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A Fireside Chat With BCI's Head Of PE Jim Pittman

Pension Pulse

BCI is a pension fund for unionized employees and government employees in British Columbia and Western Canada, with gross assets under management of $250 billion. Continuation funds will become more popular as a way for managers to exit investments without selling at depressed prices. A few quick points here.

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A Discussion With CDPQ's Marc-André Blanchard on Sustainability, COP28 and More

Pension Pulse

He quickly rose up the ranks, was responsible for the Montreal and Quebec City offices and in January 2010, he became chairman and CEO of McCarthy Tétrault. I told him I track pension funds very closely and there's no doubt CDPQ is a global leader in sustainable/ responsible investing.

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Best Caisse Scenario?

Pension Pulse

But what’s even more relevant, he says, is that with $88 billion now invested in a province with a GDP of nearly $500 billion, “the Caisse is the pension fund that is the most invested, in the world, in its local economy.” More than ever, Canada’s largest pension funds are being pressed to play the same role in the rest of the country.

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Transcript: Albert Wenger

The Big Picture

We’ve seen valuations come way down for public companies. RITHOLTZ: So I always assumed it was tied to the public markets. WENGER: I always find it relatively surprising how much private early stage valuations are tied to public markets because our holding — RITHOLTZ: That’s the exit, right?