The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) The Efficient Market Hypothesis informs us that stock markets reflect all of the information known about any company. But is that also true for start-ups and venture-funded private companies? Typically the, the valuations are.

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Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 72

Pension Pulse

JULY 3, 2024

“The investment horizon for these assets is long and the ability to rebalance in the future is hampered,” warns Marlene Puffer, who joined AIMCo as CIO in 2023 from Canada’s railway pension fund CN Investment Division. This approach ensures AIMCo taps sufficient risk but also protects against embedding too much connected risk.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

The adjustments exclude the compensation expense impact of mark-to-market volatility associated with certain deferred cash compensation plans and the nonoperating impact of an economic hedge, which the company began in 2023. 1 thing they're looking for as a selected manager is proprietary differentiated deal flow.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2024

Further, large government deficits mean that the mobilization of capital through public-private partnerships will be critical for funding important infrastructure. Its over 40 portfolio companies generate over $75 billion in annual revenue and employ approximately 115,000 people around the world. ESG by another name?

Pension Funds 59

Pension Funds Debt Exchange-Traded Funds Assets 59

Pension Pulse

AUGUST 15, 2023

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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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

She has been an early investor in companies that went public such as FIGS, Casper, and CloudFlare, as well as startups like Gimlett and Lightwell, that were later acquired by Spotify and Twitter. And it’s going to be one of the best AI ed tech companies of all time. for 10 percent of the company just a year ago.

Startups 52

Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 52

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We celebrated the 25th anniversary of BlackRock becoming a public company, and we closed our acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. The long-term connectors and our relationships span many years as holders of company debt and equity. We're the largest core fixed-income manager in the world for insurance companies with organic.

Assets 130

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

Debt service coverage ratios have been declining—so there is reason for concern—but in our own portfolio, we haven’t been seeing any meaningful revolver drawdown activity which is often a signal of how much heat companies are feeling. PE firms have a lot more skin in the game and also more capital available to support their investments.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

data center REIT as a well-positioned but poorly trading public company with tremendous long-term potential. Our BREIT, BIP Infrastructure, and BPP perpetual strategies acquired the company for $10 billion in 2021, and its lease capacity has already grown sixfold in less than three years. The corporate PE funds appreciated 3.4%

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

Only few had heard about the growth equity part where you need to strengthen an entrepreneurial company’s balance sheet because it’s not, well she’s not trying to sell the business, it’s just about making sure you find the right partners to strengthen the balance sheet. Great opportunity for us.

Banks 59

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

What most people don’t realize is that that deal had been hanging around as a potential transaction for a long time, and a lot of firms had looked at it, and it had conversations with the company. companies, and had lots of very talented folks that we work with. A lot of these companies were becoming very large.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Finance Banks 59

The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

Being a growth company requires continued innovation, lots of investments, and intense client focus. BlackRock's infrastructure franchise and our private markets business more broadly benefited from the firm's global footprint, our deep network of clients and distribution relationships, and access to high-quality deal flow.

Performance Fees 130

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

BlackRock's deep relationships with clients, corporates, governments, and sovereign wealth funds can accelerate investment opportunities. Companies and clients increasingly want to work with BlackRock. For companies where we are investors, they appreciate that we are a long-term consistent capital. We generate 8% yield.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2024

For companies where we're investors, they appreciate that we are a long-term, consistent, always-there capital. Whether it's debt or equity, pre-IPOs, post-IPOs, companies recognize the uniqueness of our global relationship, our brand, and our expertise across markets and industries. We're not transactional. RIA, a U.K.

Assets 130

Assets Liabilities Leveraging Asset Management 130

Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Amanda White of Top1000funds reports perfect score sees Norway take out top spot on transparency: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark’s 2024 findings, scoring a perfect 100 out of 100.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2025

And as BIP has continued to scale, it has in turn enhanced the firm's intellectual capital, relationships, and deal flow, supporting our growth in other areas, including our $90 billion infrastructure and asset-based credit platform, our infrastructure Secondaries business and our dedicated energy and energy transition focused funds.

Management Fees 130

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