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Will OMERS and BCI Drown Along With Thames Water?

Pension Pulse

The company is still in talks with its shareholders about raising as much as £1 billion in fresh funds following a £500 million injection agreed last year. Its largest shareholder is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (Omers), which holds a nearly 32 per cent stake.

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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. I used to invest in top global hedge funds back in the day and I trusted nobody. which sponsors various projects on science and religion, was founded by mutual funds entrepreneur Sir John M. How can this happen?

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Transcript: Mathieu Chabran

The Big Picture

And whilst we were dealing with the same counterparty, the same pension fund, some of their constituents, some of the underlying boards, disagree on the approach to take there. You’ve got the most sophisticated sovereign wealth funds in the world. We were lucky enough to have Temasek backing us as early as 2016.

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Suyi Kim on What Drives Success at CPP Investments' Giant PE Portfolio

Pension Pulse

Sarah Rundell of Top1000Funds recently interviewed Suyi Kim, Global Head of Private Equity at CPP Investments to go over what drives success at their giant PE portfolio: Suyi Kim, global head of private equity at CPP Investments manages quite possibly the largest private equity allocation in the world. billion this year.

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

Pension Pulse

In January 2016, Justin Trudeau's government appointed him Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, a position he fulfilled from 2016 to 2020. In 2016, Canadian Business magazine named him one of Canada’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders.

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Keep your clients far away from ESG investing – it’s a rip-off!

Sara Grillo

According to an article by Larry Swedroe from 2016, controversial investments yield post abnormal returns, generally, and screening them out causes performance to suffer. Swedroe cites a study by Greg Richey from the Summer 2016 issue of The Journal of Investing. 2016, May). 2016, July 25). link] Richey, Greg. So I agree.

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Transcript: David Layton

The Big Picture

And then in 2016, we were thinking a little bit more strategically about our business in the Americas, and I championed this project to open up a headquarters for the firm in Colorado and — RITHOLTZ: Away from Wall Street. But for individuals, historically, there have not been great options to invest into private companies.

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