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NorthWall Capital Raises More Than €640m for European Opportunities Strategy

Private Equity Insights

The Fund and associated vehicles surpassed the €500m target, receiving strong support from new and existing global institutional investors and more than doubling the size of its predecessor, NorthWall European Opportunities Fund I (“NWEOF I”). 60% of its capital to 14 transactions across five countries in Western Europe.

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Canada Growth Fund to Invest $50-Million in Idealist Capital

Pension Pulse

The investment in Idealist marks the third by Canada Growth Fund, a $15-billion pool set up by Ottawa to help direct private-sector capital to Canadian technologies that help meet its commitments to reduce emissions. It is managed by PSP Investments, a public-sector pension-fund manager. a unit of Advantage Energy Ltd.

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Calling Code Red on Chicago's Disastrous Public Pensions

Pension Pulse

Among the wealth of tables is a list of the best and worst-funded of the 58 local pension plans studied, and, yes, you guessed it, the bottom five spots are Chicago plans, with the bottom three at levels far below all others: Municipal employees, 21% funded, Chicago police, 21.8% funded, and Chicago fire, 18.8%

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On IMCO's Focused Approach to Investing Outside Canada

Pension Pulse

The US withdrew from the TransPacific Partnership in 2017. the ability to leverage centralized risk, legal, HR, IT, back and middle office capabilities), relevant sectoral expertise, the ability to leverage scale (e.g., Most of Canada's large pension funds including CPP Investments are rethinking their investments in China.

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Are Insurance Companies Safe?

Tucker Advisors

Safeguarding against a potential failure is the Insurance Guarantee Fund, which every insurance company is legally required to pay into, and which is also managed by state-sanctioned insurance guaranty associations. They are legal entities backed by the insurance commissioner in every U.S. 4, 2017 [link].

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Meade -- General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Good morning, everyone. A number of significant whole portfolio institutional mandates funded in the quarter, and we continue to be chosen for large global solutions. Last month, we were selected as a fiduciary manager for a $30 billion Dutch pension fund with more than 30,000 members.

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CDPQ Rocked by Major Indian Bribery Scheme

Pension Pulse

officials allege: Senior executives at Quebec’s provincial pension fund manager tried to win contracts by paying Indian officials hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and interfered with corruption investigations in the United States, American prosecutors allege. Adani Green sought to raise money from U.S. authorities.