Pension Pulse

JULY 4, 2023

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. billion in Canadian funds.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Over the last decade, the real estate arm of Quebec’s $300 billion pension fund tore through U.S. During that decade, the investor also scooped up Goldman Sachs’ former headquarters at 85 Broad Street in the Financial District, which the company bought for $650 million in 2017. The Caisse pension fund reported a -6.2

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

The exposure you get in investment banking, I was a leveraged finance banker by background. But I would add, we had just gone public at the time, 2017. So that was in 2017, we went public on Euronext Paris. CHABRAN: Maybe because I come from a leverage finance background, as I told you, I tend always to focus on the downside.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 19, 2023

billion in 2017 alone and another $7 billion between 2018 and the first quarter of this year. It's a nice short candidate here which is why I'm looking to short it using the AXS 1.25X NVDA Bear Daily ETF ( NVDS ) which has a little leverage too magnifying returns. But a Financial Times analysis found that the strategy lost $1.8

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2023

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. When I joined in 2020, the Fixed Income strategy we have in Private Credit was launched in 2017. per cent, far below its benchmark of 7.2

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 24, 2024

He added: “ADQ’s existing portfolio of infrastructure assets, many of which are emerging as national champions, will serve as a catalyst to leverage significant potential of public-private partnership projects together with Plenary, a leader in its field with a proven track record of delivering successful infrastructure projects globally.”

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Regarding the pension fund's bond assets, CDPQ said the fixed income market was characterized by higher yields and the narrowing of corporate credit spreads. In equity markets, Canada’s second-largest pension fund benefited from its high exposure to the technology sector with a 17.7 and down 0.2% in Canada," CDPQ added.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

As plan sponsors continue to post negative returns in real estate — the IMCO saw a negative 13 per cent return from the asset class in 2023 — Stoyanova says it’s important to remember the role of leverage and just how critical diversification can be when weathering economic storms.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“This sale further demonstrates our commitment to strengthen our investment grade balance sheet and aggressively reduce our debt leverage ratio,” Tony Staffieri, Rogers’ chief executive, said in a statement. We’re tracking six months ahead on our deleveraging priorities and we’re committed to reducing our debt leverage ratio even further.”

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Since it was established in 2017 with an initial funding of $35 billion, the bank has faced criticism for transaction shortcomings and has only been able to deploy a cumulative total of $9.7 billion as of March 31, 2023. Well, it didn't turn out that way.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 24, 2024

The success of this monetization plan should be part of the Harvard Business Review case study so other large pension funds and sovereign wealth funds can mimic it. As a reminder, Vantage Data Centers was founded in 2010 and acquired by Digital Bridge, PSP Investments and TIAA Investments in 2017.

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Pension Pulse

APRIL 9, 2024

Our ambition is to democratise the rental market for students and other renters alike by leveraging our operational scale and delivering inspired intelligent design experiences at value,” Scape’s Carracher said.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 21, 2023

He told me he tries to leverage the institution to form solid partnerships and add meaningful value. He shared this with me on this role: The leadership of CDPQ (on sustainability) has been there since 2017. We began with a quick overview of his career.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A report by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada found that between 2003 and 2017, Canadian pension funds invested $25 billion in the region. The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has had an on-the-ground presence on the continent for over a decade, and currently has offices in Singapore as well as Hong Kong and Mumbai.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 22, 2024

Ian Bickis of The Canadian Press reports CPP Investments earned 8 per cent in latest fiscal year, net assets rose to $632 billion: Canada's biggest pension fund earned an eight per cent return last year, but significantly underperformed the 19.9 Our original investments were made in 2017.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 15, 2024

Scott Chan, deputy CIO of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, will take over on July 1 as CIO of the world’s largest educators’ pension fund. billion since 2017. billion in costs since 2017. billion since 2017, the pension system said in announcing Chan’s appointment. “I

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

In fact, virtually all of our drawdown funds we've launched in our history, have been profitable for our investors. Our performance has helped secure retirees' pensions, fund students educations, pay healthcare benefits, and protect and grow the savings of individual investors. In 2017, we launched our infrastructure strategy.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

increased by 40 basis points year on year as we continue to drive operating leverage and profitable growth after the market shock of 2022. Looking forward, we're prioritizing investments to propel our differentiated organic growth and operating leverage. Our fourth quarter operating margin of 41.6%

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The Big Picture

MARCH 21, 2023

And we go through long periods, a good example would be post GFC through 2017 where values tough. If you’re anywhere from an individual to a pension fund, saying how much do I have to save to retire? This latest 2017 which again was a bad period for value, but a very good period for us and our firm grew.

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 3, 2024

And the focus of pension funds and other asset managers needs to squarely be on opportunities in the transition economy. How can pension funds take part in the new nuclear revolution? The world is heading toward net zero but the transition to net zero won't be linear and it will be full of economic and social potholes.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Committed US$150 million to American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VIII, which will primarily target value-oriented, control investments in the North American industrials sector. Our original investments were made between 2015-2017. Sold our 45% stake in a portfolio of medical office buildings in Southern California.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This is implicitly leverage. Leverage is a tool that accentuates both the good and the bad. And you need to be aware of the leverage risk that’s embedded. I can port the alpha of this hedge fund on top of the s and p 500 instead of fishing in the same pond as everyone else. No derivatives, no shorting, no leverage.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We look forward to leveraging his expertise to further FCLTGlobal’s mission.” From 2014 to 2017, van Gelderen was CEO of the Dutch financial service provider APG Asset Management, after serving as Chief Investment Officer from 2010-2014.

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