Greetings all,
I am writing my phd on the investment of pension fund and life
insurance assets in South Africa, at the econ. dept., New School for
Social Research, NY, NY.
This is the first econ. development list i've been on, so am looking
forward to getting in on the current debates that are of interest. I
will be going on the job market - here and the u.k. and canada, this
coming january, and expect the discussions to very useful and
informative.
I study macroeconomics with Lance Taylor - Structuralist - and also
work with Duncan Foley, our new addition from Barnard, Columbia.
However, since 1997, i have been working on South African institutional
investors. Exploring the possibility of using contractual savings for
reconstruction and development. South africa is number 4 in the world
for per capita pension fund assets (excluding life which are about 1/3
pension assets), and since most assets are probably "owned" by whites, i
would say that white South Africans are the highest capitalized
individuals in the world per pension fund assets.
Anyway, the size and concentration of life and pension assets in south
africa is amazing, My findings suggest that only 5 life insurers manage
approximately 2/3 of the 800 billion rand in life and pension assets!
Anyway, am writing my dissertation, now am developing the theory of
social investing afterwhich will apply to South Africa social investors.
just a bit of an introduction,
thanks,
Laura Ebert
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