Pension Pulse

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is just one of the numerous pension fund and major ILS investors we track in our directories here. First, read my comment covering HOOPP's 2022 results where the plan remains fully funded despite losing 8.6%

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

From 1994 to 2008, global trade grew faster than global GDP. Even in jurisdictions where hedging is more feasible, hedging currency requires access to liquidity to post as collateral. There's been a lot of discussion lately on why Maple 8 pension funds do not invest more in Canada, specifically in Canadian equities.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

RIEDER: — there was — and then, you know, punctuating with obviously 2008. Which is run by many insurance companies, pension funds who use Aladdin, and it’s a commercial enterprise for the firm. Didn’t it start as a bond shop, catering to pension funds and foundations? RIEDER: It is.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 14, 2024

Laura Benitez and Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg report hedge funds draw pension money to riskiest corner of a $1.3 Pension plans and insurers have been piling into funds that invest in equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations in recent months, according to several asset managers who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

And he said, “Well, it has to be this and that “and it has to be collateralized with a letter of credit.” It started on January 1 of 2008. RITHOLTZ: Great timing for hedge funds, right? SEIDES: In Warren’s 2008 annual letter, I think it was 2008, he made a statement. You would think.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

In fact, virtually all of our drawdown funds we've launched in our history, have been profitable for our investors. Our performance has helped secure retirees' pensions, fund students educations, pay healthcare benefits, and protect and grow the savings of individual investors. banks with an average of 12 times leverage.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 20, 2023

MORGENSON: It can be collateralized loan obligations, now it’s big private debt. Pension funds, perhaps, maybe aren’t growing as much as they need them to. MORGENSON: It stopped outperforming in like the mid-2000s or towards 2008. But so you had these dividend recaps. And so, this is a ripe market for them.

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