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Derailing U.S. Pension Reforms?
Suzanne Bishopric, Director of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund, sent me an op-ed published in Pensions & Investments earlier this week, Derailing pension reforms:The Obama...
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Nasty Surprises Lurk Ahead?
Katya Wachtel and Jennifer Ablan of Reuters report, Hedge fund chief says Japan needs another "big round" of stimulus:Hedge fund titan Ray Dalio said on Friday the Japanese economy will need another...
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Canadian Pension Plans Flying Solo?
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany of the Financial Times reports, Pension plans: Flying solo:In October 2010, London-based private equity group BC Partners found itself in a bidding war over Vue, the UK’s...
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Japan's PAL Turns to Emerging Markets?
Eleanor Warnock of the Wall Street Journal reports, Japan’s Public Servants Turn to Emerging Markets:Japan’s public servants used to finance their retirements with equity investments limited to...
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Canada's Two-Tier Retirement System?
Canada News Wire reports, Pension gap creates two classes of Canadian retirees: Canada has arrived at a two-tier retirement system, which strongly favours those employees paid by the public purse. Even...
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Don’t Bet Against Boring Canada?
Frederic Tomesco and Theophilos Argitis of Bloomberg report, Don’t Bet Against Boring Canada, Caisse’s Lescure Says:Investors betting against Canadian assets are poised to lose out because the...
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Wither Small Hedge Funds?
Ellen Kelleher of the Financial Times reports, Unfair Darwinian churn drowns small hedge funds:Managers of smaller hedge funds endure the occasional bout of schadenfreude as they watch money wash into...
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Alberta's Sweeping Pension Reforms?
Kelly Cryderman and Bill Curry of the Globe and Mail report, Alberta tackles pension costs with sweeping reforms:Alberta is setting a dramatic course to rein in the surging costs of public pensions,...
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Three Fed Tapering Scenarios?
Moran Zhang of the International Business Times reports, Preview: 3 Fed Tapering Scenarios & Questions For Ben Bernanke At The Post-FOMC Press Conference:The U.S. Federal Reserve’s Open Market...
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The Septaper Surprise?
Matthew O'Brien of the Atlantic reports, Everything You Need to Know About the Fed's Decision Not to Taper QE3:Ben Bernanke cares nothing for your portmanteaus.After telling markets for months that it...
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Credit Risk in Provincial Pensions?
CBC reports, Moody's highlights unfunded pension risk in Quebec, N.L.:Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have the largest unfunded pension liabilities among the Canadian provinces, according to...
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Ontario Teachers Cautious on China?
Isabella Steger of the Wall Street Journal reports, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Cautious About Investing in China:The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, one of the world's biggest pension funds, opened...
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U.S. Public Pension Assets Hit Record High
Lisa Lambert of Reuters reports, U.S. public pension investments jump, costs surge too:Asset values at U.S. public pension funds rose 8.4 percent in the latest fiscal year to the highest level in more...
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Risks to PBGC Worse Than Thought?
Phil Ciciora of Phys Org reports, Risks to government pension insurer worse than thought, research finds:A study co-written by a University of Illinois pension policy expert warns that the financial...
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Pensions Ill-Prepared For a Rough Landing?
Investments & Pensions Europe reports, Pension funds' increased risk tolerance to hit returns:Pension funds' increased risk tolerance is "all but certain" to impact fund returns negatively, as some...
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World's Best Pension Spots?
Justin Harper of the Telegraph reports, Denmark is top of the world's good pension spots:When it comes to having the world’s best state pension scheme, Denmark sits top of the country rankings.The...
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Will Ontario Start its Own Pension Plan?
Adam Radwanski of the Globe and Mail reports, Ontario weighs benefits of building its own public pension plan:Ontario’s government is considering making the province the first to offer its own public...
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Pensions' Massive Bet on Rising Rates?
Bob Collie, chief research strategist at Russell Investments writes, Pension plans have a massive bet on interest rates rising:Most pension plans have long-dated liabilities and much shorter-dated...
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Warren Buffett's Pension Strategy?
Noah Buhayar of Bloomberg reports, Buffett Adds Stocks in Pension Handoff to Lieutenants:Billionaire Warren Buffett is betting that his deputy investment managers can find value hiding in a corner of...
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Fresh Signs of a Private Equity Bubble?
Joe Morris of the Financial Times reports, Private equity tries to crack $5.3tn US pension market:Pantheon Ventures is bidding to become the first private equity manager to crack the US’s vast defined...
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