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Transcript: Michael Carmen, Wellington

The Big Picture

At one point in time, Jack Bogle, founder of, of Vanguard was chairman of their mutual funds. He is uniquely situated because he has run both public mutual funds as well as privates, including late stage venture private equity credit down the list. Really interesting. Michael Carmen: 00:01:38 [Speaker Changed] Sure.

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The Blackstone Bombshell That Just Shook PE Industry

Pension Pulse

Blackstone told us "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed PSSI had industry-leading hiring compliance." But it seems, that diligence failed to find what was obvious to investigators watching a shift change in a parking lot. In 2007, Taylor won the $1.5M The Templeton Foundation of West Conshohocken, Pa.,

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

The Big Picture

And as you well know, in 2007, accountants fixed what I thought was a horrendous mistake — RITHOLTZ: Right. DAMODARAN: We’re going to do our due diligence. We also tell them to do due diligence. It shows up in mutual funds, where people put their money in a mutual fund.

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