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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. The other part that is very important for us and that's where the puck is heading for institutional investors, is the engagement with our portfolio companies.

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Transcript: Lynn Martin

The Big Picture

But what I tend to think about is what happens a month after you go public, what happens six months after you go public. And how could we be a good partner to that firm in their public company journey? And that’s what’s going to give the CEO and the public company, the next group of investors.

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Learn How to Invest Outside of the Stock Market

Fortune Financial

The number of public companies you can invest in is less than half where it was 25 years ago,” said Freisner. Alternative Investment Opportunity: Private Equity. Private equity is made up of nine investment strategies. Today, private equity firms are more focused on aligning the interests of all stakeholders.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

The Big Picture

She’s been CEO since February 2020. Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. 2020, you buy Legg Mason. They run about a $1.5

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MicroStrategy (MSTR) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Since 2020 we've invested $825 million of total cash on our balance sheet. Turning to our bitcoin strategy more specifically, we had one of the most successful quarters of adding more bitcoin to our balance sheet as we acquired 25,128 bitcoins in the first quarter, our second largest single quarter increase in bitcoin holdings since Q4 2020.

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"Rule Breaker Investing" Essays From Yesterday, Vol. 6

The Motley Fool

Looking backward, hindsight, of course, always being 2020 but still I think we may have forestalled any number of possible broker abuses, pyramid schemes, bank scams, etc, had we organized more effectively. We're a private company that people can't invest in. That's what we're doing now. Maybe the idea doesn't work out.

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Shockwave Medical (SWAV) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

During his time here, he was instrumental in our growth from a small pre-revenue private company to a public company with over $700 million in revenue. We raised the convert with the -- recognizing that there was a window where valuations for private companies were down, and they still are.

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