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CPP Investments Plows Into Private Equity in Fiscal Q3 2025

Pension Pulse

Layan Odeh of Bloomberg reports CPPIB plows at least $5 billion into private equity in three months: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board poured at least $5 billion into private equity in the last three months of 2024 as the asset class regained appeal. and committing $700 million to a private equity fund managed by EQT Private Capital Asia.

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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on Shadow Banks and Investing More in Canada

Pension Pulse

AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail stating ‘shadow banks’ aren’t a problem for the financial system – they are the solution: During the Great Financial Crisis of 2008-09, society paid a heavy price for having allowed financial institutions to become “too big to fail.”

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A Discussion With CDPQ's Marc-André Blanchard on Sustainability, COP28 and More

Pension Pulse

He told me he tries to leverage the institution to form solid partnerships and add meaningful value. He joined McCarthy Tétrault back in 1997 and was a corporate litigator working on mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies and other files. We began with a quick overview of his career.

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Transcript: Rick Rieder

The Big Picture

RITHOLTZ: Was this a distressed acquisition or — RIEDER: It was. Which is run by many insurance companies, pension funds who use Aladdin, and it’s a commercial enterprise for the firm. Didn’t it start as a bond shop, catering to pension funds and foundations? RIEDER: It is. RIEDER: Right.

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Blackstone (BX) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

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. So, buying things is not as big of an issue.

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From innovation to impact: How AI is shaping the future of the financial system

Insight Partners

With a deep commitment to cloud and AI, Nasdaq has focused on helping the financial industry modernize by leveraging cutting-edge technology. A data-driven industry adapting to the future The financial industry is, by nature, a data-driven industry, Friedman said. Were not creating new AI-native products.

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MSCI (MSCI) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

billion from one of our large pension fund clients. And part of that demand is compliance with the very heavy disclosures and regulatory requirements of European regulators of a lot of these financial institutions that they're not only European, but any other international, global institutions that operate in Europe.