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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.

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Why I’m excited about First Round’s investment in Salescrunch

This is going to be BIG.

First of all, their CrunchConnect product will make your pitches a lot easier, by not forcing your clients to download plugins to do over the web presentations. I know Theresia back from when I was at the GM pension fund and we were an LP. So what does Salescrunch do?

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Canadian LPs Selling PE Stakes in Higher-For-Longer Environment

Pension Pulse

This occurs when the value of bonds and shares of publicly listed firms decline, as they did recently, bringing down the total assets of a pension fund. Canadian pension funds are among the largest private equity investors in the world. Denominator effect The first is what’s known as the “denominator effect.”

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CDPQ's 2023 Sustainable Investing Report

Pension Pulse

You can also download a PDF file of the report here. My message to all pension fund managers is simple, you are managing billions of pension assets, make sure you lead by example as you represent millions of hard-working citizens from all backgrounds. Take the time to go over CDPQ's 2023 Sustainable Investing Report here.

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The World's Best and Worst Pension Systems in 2024

Pension Pulse

Each year we include a feature chapter that looks at a topical issue within the pension space. Download the report below to discover more about the analysis and your pension system. Therein lies the problem and irony, we have amazing pension funds but we can't cover everyone properly.

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Canadian Pensions Seizing Investment Opportunities as Risks Evolve

Pension Pulse

↩ Take the time to download and read the 2023 Canadian Responsible Investment Trends Report which is available here. Speaking of heightened transparency, it would be nice if Canada's large pensions funds provided a lot more details on the carbon emissions in their own portfolios. Footnotes Responsible Investment Association.

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CDPQ to Pump $11.2 Billion Into European Private Markets

Pension Pulse

Paulina Pielichata of Pensions & Investments reports CDPQ works to pump $11.2 billion into European private markets: Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec has recently moved into its new London headquarters as it is working to deploy C$15 billion ($11.2 billion) in private markets across Europe.