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Are Pension Funds Fiddling With Another CLO Time Bomb?

Pension Pulse

Laura Benitez and Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg report hedge funds draw pension money to riskiest corner of a $1.3 Laura Benitez and Nishant Kumar of Bloomberg report hedge funds draw pension money to riskiest corner of a $1.3 trillion credit market: A high-stakes trade in the riskiest corner of a $1.3

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

The Motley Fool

Blackstone's unique investment business Blackstone manages investments for big money managers, including pension funds and institutional investors, and its $1 trillion in AUM makes it one of the largest asset managers in the world. Here's why this news is a big deal. What sets Blackstone apart from competitors is its investing style.

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HOOPP Beefs Up Its ILS Investments in 2022

Pension Pulse

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) is just one of the numerous pension fund and major ILS investors we track in our directories here. First, read my comment covering HOOPP's 2022 results where the plan remains fully funded despite losing 8.6%

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Transcript: Ted Seides

The Big Picture

But he spent most of his career allocating capital to various hedge funds, private equity, venture, etc. And so my summer job at business school, I worked for a hedge fund that Yale had money with. RITHOLTZ: Hedge fund, private equity, and Yale endowment, right? You just stay here for a couple more years.”

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

Pension Pulse

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. dollar to earn a 4.4-per-cent

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HOOPP Gains 9.4% in 2023

Pension Pulse

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg also reports real-return bonds reap gains for HOOPP: Canadian inflation-protected securities known as real-return bonds are reaping gains for one of the country’s largest pension funds during a turbulent period for fixed-income markets. The pension fund manager’s total assets increased to $112.6-billion,

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

The Big Picture

BARRY RITHOLTZ, HOST, MASTERS IN BUSINESS: This week on the podcast, another extra special guest, Robin Grew, President of Man Group, $145 billion publicly traded hedge fund in the UK, and soon to be Man Group’s CEO. GREW: So, Man is a — as you said hundred million – 145-billion-dollar hedge fund. Is that right?