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A Chat With CAAT's CEO on DBplus
The CAAT Pension Plan (CAAT) announced it is adding two new employers to its growing list of participating employers participating in its award-wining DBplus defined benefit plan:CAAT continues to grow...
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HOOPP Warns of Canadian Retirement Anxiety
Rob Carrick of the Globe and Mail reports that a new poll suggests people would rather have money in their retirement fund:The head of one of the country’s largest pension plans is a skeptic on the...
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Fed Warns US Pensions Reaching For Yield
Klement on Investing posted a nice comment on the sad state of public pension plans in the US:I recently came across a fascinating paper from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve that...
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Time to Worry About US Inflation?
James Knightley of ING reports that US consumer price inflation undershot expectations in September and with the growth outlook deteriorating the Fed has the flexibility to offer more “insurance” rate...
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Joelle Faulkner on Canadian Farmland
Joelle Faulkner, CEO of Area One Farms, sent me an excellent guest comment going over farmland as an investment:Farmland is gaining attention from pension funds, corporations and investors alike....
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CPPIB Invests in Leading Digital Publisher
On Tuesday, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced that it will invest alongside KKR in acquiring a stake in Axel Springer:Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced...
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Private Equity Booms, Hedge Funds Wane?
Christine Idzelis of Institutional Investor reports that private equity changes everything:Private equity is too big to ignore — for both investors and regulators.“It’s critical,” said Peter Witte,...
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A Year-End Rally or Meltdown in the Cards?
Fred Imbert of CNBC reports that the Dow drops more than 250 points to end the week as Boeing and J&J plunge:The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply on Friday, weighed down by steep losses in...
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The Best and Worst Pension Systems 2019
Matthew Burgess of Bloomberg reports on the best and worst pension systems in the world:The Netherlands and Denmark have the best pensions systems in the world, according to a global study that shines...
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HOOPP's CEO on Pension Delivery and More
Yaelle Gang, editor of Canadian Investment Review, recently wrote a good comment on HOOPP's outgoing CEO Jim Keohane reflecting on his career and LDI strategy:Twenty years ago, Jim Keohane was brought...
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CDPQ, OTPP Finance New Insurance Platform
CDPQ and Ontario Teachers’ have partnered with industry veteran Anurag Chandra to launch a new insurance platform:Constellation Insurance Holdings (“Constellation”), founded by Anurag Chandra, former...
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CalPERS's CIO Ready to Ramp Up In-house PE?
The CIO of CalPERS, Ben Meng, recently sat down with Reuters's Tom Buerkle to discuss why returns targets are a challenge and what CalPERS is doing to ensure its new private-equity push succeeds. Take...
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Stock Market Crash Near?
Matt Krantz of Investor's Business Daily reports that Nobel Laureate and "Irrational Exuberance" author Robert Shiller says he sees 'bubbles everywhere':When Nobel Laureate and "Irrational Exuberance"...
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CDPQ Strengthens Ties With Piramal Enterprises
Late last week, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) announced an investment in Piramal Enterprises Limited (Piramal Enterprises), a leading Indian financial and industrial group active in...
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Hijacking Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund?
Joel Dryden of CBC News reports that some Alberta teachers are uneasy and looking for answers after learning their pensions are on the move — without their consultation or approval:Teachers' pensions...
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Meet OPTrust's New CEO
Yaelle Gang of the Canadian Investment Review recently wrote a nice article on OPTrust’s new president and CEO Peter Lindley:It’s been one month since Peter Lindley, the OPSEU Pension Trust’s new...
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Private Equity Titans Cashing Out?
Tom Metcalf and Gillian Tan of Bloomberg News report that private equity titans have quietly discovered how to get even richer:Robert Smith built Vista Equity Partners into a money machine.The private...
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US Jobs Lift Stocks to Record Highs
Emily McCormick of Yahoo Finance reports that the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit a record high after a strong jobs report:U.S. stocks jumped Friday and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs...
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CPPIB Buys Pattern Energy in Huge PIPE Deal
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has just put out a statement stating it will acquire Pattern Energy in an all cash deal valued at approximately $6.1 billion:Pattern Energy Group Inc....
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CIO's 2019 Power 100 List
Chief Investment Officer recently announced its Power 100 list for 2019:For the eighth edition of the Power 100, we laud the asset owners who have distinguished themselves in navigating a changing, and...
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