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Mark Wiseman on Why Politicians Should Leave Pension Funds Alone

Pension Pulse

The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool. The system works exceptionally well, yet in the past year, we have seen increasing calls to change this model and use pension funds as a policy tool.

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CPP Investments Aims to Double Credit Holdings Over Next Five Years

Pension Pulse

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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On Why BlackRock Wants To Be Blackstone Again With a Twist of Crypto

Pension Pulse

Cohen, whose new title is chief product officer, has been BlackRock’s head of Europe, Middle East and Africa since April 2021, and he previously led wealth and index investment businesses in EMEA as well as global fixed-income indexing. Not just sovereign wealth funds, US, Canadian and European pension funds too.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

And they're confident in their ability to deliver the investment performance they need through durable alpha and active proprietary deal flow in private markets, or proper index tracking of ETFs. 1 thing they're looking for as a selected manager is proprietary differentiated deal flow.

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A Conversation With OTPP's CEO on Their Mid-Year Results

Pension Pulse

The growth came as the fund earned a 12-month total-fund net return of 4.8 The pension fund, which invests to pay for the retirement for 336,000 working members and pensioners, noted that as of Jan. 1 the plan was fully funded with a $17.5-billion billion funding surplus. per cent and 8.6

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CPP Investments' Andrew Edgell on Private Debt's Next Stress Test

Pension Pulse

Right now, spreads and terms on new deal flow appear attractive, so lenders are being disciplined for the most part. However, the pullback by banks in the syndicated market has given more share of the supply to the direct lenders which has been something of an offset.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

iShares is leading the industry in global flows with approximately $250 billion through the third quarter and historically sees upwards of 40% of its total annual flows in Q4. iShares' fixed-income ETF assets now stand at over $1 trillion, nearly 40% higher than at year-end 2021. And Aladdin. Finally, fixed income.

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