The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Blackstone's unique investment business Blackstone manages investments for big money managers, including pension funds and institutional investors, and its $1 trillion in AUM makes it one of the largest asset managers in the world. What sets Blackstone apart from competitors is its investing style.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

Investment banks were not really a known concept in the area where I grew up. SALISBURY: So that actually helped in a way that everybody was dealing with the same broad-based crisis as opposed to when it’s just you or just your firm or just your fund, where in some ways it can feel more stressful.

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The Big Picture

JULY 24, 2023

And so for the longest time, I actually thought that my unconventional background, I wasn’t an Ivy League student, I didn’t train at an investment bank, I wasn’t working for a hedge fund, I started my career as a bank teller. RITHOLTZ: It’s funny that you say the phrase view the world differently.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 22, 2024

Last year, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) hired investment banks to find a new owner for Toronto-based LifeLabs , according to four sources familiar with the sales process. Two of the sources said OMERS picked New York-based Evercore Group LLC to run the process and also brought in a Canadian bank.

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

Amanda White of Top1000funds reports OMERS positions to buy, favouring North America: Only two years into the top investment job at OMERS, Ralph Berg has made his mark, dramatically re-engineering the investment programs, adjusting the geographical focus and getting ready to buy as M&A markets open up. Amanda White reports.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And it appears, at least, in the post-World War II period, they come about every 25 years, the Nifty Fifties, which was a period where institutions and pension funds bought just growth stocks. RITHOLTZ: What sort of advice would you give to a recent college grad who is interested in a career in investing in finance?

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