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Is the ORPP a Bad Idea?
Joe Nunes, President of Actuarial Solutions, posted a blog comment, Bad Idea #11 – Ontario Retirement Pension Plan:Regular readers of my commentary will know that I am absolutely against the idea of...
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CalPERS Chopping Hedge Fund Allocation?
Randy Diamond of Pensions & Investments reports, CalPERS chopping hedge fund allocation:CalPERS portfolio managers have begun cutting the system's $5.3 billion hedge fund allocation in half,...
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Is the Alternatives Gig Up?
Frederick Reese of MintPress News reports, Public Pension Funds Making Alternative Or Reckless Investments?:Public pension systems are collapsing across the country. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is...
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The Great Hedge Fund Mystery?
John Cassidy of The New Yorker reports, The Great Hedge-Fund Mystery: Why Do They Make So Much?:This is the time of year when publications that cover the hedge-fund industry do their annual rankings,...
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Whiffs of Inflation?
The Associated Press reports, US producer prices jump; hint of rising inflation:The prices that U.S. companies receive for their goods and services rose in April by the most in 19 months, a sign that...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2014
Sam Forgione of Reuters reports, Top U.S. hedge funds clung to eBay, sold GM in first quarter:Top U.S. hedge fund managers in the first quarter zoned in on the consumer sector, with investments that...
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The Rise of David Tepper?
William Watts of MarketWatch reports, The rise of David Tepper:David Tepper is arguably the most influential “smart-money” voice in the markets right now.While hedge funds have persistently...
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The Era of Fee Compression?
Mark Cobley of Financial News reports, Public pension funds add to pressure on fees:Investment officers at the UK’s £180 billion Local Government Pension Scheme today added their voices to a growing...
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Hedge Funds Won't Make You Rich?
Noah Smith, an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, wrote a comment for Bloomberg View, Hedge Funds Won't Make You Rich:The recent release of Institutional Investor Alpha’s...
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CPPIB Gains 16.5% Gross in FY 2014
Janet McFarland of the Globe and Mail reports, CPPIB’s active investment plan scores big with 16.5% rate of return: The Canada Pension Plan fund saw its assets swell by $36-billion over the past fiscal...
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Private Equity Returns to Australia and Europe?
Ross Kelly and Cynthia Koons of the Wall Street Journal report, Private Equity Returns to Australia: When it comes to investing in Australia, private-equity firms are back.After a lull in activity Down...
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The Euro Deflation Crisis?
Peter Polak of Foreign Affairs reports, The Euro Deflation Crisis:A specter is haunting Europe -- the specter of deflation. Countries throughout the European Union have been struggling for the past...
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AIMCo Scores Huge on Timberland?
Darcy Henton of the Calgary Herald reports, Investment in Australian woodlots pays off for Alberta:An Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund investment into private woodlots in Australia is paying huge...
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Get Ready for Life After Benchmarks?
Melissa Shin of Benefits Canada reports, Get ready for a life after benchmarks:Benchmark-oriented active managers will fall behind.That’s what Yariv Itah, managing partner at Casey Quirk, argued at an...
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Day of Reckoning Looms for Pensions?
Paul McLeod of the Nova Scotia herald news reports, Day of reckoning looms for pension plans:Many Nova Scotians face the threat of not getting the pensions they have been promised, several experts...
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CEO Pay Spinning Out of Control?
Stan Choe of the Associated Press reports, Figuring out how your mutual fund manager votes:Do you think a particular CEO makes too much money? Would you like to replace the directors who signed off on...
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One-Man Wealth Machine?
Rob Copeland of the Wall Street Journal reports, Hedge-Fund World's One-Man Wealth Machine:In the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, one man is building a moneymaking machine that rivals some of the...
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Canada's Looming Pension Wars?
Tamsin McMahon and Ken MacQueen of MacLean's report, Canada’s looming pension wars:As the City of Regina debated its largest tax hike in more than a decade, 76-year-old George Malish looked at his...
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America's Looming Pension Disaster?
John W. Schoen of CNBC reports, Are public pensions headed for another disaster?:Despite healthy gains from the ongoing stock market rally, public pension funds are still badly underfunded and the...
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Is a Stock Market Correction Overdue?
Wallace Witkowski of MarketWatch reports, Is a stock market correction overdue?:Trading volume and volatility are dragging along low levels as stocks reach new highs. That’s made for a nervous...
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