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...Nicolai Tangen, head of Norway’s $1.6tn oil fund, told the FT that Europe was less ambitious, less hard-working and more risk-averse than the US....
...But what if the productivity gap is really about how large corporations use their economic and political power to squeeze out innovation in favour of larger profit margins?...
...“The bigger funds are more nimble and can act quickly,” said Chris Roberts, managing director at Dalriada Trustees, a firm of professional trustees....
...The government is concerned that pension funds, which have some of the nation’s largest pools of capital, are not putting enough money into home markets and depriving early-stage companies of seed finance...
...But she told the Financial Times she would have “cause for concern” if ministers were to go a step further and direct trustees as to where funds should be allocated....
...That appears to be the essence of what we are witnessing. I’ll go with finance principles over the legend and lore of investing. More endowment trustees and CIOs should do the same....
...Consistent with the expected productivity gains, Software & Services and Commercial & Professional Services account for 30% of productivity-related AI mentions during 4Q earnings season....
...Also today, we reveal the new head of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, another initiative that counts the Bezos Earth Fund as a main backer....
...At a meeting held last month, the firm proposed to its board of trustees for Pimco Funds that it consider converting its $141mn Mortgage-Backed Securities Fund from a mutual fund into an ETF, the filing...
...When Shafik started at Columbia last July, many faculty were impressed not only by her appointment as the first woman leader of the institution, and of Arab Muslim origin, but also by her warmth and communication...
...The primary driver of weaker growth was a significant and broad-based slowdown in productivity, she said, urging countries to enact measures to strengthen governance, cut red tape, increase female labour...
...Trustees of UK pension schemes would be prevented from taking “overly risky” decisions after government plans to ease employers’ access to billions of pounds in pension fund surpluses, ministers said....
...Employers’ access to billions of pounds of surpluses in UK company pension funds would be eased under proposals set out by the government on Friday....
...Trustees of large pension funds in the UK are already required to set a climate-related investment target, and must also consider the potential impact of climate change on a scheme’s assets and liabilities...
...The writer chairs the board of trustees at National Numeracy, a UK charity We know the UK has a productivity problem. The gender pay gap is also well documented....
...What’s more, per capita income in the US has overtaken all the major advanced economies of the EU and the fund forecasts this gap will only widen further over the rest of this decade....
...The NHS productivity plan — part of a wider initiative to improve output and efficiency across the public sector — will include £1bn in investment to increase the use of data and artificial intelligence...
...The data revealed big differences between sectors, with total factor productivity in information and communication more than doubling since 2007, reflecting technological advancement in the sector....
...“I am not sure that it is the role of the government to tell trustees where they place their money,” he said, when was asked whether he thought governments should compel pension funds to invest to help meet...
...This results in reduced cognitive performance and an increased likelihood of errors. Frequent email checkers also exhibit higher stress levels. Instead, establish a single channel of communication....
...The fund said the key to getting the balance right was delivering support to sectors that have “high knowledge spillovers” to other domestic sectors, raising economy-wide innovation and productivity growth...
...Hang it on Hunt’s announcement of an NHS productivity plan. I want to turn their thoughts into a pamphlet. A manifesto for AI in the NHS; or maybe it’s the AINHS; the NAIHS?...
...They can also limit expectations of after-dark communication....
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