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Here's How Billionaires Buy Stocks

The Motley Fool

A prime brokerage A prime brokerage is a group of services offered to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) or hedge funds. These are called private placements, and most of the time, the shares are sold to investment banks or hedge funds.

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How to value illiquid investments

Private Equity Wire

PARTNER CONTENT By Muhammad Akram, CPA Founder, Akram | Assurance, Advisory & Tax Firm Why fair value is so important Fair value impacts net assets/partners’ capital, potentially overstating performance and overcharging management and performance fees.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Total annualized organic base fee growth of 1% reflected seasonally softer flows earlier in the quarter before coming back to target in March. billion increased 11% year over year, driven by the impact of market appreciation over the last 12 months on average AUM and higher performance fees and technology services revenue.

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Alaska Permanent Is Reconsidering Private Equity

Pension Pulse

Last year, APFC’s staff decreased its private asset allocation from 19 percent to 15 percent, hypothesizing that there were better risk-adjusted returns to be had in asset classes like fixed income and hedge funds. The holdings are in different allocations including cash, hedge funds, and tactical opportunities.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

We expect these private market assets to positively impact BlackRock's overall effective fee rate by 0.5 Performance fees of $388 million increased significantly from a year ago, primarily reflecting strong alpha generation over the last 12 months from a hedge fund with an annual lock in the third quarter.

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Transcript: David Layton

The Big Picture

And that comes from having our capital invested alongside theirs, and having very strict requirements for performance before we get paid performance fees. LAYTON: I think the private markets is a fantastic asset class from an alignment of interest perspective. We win when our clients win.

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

Pension Pulse

Financial reporting As at June 30, 2023, the annualized costs incurred for CDPQ’s activities, which include internal operating expenses, external management fees and transaction costs, were estimated at 55 cents per $100 of net average assets, compared with 48 cents as at December 31, 2022.