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Are Pension Funds Fiddling With Another CLO Time Bomb?

Pension Pulse

Pension plans and insurers have been piling into funds that invest in equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations in recent months, according to several asset managers who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Some money managers have exceeded expectations, helping stoke such interest in the product.

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Here's Why 1 Investment Bank Says Blackstone Just Hit a "Major Milestone"

The Motley Fool

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) recently reached a huge milestone when it surpassed over $1 trillion in assets under management ( AUM ) in the second quarter. It became the first global alternative asset manager to hit that level and will add another notch to its belt when it joins the S&P 500 index later this month.

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New Mountain Capital Announces $825 Million Net Lease Real Estate Fund

Private Equity Insights

Investors in the Fund, which were a mix of numerous new investors as well as existing New Mountain Net Lease investors, include pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, endowments, family offices and high net worth individuals. Source: Business Wire Can’t stop reading? billion rupees.

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Prudential Financial (PRU) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

trillion of assets under management supporting defined benefit and defined contribution plans, PGIM serves more than half of the world's 300 largest pension funds. These inflows reflect the net benefit from large episodic institutional pension plan activity. As a market leader with nearly $0.5

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CPP Investments Plows Into Private Equity in Fiscal Q3 2025

Pension Pulse

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. billion as at Q3 FY2025: Highlights: Net assets increase by $24.5

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Fitch Warns Canadian Pensions Face More Pressure on Real Estate and Private Credit

Pension Pulse

A higher cost of debt and slower economic growth have created a tough investing environment, pushing down the value of some private assets that pension funds own. Private credit has been one of the best-performing asset classes for some large pension funds in recent years, often earning double-digit percentage gains.

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Are CPP Investments' 'Ideological Goals' Costing Canadians Money?

Pension Pulse

They’re talking about asset management firms, in which public pension funds often have investments, supporting shareholder proposals meant to achieve social justice or climate objectives yet of dubious financial value. Nor is it supported by the empirical evidence. They could simply carry on trying to maximize returns.