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CalSTRS Gains 1.4% in Fiscal 2015-16
Timothy W. Martin of the Wall Street Journal reports, Giant California Teachers Pension, Calstrs, Posts Worst Result Since 2008 Crisis:The nation’s second-largest public pension posted its slimmest...
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Bridgewater's Culture of Fear?
Alexandra Stevenson and Matthew Goldstein of the New York Times report, At World’s Largest Hedge Fund, Sex, Fear and Video Surveillance:Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge...
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Brexit's Biggest Fans in Big Trouble?
Andre Tartar and Jill Ward of Bloomberg report, Brexit’s Biggest Fans Face New 115 Billion-Pound Pension Hole:Turning 65 in the U.K. used to mean mandatory retirement and a future of endless holiday....
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GPIF's Passive Disaster?
Eleanor Warnock of the Wall Street Journal reports, Japan’s GPIF Pension Fund Suffers Worst Year Since 2008 Financial Crisis:Japan’s $1.3 trillion public pension fund—the world’s largest of its...
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Is The Greenback Set To Tumble?
Rebecca Spalding of Bloomberg reports, Morgan Stanley Warns Currency Traders Worst to Come for Dollar:The dollar is set to fall 5 percent in the next few months, the Federal Reserve isn’t raising...
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Sell Everything Except Gold?
Jennifer Ablan of Reuters reports, 'Sell everything,' DoubleLine's Gundlach says:Jeffrey Gundlach, the chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, said on Friday that many asset classes look frothy and his...
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Chicago's Pitchforks and Torches?
Reuters reports, Chicago mayor's big plan to save its pension fund:Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a plan on Wednesday that he called "an honest approach" to save the city's biggest retirement system from...
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Low Returns Taking a Toll on US Pensions?
Rory Carroll and Edward Krudy of Reuters report, Low investment returns taking a toll on U.S. pension funds:For the second straight year, U.S. public pension funds have fallen well short of their...
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The Bond Market's Big Illusion?
Brian Chappatta, Andrea Wong and Shigeki Nozawa of Bloomberg report, Bond Market’s Big Illusion Revealed as U.S. Yields Turn Negative: For Kaoru Sekiai, getting steady returns for his pension clients...
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Bill Gross Admonishes Public Pensions?
Darrell Preston of Bloomberg reports, Bill Gross’s Admonishment Supported By Illinois Pension Fund: Illinois’s largest public pension agrees with Bill Gross’s admonishment that it’s time to face up to...
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Canada's Pensions Hunting For Energy Deals?
Benefits Canada reports, Ontario Teachers’ acquires U.S. oil and gas assets:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – along with RedBird Capital Partners and Aethon Energy Management – will acquire J-W...
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Is Smart Money Confused?
David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff & Associates wrote an op-ed for the Financial Post, If you think this market is confusing, wait until you see what the ‘smart money’...
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The Pension Titanic Is Sinking?
Mohamed El-Erian wrote a comment for Bloomberg, The Titanic Risks of the Retirement System:Imagine an entire enterprise set on course for disaster, driven by the owner’s arrogant pursuit of profit. The...
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The Stock Market Rally Everyone Hates?
Alexander Bueso of Digital Look reports, Keep your eye on inflation expectations, Chinese yuan, volatility, Morgan Stanley cautions:The rally in global equities over the preceding month had taken...
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Top Funds' Activity For Q2 2016
Julia La Roche of Yahoo Finance reports, Legends of finance have big bets on the stock market going down:Famous global macro hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, the founder of Tudor Investment Corp,...
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The $6 Trillion Pension Cover-Up?
Ed Bartholomew, a consultant on pension financial management, and Jeremy Gold, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, wrote a comment for MarketWatch, The $6 trillion public pension hole that we’re all...
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Bring In The UN Pension Peacekeepers?
Kambiz Foroohar of Bloomberg reports, UN’s $54 Billion Pension Fund in Power Struggle Over New Rules:The United Nations needs some financial peacekeepers. A dispute over whether new regulations...
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Canadian Pensions Unloading Vancouver RE?
Katia Dmitrieva of Bloomberg reports, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan seeking buyers for minority stake in $4-billion Vancouver real estate portfolio:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is seeking buyers...
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Time To Plunge Into Stocks?
Sam Ro of Yahoo Finance reports, The stage is set for the next 10% plunge in stocks:The stock market continues to trend higher as earnings growth remains lackluster. This has caused valuations to get...
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Disaster Strikes Dallas Police & Fire Pension?
Brett Shipp of WFAA reports, Dallas police, fire pension board facing disaster:The past month has been an emotional roller coaster for Dallas police and firemen. Thursday afternoon, the bad news...
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