Pension funds of the United States and Canada and their influence on the type of pension fund in Brazil

Abstract

This article is part of a series of reflections raised by the author on the creation and management of union pension funds in Brazil, France, Canada and the United States. The text search which sometimes presents itself, especially the context of pension funds market in the United States and Canada. Shows that the U.S. pension funds are presented as new shareholders of companies and as vectors of new demands and new rights to property (SAUVIAT, 2002/3), whereas in Canada, the unions claim the right to manage the money of pension funds of workers (LIZE, 2002/3), with social balance between the device and the device financially. Briefly introduces the debate on the influence of Canada and the United States on the model of pension funds the government Lula.