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CDPQ Rocked by Major Indian Bribery Scheme

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officials allege: Senior executives at Quebec’s provincial pension fund manager tried to win contracts by paying Indian officials hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and interfered with corruption investigations in the United States, American prosecutors allege. The charges filed by the U.S.

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A Discussion With Blake Hutcheson and Jonathan Simmons on OMERS' Mid-Year Results

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The pension fund had solid returns from its portfolio of public stocks, which gained 10.4 But stocks make up only 19 per cent of the pension fund’s assets after it shifted billions of dollars from equities into government bonds and credit investments, seeking to take advantage of high interest rates.

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10 Friday AM Reads

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( A Wealth of Common Sense ) • Family Offices Are Patiently Watching These Asset Classes for Opportunities : Real estate and private debt are among the investments these asset owners are eyeing. Previously, she was a senior reporter at Wall Street Journal covering finance, investment banking and M&A. Coal consumption?

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Transcript: Jawad Mian

The Big Picture

And I looked up to you as “The Big Picture” blog. And so for the longest time, I actually thought that my unconventional background, I wasn’t an Ivy League student, I didn’t train at an investment bank, I wasn’t working for a hedge fund, I started my career as a bank teller.

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The Worst Start to September in a Very Long Time

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And yes, I have better things to do on a Friday night than blog, like go watch tennis which I'm about to do. There are several real-time proxies of the unemployment rate, but one of my favorites is from the Conference Board.

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Transcript: Aswath Damodaran

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DAMODARAN: Or it could be some unique characteristic, pension funds pay no taxes. You have a blog. And you could probably get that dressing in small pieces if you want because when I do my YouTube videos and blog posts, you’re essentially seeing things that will show up as riffs in my class. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Transcript: Jeremy Siegel + Jeremy Schwartz

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And it appears, at least, in the post-World War II period, they come about every 25 years, the Nifty Fifties, which was a period where institutions and pension funds bought just growth stocks. RITHOLTZ: What sort of advice would you give to a recent college grad who is interested in a career in investing in finance?