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And The Oscar Goes To?
John Loyd of Reuters opines, Greece blinked in loan battle, Putin’s gaze remains steely:The European Union is now a thing of shreds and patches.Its policies and projects are being shredded, and it...
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Is Farmland a Good Fit For Pensions?
Michel Leduc, senior managing director of public affairs at CPPIB, wrote a comment for the Leader-Post, Saskatchewan farmland a good fit for CPP (h/t, Pension360):A little more than a year ago the...
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Overhauling New Jersey's Pensions?
Josh Dawsey of the Wall Street Journal reports, Gov. Chris Christie Panel Proposes Overhaul of New Jersey’s Pension System:Gov. Chris Christie’s committee to study New Jersey’s troubled pension system...
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Caisse Gains 12% in 2014
Ross Marowits of the Canadian Press reports, Caisse de dépôt sees softer stock market ahead after generating 12% return in 2014:The years-long bull run on equity markets that helped the Caisse de dépôt...
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Private Equity Discovers Warren Buffett?
Simon Clark of the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch reports, Blackstone wants to invest like Warren Buffett:Blackstone Group is talking to its biggest investors to create a “coalition of the willing”...
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Fully Funded HOOPP Surges 17.7% in 2014
The Canadian Press reports, HOOPP reports 17.71% return in 2014, drives net asset to $60.8 billion:The pension fund that invest on behalf of health-care workers in Ontario reported a 17.71 per cent...
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OMERS Gains 10% in 2014
Janet McFarland of the Globe and Mail reports, OMERS earns 10% return in 2014, reduces funding shortfall:The pension plan for Ontario municipal employees earned a 10-per-cent investment return in 2014...
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Caisse Chunnels Into Europe?
Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports, Quebec’s Caisse bites off a big piece of the Chunnel, snapping up a 30% stake in Eurostar International Ltd:Canadian pensions are continuing to snap up...
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Focusing Capital on the Long Term?
David Benoit of the Wall Street Journal's MoneyBeat reports, BlackRock’s Fink, McKinsey Lead Group Fighting Wall Street Myopia: A group of executives and investors sought the answer to the “scourge” of...
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America's Attack on Public Pensions?
Tim Reid of Reuters reports, California pension reform measure to target Calpers:A ballot measure campaign to cut California's public pensions will be launched in May by a coalition of politicians and...
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Unwinding the Mother of All Carry Trades?
Over the weekend, Mike Whitney wrote an interesting comment for Counterpunch, Why a Stronger Dollar will Lead to Deflation, Recession and Crisis:“There are no nations…. no peoples…. no Russians.. no...
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How Scary Is the Bond Market?
Nobel laureate Robert Shiller, Professor of Economics at Yale University and the co-creator of the Case-Shiller Index of US house prices, wrote a comment for Project Syndicate, How Scary Is the Bond...
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When Doves Cry?
Charlie Bilello is the Director of Research at Pension Partners, LLC, an investment adviser that manages mutual funds and separate accounts, wrote a comment, Dreaming of Doves: The Disconnect Between...
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Will Japan's Pensions Save Abenomics?
Eleanor Warnock of the Wall Street Journal reports,Japan Pension Funds Announce Portfolio Shift:Three Japanese public pensions said Friday that they plan to shift more money into equities from domestic...
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The Big Fat Greek Squeeze?
Marcus Bensasson and Nikos Chrysoloras of Bloomberg report, Empty Greek Coffers Bring ‘Accident’ Threat Closer: With Greece’s coffers emptying and payments looming, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s...
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The UK Pension Raid?
Katie Morley of the Telegraph reports, Another pension raid: the scenarios of who will have to pay:In the three years since 2012 the Government has virtually halved the sum people can save into...
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The Great 401(k) Experiment Has Failed?
Kelley Holland of NBC News reports, Retirement Crisis: The Great 401(k) Experiment Has Failed for Many Americans:You need to know this number: $18,433. That's the median amount in a 401(k) savings...
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Greece's Lose-Lose Game?
Tom Beardsworth and Francine Lacqua of Bloomberg report, Soros Says Greece Now Lose-Lose Game After Being Mishandled:The chances of Greece leaving the euro area are now 50-50 and the country could go...
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America's Pensions in Peril?
John W. Schoen of CNBC reports, Funding shortfalls put pensions in peril:These days, a pension just isn't what it used to be.For generations, a defined benefit pension—a fixed monthly check for...
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A Buyback or Biotech Bubble?
Steven Davidoff Solomon, professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, wrote a comment for the New York Times, General Motors’ Stock Buyback Follows a Worrying Trend:General Motors'...
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