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Transcript: Julian Salisbury, GS

The Big Picture

And then I moved back to London at the end of 2008, which was a really interesting pivot. At the end of 2008, we owned a lot of illiquid assets. And there was a problem with 168 of them at the end of 2008. It was the year I made partner, actually, in 2008. Pension funds have quite long-dated capital.

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Top Fund's Activity in Q1 2024

Pension Pulse

Among individual hedge funds, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Shares of Chubb rose as much as 11% in premarket trading on Thursday, putting the stock on track for its biggest rise since November 2008. Here are some funds worth tracking closely. Below, are a few funds investors track closely.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2023

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A hedge fund run by Michael Burry — who famously shorted subprime mortgages during the 2008 financial crisis and became a central figure in Michael Lewis’s 2010 book "The Big Short" — added 35,000 shares of Alphabet and 30,000 shares of Amazon. That fund, Scion Capital, also boosted bets on Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q3 2023

Pension Pulse

Here are some funds worth tracking closely. Below, are a few funds investors track closely. Below, a sample of the funds I track closely: 1) Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMco) 2) Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan 3) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 4) Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec 5) OMERS Administration Corp.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q1 2023

Pension Pulse

pic.twitter.com/J1EHKFFZpu — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) May 19, 2023 I mentioned below that Bear Stearns blew up the same weekend in 2008 that SVB did in 2023… The market then rallied after the initial bank panic was squashed. That rally ran strong until it ended on May 19, 2008. Here are some funds worth tracking closely.

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The Blackstone Bombshell That Just Shook PE Industry

Pension Pulse

No pension fund wants to invest in private companies that abuse immigrant children. which sponsors various projects on science and religion, was founded by mutual funds entrepreneur Sir John M. I hope that they have an opportunity to be kids, to go to school and not be tired.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

The Big Picture

Are most people better off in an index fund than playing with an active manager, be it mutual fund or high fee hedge funds? SEIDES: John Yeah, I said back then, the bet started in 2007 and I say today, being in the market and investing in hedge funds is completely apples and oranges. .” You would think.