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CalPERS Rejigs its Asset Allocation?
Randy Diamond of Pensions & Investments reports, CalPERS adopts new asset allocation increasing equity exposure to 50%:CalPERS' investment committee approved a new asset allocation plan on Monday...
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A Christmas Full of Pensions For Life?
Murray Brewster of CBC News reports, Ottawa pouring an extra $3.6B into veterans' benefits:The Liberal government today initiated an intricate overhaul of the system to compensate wounded ex-soldiers,...
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It's Time For The Santa Rally?
Patti Domm of CNBC reports, Tax bill 'winners' could help drive the stock market's traditional year-end Santa rally:Oh, by gosh, by golly, it's time for the Santa rally.According to "Stock Trader's...
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Will 2018 Be a Repeat of 2017?
Bob Pisani of CNBC reports, Could 2018 surprise with the same outsized gains as 2017?:Will 2018 be a more "normal" year? 2017 was a year of surprises, but for 2018, not surprisingly, things are...
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America's Pensionless New Year?
Peter Whoriskey of the Washington Post reports, ‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the U.S. without pensions:Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several...
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Outlook 2018: Return to Stability?
Corrie Driebusch and Sam Goldfarb of the Wall Street Journal report, Everything Went Right for Markets in 2017—Can That Continue?:The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second-biggest yearly gain...
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The Great Market Melt-Up of 2018?
Michael P. Regan and Lu Wang of Bloomberg report, Are You Missing Out on the Great Market Melt-Up?:Make no mistake, fear is running amok on Wall Street these days—fear of missing out.As the S&P 500...
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Time to Take a Closer Look at Hedge Funds?
Linsay Fortado of the Financial Times reports, Hedge funds produce best returns in 4 years:The global hedge fund industry last year produced its best returns since 2013, driven by strong performances...
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CPPIB Investing in UK's Housing Shortage?
IPE reports, Lendlease and CPPIB team up to invest £1.5bn in UK BTR sector:Lendlease and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have partnered to invest an initial £1.5bn (€1.7bn) in the UK...
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Canada's Hyper-Leveraged Economy?
Natalie Wong of Bloomberg reports, Canada’s Debt Binge Has Macquarie Sounding Alarm on Rate Hikes:The unprecedented rise in consumer debt means the Bank of Canada’s rate-hiking cycle is already the...
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Why the 2018 Consensus is Wrong?
Earier this week, Chen Zhao, chief global strategist at Alpine Macro, hosted a webcast to discuss their 2018 Macro Outlook and investment strategy, Coming Boom and Policy Clashes: Why the 2018...
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The 2018 Treasury Bond Bear Market?
Brian Romanchuk, publisher of the Bond Economics blog, wrote a comment over the weekend, The Highly Predictable Treasury Bond Bear Market (added emphasis is mine):The benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury...
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APG Pushing the Limits on Factor Investing?
Wouter Klinj of the Investment Innovation Institute (i3) reports, APG – Pushing the Limits of Factor Investing:Dutch pension behemoth APG, which manages about A$680 billion, has been applying a...
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Canada's Pensions Bet on Industrial Innovation?
Benefits Canada reports, Ontario Teachers’ invests in energy storage company:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan participated in a round of financing for Stem, Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered...
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Ray Dalio on the Dollar, Stocks and Bonds?
Ray Dalio, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at Bridgewater Associates, published a comment on LinkedIn, Mnuchin’s Comment on the Dollar:Regarding Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s comments about the...
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The Danger of Irrational Complacency?
Jeff Cox of CNBC reports, An indicator with a perfect track record just sent a 'powerful' sell signal:The relentless gush of cash into the stock market is sending a powerful "sell" signal, according to...
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How Scary Is The Bond Market?
Brian Romanchuk of the Bond Economics blog reports, Bond Bear Market Scare Stories (added emphasis is mine):Whenever there is an uptick in bond yields, scare stories about a coming secular bond bear...
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CPPIB's Big Investment in Chinese Properties?
Rajeshni Naidu-Ghelani of CBC News reports, CPPIB to invest $800M in Chinese real estate developments:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) will invest $800 million in two new property...
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America's Pension Shithole?
Reuters reports, Illinois pension mega-bond sale idea gets legislative airing:Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday expressed interest and skepticism in an idea that the U.S. state should sell $107 billion of...
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Disabled Vets Head to the Supreme Court?
Kathleen Harris of CBC News reports,'Grossly unfair': Disabled veterans take pension battle with Liberals to Supreme Court:A group of disabled veterans is taking its legal fight for better pensions to...
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