Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

No financial details were provided however, I remind my readers that in June 2023, CDPQ partnered with Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation to acquire minority stake in Gunn Agri Partners, and create AUD $200m sustainable agriculture platform (see my comment here ).

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

Not surprisingly, Gordon was unavailable which is fine but for a $200 billion+ pension fund managing the assets of British Columbia's biggest public sector pension plans, the organization needs to significantly step up its game on communications and transparency.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 21, 2023

I told him I track pension funds very closely and there's no doubt CDPQ is a global leader in sustainable/ responsible investing. He added that over the last en years, their green assets have been outperforming non-green assets. For us, it's a question of returns and what's in the best interest of our depositors."

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Pension Pulse

JUNE 20, 2023

Previously Andrew led the Americas Structured Credit and Financials team where he was responsible for investments in sub-investment grade structured credit and debt capital solutions for financial institutions, as well as the intellectual property investment strategy. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 20, 2023

In fact, virtually all of our drawdown funds we've launched in our history, have been profitable for our investors. Our performance has helped secure retirees' pensions, fund students educations, pay healthcare benefits, and protect and grow the savings of individual investors.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

I didn’t really know much about the world of finance. So how do you then go from tax and audit practice to finance and investing? Quote, “The world of finance isn’t as complicated as newcomers expect. In order to compete and win in so many things today in finance, you have to be super specialized.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

His latest book could not be more timely, “The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest,” it’s all about the history of interest rates, money lending, investing speculation, funded by banks and loans and credit. According to Chancellor, interest is the single most important feature of finance, both ancient and modern.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Claude Lavoie was director-general of economic studies and policy analysis at the Department of Finance from 2008 to 2023. The governance at all of Canada's Maple Eight pension funds is a hundred times better than it was back in the great financial crisis (GFC) and that includes CDPQ.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Executive announcements Manroop Jhooty was appointed Senior Managing Director & Head of Total Fund Management. Completed a multi-year forward flow agreement with Exeter Finance LLC, a U.S. indirect auto finance company, to acquire up to US$200 million per year in residual certificates of auto loan receivables securitizations.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You graduate Emory University with a degree in finance. No, I’m — RITHOLTZ: You beat me by an hour, RIEDER: You know, I think, I would say to young people who come into the business, you know, why are you coming into finance? Didn’t it start as a bond shop, catering to pension funds and foundations?

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Northvolt scrambled to keep the financing flowing, but as Germany’s car industry fell deeper into its own crisis, it became clear orders would dry up. billion to finance its new business plan, Carlsson said, telling reporters that “we’ll regret it in 20 years if we’re not driving transition” to clean technologies.

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Pension Pulse

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The province also added the deputy minister of Treasury Board and Finance – a high-ranking public servant – as a permanent member of the board, also without pay. Current deputy minister of finance Kate White was named to the role in October, 2022, the same month Ms. and raising questions about its independence. Smith became Premier.

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Insight Partners

MARCH 4, 2025

to discuss the short- and long-term impact of AI on finance. Their conversation explored Nasdaqs transformation into a technology-driven enterprise, the role of AI in market operations, and the opportunities and challenges AI presents to the financial ecosystem. Were not creating new AI-native products.

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Pension Pulse

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Daniel Johnson of Bloomberg reports fall economic statement: Ottawa seeks to lower pension fund investments caps: The federal government announced a move to ease limits for pension funds investing in Canadian companies in its latest fiscal update, along with responses to tariff threats from the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2025

billion from one of our large pension fund clients. Our interest expense guidance assumes our current debt levels and does not assume additional financing. Last month, for example, one of our large asset manager clients launched a new ETF linked to an MSCI climate index with a record-breaking ceded investment of $2.4

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The New York Fed is kind of, I don’t know how to say this first, amongst the regional feds, because you’re located right in the heart of the financial community. What is the communication like back and forth between the New York Fed and major players in finance, especially in the midst of a crisis like that?

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

to develop a sovereign wealth fund. Then, Motley Fool personal finance expert Robert Brokamp continues a two-part interview with Dave Hatter, a cybersecurity consultant at Intrust IT, about how to protect your personal data after a security breach. The activist battle at Southwest Airlines. Why Campbell dropped the "soup."

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