Financialization Research Lab

Del Monte workers canning corn in 1930. (Photo courtesy of the Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society, Minnesota)

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

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...

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...

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...

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
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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.

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...

As our partners at @grain.org just said, join us! Event begins in a few hours!

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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

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.

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

This hybrid event will feature presentations by Jason Ward (CICTAR), Livi Gerbase (CICTAR), and Marco Kremerman (Fundación Sol)

Interpretation available for English, French and Spanish

Of interest on #financialization, #privatization, #pensions, #labour

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...

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...