Pension Pulse

JANUARY 31, 2024

It is not monolithic and includes such varied enterprises as pension fund investment managers such as AIMCo , insurance companies, investment banks, broker dealers, hedge funds, mortgage investment companies – and still others.

Banks 59

Banks Pension Funds Financial Institutions Investing 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mike Wilson has been with Morgan Stanley since 1989, rising up through the ranks of institutional sales, trading, investing, banking to eventually becoming Chief Investment Officer and Chief US Equity Strategist. So I was really investment banking. 2009, 10 in that role. What was that experience like?

Companies 65

Companies Investing Assets Hedge Funds 65

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

And what was fascinating about Drexel and kind of the diaspora, if you will, of that era was that we all basically went out looking to take that experience, particularly in high yield and kind of buyouts and financing, and do it at either banks or other investment banks. KENCEL: It’s the investment banking affiliate.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Banks Financing 59

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

So that, that sort of put Amherst on a different pact because prior to that, our core business model was investment banking, brokerage market making, and underwriting. And so, so starting in 2009, we, we, there was no flip market. The bulk of our investors are investing on behalf of consumers, on behalf of taxpayers.

Hedge Funds 59

Hedge Funds Banks Assets Due Diligence 59

The Big Picture

DECEMBER 20, 2022

I’m sitting there representing the bank, and I’m sitting across from the senior debt negotiator from the Russian Federation, or wherever it may be. I see a lot of young kids today, it’s like, well, I’m going to try investment banking, and I’m going to try tech, you know, whatever is hot.

Hedge Funds 65

Hedge Funds Debt Banks Assets 65

The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

And again, some history, until 2009 or ‘10, Warren Buffett actually spoke out against buybacks. DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. I mean, strong words for Buffett. RITHOLTZ: He was not a fan. DAMODARAN: He was a big dividend person. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Education 119

Education Finance Financing Taxes 119

The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Wall Street investment banks and large hedge funds have started buying it as a way to take directional bets on the market. Right now, many investment managers are only allocating 1% of their portfolios to Bitcoin. And what if pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds start to invest in Bitcoin?

Exchange-Traded Funds 246

Exchange-Traded Funds Hedge Funds Pension Funds Shareholders 246