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Too Little Too Late For America's Seniors?
Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and co-author of the book “Rescuing Retirement,” with Tony James, wrote an article for MarketWatch, How the president...
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PSP Hits The Red Carpet?
Martha Porado of Benefits Canada reports, PSP Investments seeks direct partnership deal with stake in global talent agency:The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, alongside global alternative...
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HOOPP Ponders its Allocation of Risk?
Sarah Rundell of Top 1000 Funds reports, HOOPP ponders re-allocating risk:With its assets under management forecast to double in the next five to seven years, Canada’s Healthcare of Ontario Pension...
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CPPIB and Caisse Expand Asian Logistics?
Benefits Canada reports, CPPIB invests in Korean logistics facilities:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is partnering with a subsidiary of ESR, a pan-Asian logistics real estate platform, to...
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The Big Plunge in Stocks?
Stephanie Landsman of CNBC reports, Stocks could plummet 20 to 30 percent next year in biggest drop since financial crisis:The bulls may be treading water.According to Ned Davis Research's Ed Clissold,...
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CPPIB Worried About Inflation?
Jesse Snyder of the National Post reports, CPPIB head says U.S. inflation a potential risk, but threat of overheated economy anything but imminent:The chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan...
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All Aboard BCI's Gravy Train?
Norm Farrell of In-Sights reports, The Gravy Train Accelerates:BC Investment Management Corporation (BCI), the public pension fund manager in this province increased compensation costs by 30% per...
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No Turkish Delight For Emerging Markets?
Jim O'Neill, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK Treasury Minister who is Chairman of Chatham House, wrote a comment for Project Syndicate, The Turkish Emerging Market...
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Canadian Pensions Invest in US Utility?
Benefits Canada reports, OMERS, AIMCo and BCI take or up stake in U.S. utility company:Several major Canadian public pensions are investing in Puget Holdings [no LLC], the parent company of Puget Sound...
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Top Funds' Activity in Q2 2018
David Randall and Svea Herbst-Bayliss of Reuters report, U.S. hedge funds bet on retail, tech in Q2 as economy sizzled:Prominent hedge fund managers appeared to make big second-quarter bets that the...
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CPPIB to Double its Allocation to China?
Jennifer Thompson of the Financial Times reports, Canada’s CPPIB plans to double China asset allocation:The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board plans to more than double the proportion of assets it...
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OMERS's Huge Stake in a Texas Pipeline?
The Canadian Press reports, Pension fund for Ontario city employees invests $1.87 billion in Texas pipeline:The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has an agreement to pay $1.87 billion for a...
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OTPP and the Caisse's Mid-Year Results
The Canadian Press reports, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earned 3.2% so far this year:Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan earned a return of 3.2 per cent on its investments for the first six months of...
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PSP Bolsters its Private Debt Arm?
Maciej Onoszko of Bloomberg reports, Mounties' $117 Billion Fund Bolsters Private Debt Arm:The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, is expanding its private...
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Riding the Bull to Nirvana?
Fred Imbert and Ryan Browne of CNBC report, S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit all-time highs as Netflix jumps, Dow rises more than 100 points:The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite reached all-time highs on...
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The Canadian Student Housing Market?
Jonathan Turnbull, Managing Partner at Alignvest Student Housing, sent me a guest comment on insitutional grade student housing investment opportunities in Canada:Student Housing is a specialized...
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The End of Greece's Bailout?
Yanis Varoufakis, co-founder of DiEM25 and the former finance minister of Greece, wrote an op-ed for the Guardian, Greece was never bailed out – it remains locked in an EU debtor's prison:Over the past...
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America’s Broken Retirement System?
Knowledge@Wharton recently put out a research comment, The Time Bomb Inside Public Pension Plans:Sanitation workers, firefighters, teachers and other state and local government employees have performed...
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New Jersey and Ohio Embroiled in Scandal?
Andrew Perez and David Sirota wrote an article that was co-published in MapLight, Capital & Main and Fast Company: Ohio, N.J. pension funds invested $625M in hedge fund that controls “National...
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Get Into Stocks Right Now?
Michelle Fox of CNBC reports, 'Outright bullish' on the market, money manager says to get into stocks 'right now':With the stock market about to leave the summer behind, now is the time to buy,...
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