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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

The combination triples infrastructure AUM and doubles private markets run-rate management fees. This was due to the relative outperformance of lower fee U.S. equity markets and client preferences for lower fee U.S. The closing of GIP added $116 billion of client AUM and $70 billion of fee-paying AUM on October 1.

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Top Funds' Activity in Q4 2023

Pension Pulse

A hedge fund run by Michael Burry — who famously shorted subprime mortgages during the 2008 financial crisis and became a central figure in Michael Lewis’s 2010 book "The Big Short" — added 35,000 shares of Alphabet and 30,000 shares of Amazon. Another hedge fund, AQR, increased its stake in Nvidia by 22%. 31 holdings.

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Andrew Coyne Is Dead Wrong on CPP Investments' Active Management

Pension Pulse

But then, “active management” doesn’t quite capture the transformation in the CPPIB after 2006. Essentially it turned itself into a giant hedge fund, picking stocks, taking seats on boards, and plunging heavily into an increasingly esoteric mix of assets: real estate, private equity, infrastructure, and God knows what else.

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Transcript: Mathieu Chabran

The Big Picture

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. And I think this is where the industry should be heading.

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CDPQ's Head of Liquid Markets Discusses Mid-Year Results

Pension Pulse

“The renewable energy, telecommunications and transportation sectors, to which (the Caisse) has been exposed for many years, are significant vectors of performance,” the pension fund said. The difference with 2022 is primarily explained by the increase in external performance fees related to increased returns. per cent. “In

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A Fireside Chat With BCI's Head Of PE Jim Pittman

Pension Pulse

BCI is a pension fund for unionized employees and government employees in British Columbia and Western Canada, with gross assets under management of $250 billion. Consolidation in the industry is likely, with larger managers acquiring smaller ones to expand their strategies and AUM. A few quick points here.

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Norway's Sovereign Fund Tops Global Transparency Ranking

Pension Pulse

Business Wire reports that Norway's sovereign fund tops global transparency ranking: TORONTO — 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 2023 findings.