Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

At C$146 billion, equivalent to a quarter of the entire C$575 billion pension fund for some 21 million Canadians and forecast to grow bigger every year, Kim leads a program that is also heading into unchartered territory. Most were on the fund's private equity team and were informed early last month, according to two of the people.

Portfolios 69

Portfolios Pension Funds Due Diligence Investing 69

The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Within about 90 days, it became apparent to me that we had not done sufficient reversed due diligence on our acquirer. This idea of reversed due diligence is like they're asking a bunch of questions trying to figure out who you are and where you fit with cultures like all those things. We managed to still sign and close.

Due Diligence 130

Due Diligence Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Public Companies 130

Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2023

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. No pension fund wants to invest in private companies that abuse immigrant children.

Due Diligence 52

Due Diligence Pension Funds Education Mutual Funds 52

The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

And as you well know, in 2007, accountants fixed what I thought was a horrendous mistake — RITHOLTZ: Right. DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. DAMODARAN: We’re going to do our due diligence. We also tell them to do due diligence.

Education 119

Education Finance Financing Taxes 119

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

There were financial experiments where the borrower hadn’t been through due diligence. So we, we do business with most of the sovereign wealth funds, most of the big US national insurers, global insurers, the largest pension funds. The LTV was very high. The underlying risk of the home market was very high.

Hedge Funds 59

Hedge Funds Banks Assets Due Diligence 59

The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Somehow no one in due diligence ever asked them about any of this. And not being able to tell them or show them makes it harder for them to do due diligence to understand how it may have behaved. And by and by the agreement, I wasn’t, I wasn’t even supposed to be in the equation at all. No one knew who I was.

Returns 59

Returns Mutual Funds Hedge Funds Leveraging 59