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CDPQ's Head of PE on Vintage Year Diversification and Managing Liquidity

Pension Pulse

Moving into 2023, he set a goal of reducing the pension’s PE allocation to 18 percent within three years, primarily by selling companies and exiting fund stakes via the secondaries market. These professionals had been trained to spot top private companies and PE funds, rather than to sell their investments.

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MSCI (MSCI) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

With the completed acquisition of Burgiss, MSCI can now provide additional clarity and transparency highly needed by investors across private and public assets in their portfolios. Our product lines are increasingly interconnected, which means our work in private assets reinforces our work in climate and vice versa.

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Transcript: David Layton

The Big Picture

But for individuals, historically, there have not been great options to invest into private companies. And there’s a real democratization of access to private markets, and we’re one of the firm’s that’s been leading that. Look, our parents all had pension funds.

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Transcript: David Snyderman, Magnetar Capital

The Big Picture

So I saw many companies then taxed and financial services. You’ve talked about pensions are now facing illiquidity issues because private equity and venture capital have gates up a lot, a lot of long-term tie up. So it, it really has and, and pension funds, they’re on hold today.

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Transcript: Mathieu Chabran

The Big Picture

You know, that’s one thing in Europe where London was, I actually think, still remains the one place where you want to get exposure when you join financial services. Because London remains a critical business center for financial services. CHABRAN: Yes, no that’s right Barry. How do you look at those?

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Stephen Poloz on the Path For Canadian Pensions to Own Domestic Airports

Pension Pulse

I do think theres a path, he said, adding he believes pension involvement in Canadian airports could start almost immediately with investments in adjacent assets such as parking garages and freight services as well as new developments like sustainable aviation fuel facilities that arent core to the business of an airport.