1.0Financialization Lab/financializationlabKevin Skerrett/financializationlab/author/kevinskerrett/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jAXdUi3X7w"><a href="/financializationlab/people/kevin-skerrett/">Kevin Skerrett</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/financializationlab/people/kevin-skerrett/embed/#?secret=jAXdUi3X7w" width="600" height="338" title="“Kevin Skerrett” — Financialization Lab" data-secret="jAXdUi3X7w" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/financializationlab/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> /financializationlab/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2025/01/KS-headshot-2023-low-res.jpg13521604After graduating with an MA from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Institute of Political Economy, Kevin spent 30 years as a trade union researcher specializing in pensions. His involvement in pension plan governance, including investment issues, led to an ongoing interest in the role that large pension funds, and private finance in general, is laying in contemporary capitalism. In […]