Pension Pulse

MAY 8, 2024

Ishika Mookerjee and Sheryl Tian Tong Lee of Bloomberg report Quebec pension struggles to deploy $7 billion for energy transition: One of Canada’s biggest pension funds says it hasn’t been able to deploy the CAD 10 billion ($7.3 Not available on YouTube yet but you should watch this interesting discussion here.

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Pension Pulse

AUGUST 24, 2023

A month ago, Eliyahu Kamisher of the Los Angels Times reported that CalPERS pension fund posts 5.8% gain in its latest fiscal year as the stock market rally and private debt buoyed the largest traditional public pension fund in the United States. pension fund, has yet to release its fiscal 2023 results.

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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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Portfolios Due Diligence Pension Funds Debt 59

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Includes, you know, five corporate five hundreds and two pension funds and five banks. So you really can’t imagine and venture where your next deal is going to come from. You have to be open to the serendipity, but you have to be practiced in your approach to deal flow.

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Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 72

Pension Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2024

Marrying the proprietary origination and business improvement capabilities of GIP and BlackRock’s global corporate and sovereign relationships provides a platform for diversified, large-scale sourcing to support deal flow and co-investment opportunities for clients.

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 Motley Fool

JULY 14, 2023

And they're confident in their ability to deliver the investment performance they need through durable alpha and active proprietary deal flow in private markets, or proper index tracking of ETFs. 1 thing they're looking for as a selected manager is proprietary differentiated deal flow.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Includes, you know, five corporate five hundreds and two pension funds and five banks. So you really can’t imagine and venture where your next deal is going to come from. You have to be open to the serendipity, but you have to be practiced in your approach to deal flow.

Startups 52

Startups Investing Deal Flow New York Stock Exchange 52

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A number of significant whole portfolio institutional mandates funded in the quarter, and we continue to be chosen for large global solutions. Last month, we were selected as a fiduciary manager for a $30 billion Dutch pension fund with more than 30,000 members.

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Assets Leveraging Mergers and Acquisitions Mutual Funds 130

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2024

BlackRock's deep relationships with clients, corporates, governments, and sovereign wealth funds can accelerate investment opportunities. On our client side, the pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, the asset managers, infrastructure is what they want to invest in.

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Assets Shareholders Asset Management Capital 130

The Motley Fool

APRIL 12, 2024

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. Operator Thank you.

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Performance Fees Assets Shareholders Leveraging 130

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001.

Venture Capital 218

Venture Capital Pension Funds Investing Deal Flow 218

Pension Pulse

APRIL 25, 2024

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg reports Canada pension fund's credit head wants to take advantage of leveraged buyout boom: Canada’s largest pension fund plans to nearly double the size of its credit holdings over the next five years, and it’s counting on an upturn in leveraged buyouts to generate some of that growth.

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Leveraged Buyouts Buyout Pension Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 59

The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

In addition to insurance clients, pension funds and other LPs see the value we're creating in private credit, and there's been a strong response to our product offerings. 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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Assets Debt Banks Capital 130

Pension Pulse

JANUARY 10, 2024

Right now, spreads and terms on new deal flow appear attractive, so lenders are being disciplined for the most part. However, the pullback by banks in the syndicated market has given more share of the supply to the direct lenders which has been something of an offset.

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Debt Investing Banks Private Equity Firms 59

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

And so, that was a big event for us because all of those private equity relationships, as a limited partner, are fantastic drivers of knowledge and relationships and deal flow to finance those deals with those private equity firms. RITHOLTZ: I was about to say that sounds like it’s really good for deal flow.

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Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financing Finance 59

The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

And whilst we were dealing with the same counterparty, the same pension fund, some of their constituents, some of the underlying boards, disagree on the approach to take there. Some of our LPs are very often made up of different boards, some teachers, firemen, policeman, you know, employees, public servants employees.

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Banks Asset Management Assets Capital 59

The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2024

Unique deal flow and track record of successful exits create a flywheel effect, enabling future fundraising and more scaled funds. We plan to be a leader in this space, leveraging our expertise to drive capital formation and unique deal flow to generate return for our clients. RIA, a U.K.

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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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Pension Funds Funds Financing Finance 59

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. Amanda White reports.

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Buyout Pension Funds Investing Assets 52

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

Management Fees Assets Capital Funds 130