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Proponents insist the performance of terror-free funds will not be a problem. New York City comptroller Bill Thompson, who oversees pension funds totaling $110 billion, says there is "strong interest" in establishing a terror-free pension option for the city's municipal workforce. He says according to the portfolio studies, the performance of terror-free funds will be as good as or better than alternatives. "Whenever you remove companies from the mix, there will be an impact," says Stephen Schoenfeld, Northern Trust's chief investment officer. "But when you use a very broad index like the FTSE/CSAG and remove...
...former Republican senator from Tennessee may have adopted his view from a trend abroad. In Eastern Europe, for example, nine countries have already adopted some form of a flat tax. Thompson advocated a similar system: individuals would pay 10 percent on income below $50,000 and 25 percent on the rest. With this quasi-flat tax and the current tax remaining as an option (to be phased out), unchecked loopholes could be closed, and both administrative expenses and general confusion would diminish, while compliance increased. (At least, this has been the Eastern European experience...
...panelist, Eleanor D. Thompson ’05, said giving back was a “responsibility” for Sierra Leoneans both inside and outside the country...
...THOMPSON TROPHY...
...Harvard’s co-ed squad also spent the weekend on the Connecticut coast, recording a third-place finish in the Thompson Trophy in New London...