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 Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

And now we've transitioned to addressing the sector's growing power needs, leveraging our sizable energy infrastructure platform, which includes the largest private renewables developer in North America. One of the advantages of Blackstone is just our scale and the amount of deal flow we see across all these different areas.

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Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

That said, on the positive side, if you look across the US high yield and leveraged loan issuer market, we have had eight consecutive quarters of positive, albeit decelerating, revenue and earnings growth. I’d say on balance, the leveraged space and the economy generally have been trending better than one might have expected.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

The exposure you get in investment banking, I was a leveraged finance banker by background. And so late 90s, that’s the emergence of the high yield market in Europe, you would print deals like never before. CHABRAN: Maybe because I come from a leverage finance background, as I told you, I tend always to focus on the downside.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

As markets improve, we remain committed to driving operating leverage and profitable growth. Looking forward, we'll continue to prioritize investments with differentiated organic growth potential or that will expand operating leverage through enhanced scale. Today, Aladdin is much more than that. Operator Thank you.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

And you know, it’s funny, when I was on the road in the early days, you know, talk about even post GFC, you’d meet with large scale institutions and you talk about senior secured loans, private lending, covenants, reasonable leverage, et cetera, et cetera. KENCEL: So, now, leverage is lower. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

increased by 40 basis points year on year as we continue to drive operating leverage and profitable growth after the market shock of 2022. Looking forward, we're prioritizing investments to propel our differentiated organic growth and operating leverage. Our fourth quarter operating margin of 41.6%

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2024

As markets improve, we expect execution on our financial rubric to drive profitable growth and operating leverage. The bigger longer-term opportunity is leveraging our engines in Aladdin and indexing with our capital markets expertise to build the machine for the indexing of private markets. Our as-adjusted operating margin of 44.1%

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Pension Pulse

MARCH 3, 2025

Ralph Berg, chief investment officer at OMERS for nearly two years, brings a fresh perspective to pension fund management with a history and work pedigree different to what you might expect from a Canadian fund investment boss. The credit market has not seen a lot of primary supply, and we have not seen a lot of deals.

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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.

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