Pension Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

Importantly, no other large Canadian pension fund has allocated as much to Credit as CPP Investments (or Private Equity which makes up 33% of of its total assets). leveraged loans and emerging market bonds. They are really leveraging their comparative advantages in that franchise in the mid market LBO, that's for sure.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

In private credit, tightening credit conditions resulting from a handful of bank failures and rescues in the United States have opened up opportunities for non-bank players like pension funds, he said. Other categories affecting our total cost profile include taxes and expenses associated with various forms of leverage.

Investing 52

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Pension Pulse

MAY 6, 2024

Some organizations have pushed instead for the creation of social impact funds that facilitate business conversions to forms of employee ownership that are meant to last in perpetuity and provide more worker leverage over decisions like a company’s sale. So why is this so important and why cover it on this blog?

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Capital Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Stakes 59

Pension Pulse

MAY 19, 2023

It's a nice short candidate here which is why I'm looking to short it using the AXS 1.25X NVDA Bear Daily ETF ( NVDS ) which has a little leverage too magnifying returns. Please remember to donate any amount under my picture on the top left-hand side of my blog via PayPal options. So what's the problem?

Hedge Funds 52

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

is about broadening access to knowledge, capital and well-being by leveraging existing networks and protocols, and building trusted brands. There’s a whole bunch of infrastructure investments, infrastructures for building digital businesses. Our current iteration, what we call Thesis 3.0

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 5, 2024

IMCO CEO Bert Clark posted a comment on LinkedIn going over the Canadian model and other thoughts from the Fiduciary Investors Symposium: I recently had the pleasure of speaking at Top1000 Funds’ Fiduciary Investors Symposium Toronto 2024. And Canadian pensions have adopted some of their best practices and applied them to pension investment.

Pension Funds 59

Pension Funds Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Assets 59

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

We look forward to leveraging his expertise to further FCLTGlobal’s mission.” I also said part of being a pension fund where you need long-term thinking is you also need people with a lot of experience who have been around a while and can make long-term decisions. Wiseman ) and McKinsey & Company.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And so that’s actually when I started blogging, I started kidding. This is implicitly leverage. Leverage is a tool that accentuates both the good and the bad. And you need to be aware of the leverage risk that’s embedded. No derivatives, no shorting, no leverage. There’s quality research here.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2022

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. They got a lot of leverage. We have had these growth spurts of overvaluation through history. RITHOLTZ: Late ‘60s we’re talking.

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