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Australia's Pension Funds Hunt For Bargains in Private Markets
Amy Bainbridge of Bloomberg reports that Australian pension funds with $500 billion go bargain hunting:Australia’s pensions giants, flush with cash thanks to surging inflows, are looking to private...
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Ivanhoé Cambridge Issues its First Sustainability Bond, Adopts Green IRR
Ivanhoé Cambridge issued a press release going over how it has successfully issued its first sustainability bond, for C$300 million:Montreal, July 13, 2023 – As part of its sustainable finance program,...
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Norway's Sovereign Fund Tops Global Transparency Ranking
Business Wire reports that Norway's sovereign fund tops global transparency ranking: TORONTO — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most...
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A Cautionary Tale For Pension Funds Piling Into Private Markets
Keith Ambachtsheer wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail on how the Thames Water crisis offers cautionary tale for pension funds investing in private-market assets:There has been an unfolding...
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Sweden's Property Rout Hits Pension Funds Hard and Highlights Huge Risks
Love Liman of Bloomberg News reports Sweden’s property rout drags down result of another pension fund:Sweden’s pension system is increasingly caught up in a property crisis that’s hit commercial...
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On CPP Investments' Insanely Large Allocation to Private Equity
Amir Barnea wrote another op-ed for the Toronto Star slamming CPP Investments for investing a third of its assets in private equity when Warren Buffet shuns it:When Canada’s national pension plan...
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Oxford Set to Deliver One of the Largest Life Sciences Conversion Projects in...
Tyler Choi of Real Estate News Exchange reports that Oxford will convert a historic London office building to life sciences hub: Oxford Properties Group and its partner Pioneer Group plan to convert a...
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Earth Capital's Richard Burrett on How Asset Managers Can Influence the...
Richard Burrett, Chief Sustainability Officer at Earth Capital, wrote a guest comment on the future of the corporation:Every business has an impact on societal well-being, either positive such as the...
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OTPP Unloads Premier Lotteries Ireland to French Operator
Cianan Brennan of the Irish Examiner reports Ireland's lottery firm to be sold to French operator in €350m deal: The company that operates Ireland’s national lottery is to be sold to the operator of...
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When Will the Stock Market Crash?
Sarah Ming and Alex Harring of CNBC report the S&P 500 closes nearly 1% higher on softening inflation data, nabs 3rd week of gains: Stocks rose Friday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and...
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CDPQ's REM Project Is Now Operational
Jason Magder of the Montreal Gazette reports they're off: REM starts shuttling people across Montreal area:They’ve been running with sandbags to simulate body weight for about a year, but on Friday,...
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Calling Code Red on Chicago's Disastrous Public Pensions
Elizabeth Bauer of Fortune reports there's no hope in sight for Chicago’s worst-in-the-nation pension plans: Back on July 18, the Equable Institute released the 2023 version of its annual State of...
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PSP's Head of Infrastructure to Run New Canada Growth Fund
Murad Hemadi of The Logic reports PSP Investments infrastructure head to run new $15B Canada Growth Fund:A top infrastructure executive at the Public Sector Pension Investment Board has been appointed...
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Cadillac Fairview/OTPP and Boreal Acquire Big Logistics Portfolio in Italian...
IPE Real Assets reports Cadillac Fairview and Boreal IM logistics venture expands into Italy:The European logistics joint venture between the real estate arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and...
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The August Bump or is the FOMO Road Closing Fast?
Samantha Subbin and Alex Harring of CNBC report the S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumble for four straight days, notch worst weeks since March:The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite slumped Friday for a fourth...
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Are CPP Investments''Ideological Goals' Costing Canadians Money?
Matthew Lau, an adjunct scholar at the Fraser Institute, wrote a comment for The Hub criticizing CPP investment board’s 'ideological goals that are costing you money':According to a recent Wall Street...
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OMERS Names New Head of Infrastructure, Exits European Venture Capital
James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports OMERS hires CPPIB executive Michael Hill as new head of infrastructure:Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has hired Michael Hill to be its global...
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IMCO and PSP Investments Acquire Germany's NeXtWind
Rasak Musah Baba of IPE Real Assets reports Sandbrook, PSP Investments and IMCO to buy German renewables firm NeXtWind:Sandbrook Capital has partnered with the Public Sector Pension Investment Board...
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CPP Investments' Net Assets Total $575 Billion in Q1 F2024
Tim Kiladze of the Globe and Mail reports CPP’s investment arm reports small loss in first quarter, assets grow to $575-billion:Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) delivered a 0.8-per-cent...
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The Magnificent Rotation Getting Underway?
Alex Harring and Hakyung Kim of CNBC report the Nasdaq Composite slips Friday, falls two weeks straight for the first time in 2023:The Nasdaq Composite ended Friday lower and notched its second...
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