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Bill Morneau's Pension Conflict?
Steven Chase and Robert Fife of the Globe and Mail report, Liberals defeat NDP motion to close conflict-of-interest loophole:The Trudeau Liberals used their parliamentary majority Tuesday to defeat an...
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Canada's National Pension Hub?
At the beginning of the month, the Global Risk Insitute put out a press release, National Pension Hub to develop insights into challenges facing Canada's pension industry:The Global Risk Institute in...
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As Good As It Gets?
Evelyn Cheng of CNBC reports, Tech shares are this bull market’s most important stocks right now:Technology is the most important industry for stocks today, indicating that blowout earnings from giants...
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Is Passive Investing Taking Over?
Eric Platt of the Financial Times reports, Vanguard’s Jack Bogle predicts passive investing takeover:Passive investing could eventually account for 90 per cent of the equity market, according to Jack...
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Does Canada Have All The Answers?
On Thursday, The Brookings Institution will host an event in Washington, Fixing the U.S. retirement system – does Canada have the answers?:In recent years, Canada has significantly expanded and...
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OTPP Sells Stakes in UK Airports?
The Canadian Press reports, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan selling part of its stakes in U.K. airports:The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan says it is selling off 30 per cent of its stakes at two United...
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Beware of the US Pension Ponzi?
A couple of days ago, Zero Hedge posted a comment, A Few Simple Charts Spell Disaster For Public Pension Ponzi Schemes (click on images to view them properly):Earlier today, Milliman released their...
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Signs of Euphoria Creeping Into Markets?
Amanda Diaz of CNBC reports, Euphoria is creeping into the market, and that’s giving me déjà vu:Signs of euphoria are creeping into the market, and that's giving one trader déjà vu."I'm getting a...
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Big Bonuses at CalSTRS and CalPERS?
The Associated Press reports, California teacher pension executives get big bonuses:Two top executives at California's teacher pension system are getting big bonuses worth more than $200,000 each...
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The Big Reversal in Inflation?
Charles Hugh Smith of the Of Two Minds blog wrote a comment yesterday, The Big Reversal: Inflation and Higher Interest Rates Are Coming Our Way:This interaction will spark a runaway feedback loop that...
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Entire Ivy League Outpaces Harvard?
Brandon J. Dixon of the Harvard Crimson reports, Entire Ivy League Outpaces Harvard Endowment in Fiscal Year 2017:In a year when most institutional investors rode out robust public markets, Harvard’s...
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The Mother of All US Pension Bailouts?
Zero Hedge posted a comment yesterday, It Begins: Pension Bailout Bill To Be Introduced This Week:Over the past year we have provided extensive coverage of what will likely be the biggest, most...
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The Canary in the Coal Mine?
Chris Dieterich of the Wall Street Journal reports, Are High-Yield Bonds the Canary in the Coal Mine?:Keep your eye on junk bonds.An improving global economy and ever-present demand for income has...
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CalPERS Doubling its Bond Allocation?
John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg reports, Calpers Considers More Than Doubling Bond Allocation to 44%:The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, is considering more...
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OPTrust Butts Out For Good?
Last week, OPTrust made an announcement, OPTrust to divest from public market tobacco firms:OPTrust today announced it is divesting from the tobacco industry. By the beginning of 2018, OPTrust will be...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2017?
Julia La Roche of Yahoo Finance reports, Here's what the biggest hedge funds have been buying and selling:The stock moves that the biggest hedge fund managers made in the third quarter are being...
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Norway's Fund Jolts Energy and FX Markets?
Gwladys Fouche of Reuters reports, Norway's $1 trillion wealth fund proposes to drop oil, gas stocks from index:Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund is proposing to drop oil and gas companies...
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A Conversation with David Swensen?
Janet Lorin and Christine Harper of Bloomberg report, Yale's Swensen Sees Low Volatility as `Profoundly Troubling':David Swensen, Yale University’s longtime chief investment officer, said the lack of...
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Private Equity's New Competition?
PE Hub posted a Reuters article, Private equity to face competition from investors, says Carlyle Co-CEO:Private equity firms are awash in cash, with nearly US$1trn of available capital, but the...
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CPPIB's CEO Exposes CPP Myth?
Lisa Wright of the Toronto Star reports, Canada Pension Plan is safe for generations, says CEO of investment board:In his travels to every province and one territory over the last 17 months,...
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