 commitment to invest the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in line with achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
What explains the rise of doctors in Taiwan's party politics? In my first publication with Sida Liu, we argue that a symbiotic alliance between an empowered medical association and a weak political party facilitated the rise of doctor-politicians.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HD88W...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HD88W...
May 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
What explains the rise of doctors in Taiwan's party politics? In my first publication with Sida Liu, we argue that a symbiotic alliance between an empowered medical association and a weak political party facilitated the rise of doctor-politicians.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HD88W...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HD88W...
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if @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social was serious about Canadian autonomy from the US, he'd get Canadian public pension funds to stop pouring money into US private equity funds whose bosses are embedded in the Trump Administration
www.ft.com/content/6e15...
www.ft.com/content/6e15...
Pension groups cut back on pioneering private equity investments
Canadian pension funds are increasingly favouring partnerships with buyout firms
www.ft.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
if @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social was serious about Canadian autonomy from the US, he'd get Canadian public pension funds to stop pouring money into US private equity funds whose bosses are embedded in the Trump Administration
www.ft.com/content/6e15...
www.ft.com/content/6e15...
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they should vote on social security privatization like right now
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
they should vote on social security privatization like right now