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G7 Investors Unite on Global Initiatives?
Nathalie Wong and Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg report, Caisse and Ontario Teachers Unveil G-7 Investor Alliance:A pair of Canadian pension funds and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced...
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Are Macro Gods Staging a Comeback?
Miles Johnston of the Financial Times reports, Alan Howard hedge fund gains 37% in May on market volatility:A new $2.3bn macro hedge fund run by billionaire British investor Alan Howard gained 36.7 per...
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The Economy's Wile E. Coyote Moment?
Jeff Cox of CNBC reports, Economic growth for second quarter is on track to double 2017's full-year pace:The U.S. economy is heating up as the year progresses, with the second quarter pointing towards...
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OMERS Reviewing its Indexing Policy?
Ryan Murphy of Benefits Canada reports, OMERS looking at indexing as part of plan review:As part of a comprehensive plan review, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is looking at a number...
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CPPIB Issues Green Bonds?
Jennifer Thompson of the Financial Times reports, CPPIB to become first pension fund to issue green bond:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has announced plans to become the first pension fund in...
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PSP Investments Gains 9.8% in Fiscal 2018
Benefits Canada reports, PSP Investments posts 9.8 per cent return for fiscal 2018:At the end of its 2018 fiscal year, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board posted a net return of 9.8 per cent,...
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Ontario's New Kid on the Block?
Rick Baert of Pensions & Investments reports, Ontario provincial manager sees progress made, more work ahead:Imagine an institutional money management startup — one seeded with about C$56 billion...
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Who's to Blame For Bumpy Markets?
Jeff Cox of CNBC reports, Trump's contradictions are swinging the stock market this year:Looking for a reason why the market's been so bumpy this year? Blame Trump. Looking for a reason why the market...
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The Great Pension Train Wreck?
John Mauldin wrote a comment recently that caught my attention, The Pension Train Has No Seat Belts:In describing various economic train wrecks these last few weeks, I may have given the wrong...
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CalPERS Gears Up CalPERS Direct?
Arleen Jacobius of Pensions & Investments reports, CalPERS gears up for private equity portfolio changes:Private equity was a big theme at CalPERS' investment committee meeting on Monday.The $356.5...
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Private Equity's Diversity Problem?
Sabrina Willmer of Bloomberg reports, TPG Scolded for ‘Stunning’ Lack of Diversity by Pension Official:Jim Coulter, the billionaire co-founder of the giant private equity firm TPG, was in a Portland...
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BlackRock's Pan-European Pension Push?
Crina Boros of the Investigate Europe reports, How a US firm pushed for EU €2.1trn pension fund:The European Commission is about to create a private pension fund, worth €2.1trillion - justifying their...
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Another Dangerous Tech Mania?
A couple of weeks ago, Kellie Ell of CNBC reported, The tech sector now is reminiscent of the 1990s dotcom bubble:Warning signs in today's tech sector are reminiscent of the dotcom boom of the late...
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OTPP and IMCO Beef Up Senior Ranks?
Rick Baert of Pensions & Investments reports, Ontario Teachers picks new CIO:Ziad Hindo was named chief investment officer of the C$189.5 billion ($142.7 billion) Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan,...
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Is Your Pension Cyber-Secure?
The Canadian Jewish News reports, Fund invests $30 million in Israeli cybersecurity firm:Claridge Israel, an investment firm founded by Stephen Bronfman and the Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund, is...
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OPTrust vs BCI on Climate Change?
Benefits Canada reports, OPTrust sets out climate change action plan:The OPSEU Pension Trust is setting out a climate change action plan, including eight areas of focus that aim to make the pension...
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Jawboning the Fed?
Greg Robb of MarketWatch reports, It’s been decades since the White House has warned the Fed the way Kudlow just did:It has been a long time —the early 1990s in fact— since a White House tried to...
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Pension Funds Taking Aim at Private Equity?
Heather Perlberg, Sabrina Willmer, and John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg report, Buyout Firms’ Profit-Goosing Scheme Spurs Backlash From Clients:Pension funds are taking aim at private equity firms for...
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PSP Upping the Dosage of Private Equity?
Benefits Canada reports, PSP part of consortium taking majority share in Italian pharmaceuticals group:The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is joining a consortium of investors to purchase the...
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US Corporations Behind Rally in Treasurys?
Ben Eisen and Daniel Kruger of the Wall Street Journal report, Tax Wrinkle Spurs Pension Funds to Buy More Treasurys:U.S. companies are funneling extra money into their pension funds to take advantage...
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