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Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 45% of His Hedge Fund's $13.4 Billion Portfolio Invested in Just 3 Stocks

The Motley Fool

His hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, invests in high-quality businesses with stocks that Ackman feels have become mispriced relative to their intrinsic value. But he had another opportunity in 2018, and he built a significant position in the hotelier. Bill Ackman likes to focus on just a few companies at a time.

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Allianz GI and FMO Team Up on $1.1bn Blended Finance Fund

Private Equity Insights

Allianz Global Investors and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed one of the largest “blended finance” funds on record, raising $1.1bn to invest in loans that help emerging and frontier countries meet sustainable development targets.

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CDPQ Launches US Forestland Platform, Takes Stake in UK's Hydro One

Pension Pulse

Chinook will manage the assets and deploy capital, with CDPQ becoming a minority shareholder to support the firm's growth and its natural capital portfolio expansion. CDPQ is a registered trademark owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and licensed for use by its subsidiaries.

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OMERS Announces First Italian Investment, Acquiring Grandi Stazioni Retail

Pension Pulse

Andres Gonzales of Reuters reports Canadian pension fund OMERS, DWS to acquire Italy's group Grandi Stazioni Retail: Canadian public pension fund OMERS and DWS Group reached a deal to acquire Grandi Stazioni Retail, the two investors said on Tuesday. billion ($1.8-

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Transcript: Mathieu Chabran

The Big Picture

Just background, Barry, when I moved here five years ago this year in 2018, we had barely no relationships in North America. We had made a few investments, relationship from a client standpoint, from an LP standpoint. And you know for us at TIKEHAU, it’s been an important step to open and expand here in North America.

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OTPP Is Lead Investor in Instagrid’s US$95M Series C Funding Round

Pension Pulse

James Bradshaw of the Globe and Mail reports Teachers' invests in portable battery company aiming to replace gas-powered generators: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$95-million funding round for Instagrid GmbH, a German maker of portable battery systems designed to replace gas-powered generators.

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Bob Baldwin and Erin O'Toole on Why We Shouldn't Mess With the Maple Eight

Pension Pulse

Bob Baldwin wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail stating a proposal to encourage more pension fund investing at home is wrong for Canada: Last month’s budget unveiled a working group led by former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz to collaborate with pension fund leaders to encourage funds to invest more of their assets in Canada.