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New Jersey's Pension GASBing for Air?
Hilary Russ of Reuters reports, New Jersey pension system funding plummets under new rule:New Jersey's retirement system for public employees is in worse shape than previously reported, thanks to...
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Ontario Teachers and PSP Nearing Telesat Deal?
Alex Sherman of Bloomberg reports, Canada Funds Said Nearing $7 Billion Telesat Deal: Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Public Sector Pension Investment Board are nearing a $7 billion deal for...
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Prepare For a Deflationary Boom?
Jon D. Markman of Yahoo Finance reports, Prepare for the rare “deflationary boom” (h/t, Rejean Desmarais):"Deflation" and "boom" are not two words that normally go together. They are almost like "sad...
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The Royal Airline Pension Shaft?
Steve Johnson of the Financial Times reports, Monarch Airlines pension fund reduced to a pauper:The UK’s Pension Protection Fund is likely to take one of its largest financial hits to date from the...
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Hedge Funds Closing Like It's 2009?
Katherine Burton of Bloomberg reports, Hedge Funds Shut as Managers Struggle in Year of Two Percent Returns: Hedge funds are shutting at a rate not seen since the financial crisis, as many managers...
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Fall of the Bond King?
Mary Childs of Bloomberg reports, Fall of the Bond King: How Gross Lost Empire as Pimco Cracked:Bill Gross, the 70-year-old king of bonds, rushed through the offices of his $2 trillion empire on a...
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Hurdles For Hedge Funds?
Saijel Kishan of Bloomberg reports, Hedge Funds Urged to Beat Benchmarks Before Charging Fees: Hedge fund investors are catching up with their private equity peers. Five years after clients of...
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The Biggest Risks For Stocks in 2015?
Jeff Reeves, editor of InvestorPlace.com, wrote an article for MarketWatch, 10 biggest risks to the stock market in 2015: It is shaping up to be another great year for stocks, with the S&P 500 up...
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Is Canada's Crisis Just Beginning?
Claire Brownell of the National Post reports, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan seeks foreign investments out of necessity, not lack of confidence in Canada:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan may prefer...
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Canada Finds Key to Pension Fund Investing?
Ian Austen of the New York Times reports, Canada Finds Key to Pension Fund Investing:This is pension fund investing, Canadian style: lower management costs, freedom from political meddling and...
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OPA! Another Greek Black Swan?
Sara Sjolin of MarketWatch reports, Greece’s stock market just suffered its worst collapse ever: Greece’s Athex Composite tanked almost 13% Tuesday — the biggest drop for the index on record, according...
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Is This Time Really Different?
Myles Udland of Business Insider reports, Jeffrey Gundlach Explains Why 'This Time It's Different':DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach just wrapped up his latest webcast, outlining why this time, when the...
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Did Congress Just Nuke Pensions?
Evan Halper of the Los Angeles Times reports, Congress poised to allow cuts to private pension payouts:More than 1 million Americans who were promised secure, predictable retirement income probably...
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Will the Plunge in Oil Crash Markets?
Mike Whitney wrote a comment for CountePunch over the weekend, Will Falling Oil Prices Crash the Markets?:Crude oil prices dipped lower on Wednesday pushing down yields on US Treasuries and sending...
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1998 All Over Again?
Olga Tanas and Anna Andrianova of Bloomberg report, Russia Defends Ruble With Biggest Rate Rise Since 1998: Russia took its biggest step yet to shore up the ruble and defuse the currency crisis...
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CalPERS Mulls New PE Benchmark?
Michael B. Marois of Bloomberg reports, California Pension Fund May Change Benchmark for Private Equity:The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the biggest U.S. pension, may change the...
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Madam Chairman, Are You Serious?
The Editors at Bloomberg View aren't happy, putting out an op-ed, Can Janet Yellen Be Serious?:Sometimes you have to wonder if the Federal Reserve's governors are just laughing at the analysts who pore...
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Mass Looting of U.S. Pensions?
J.D. Heyes of Global Research reports, The Mass Looting of Pension Plans Begins as Federal Law Altered to Reduce Pension Payouts:No doubt in a sop to their corporate masters, a bipartisan group of...
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The $800 Billion Leveraged Loan Blacklist?
Nabila Ahmed and Kristen Haunss of Bloomberg report, There's a Blacklist in the $800 Billion U.S. Loan Market and It's Not Illegal (h/t, Johnny Quigley):What do Highland Capital Management, Fortress...
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Oil Crash Slams Buyout Funds?
Devin Banerjee and David Carey of Bloomberg report, Oil Crash Wipes $11.7 Billion From Buyout Firms’ Holdings:Oil’s plunge makes energy a great investment for the coming years, according to Blackstone...
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