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CDPQ's Trusted Man at the Heart of the Corruption Plot

Pension Pulse

According to the American stock market watchdog, Rosling instead participated in the plot to pay some US $250 million in bribes to representatives of Indian states. I told him it's not odd when you consider the US investigation is still going on and all CDPQ's internal and external legal counsels are telling them to stay quiet.

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More on the Federal Government's Pension Push to Invest More in Canada

Pension Pulse

The federal government pledged in its fall economic statement on Tuesday to “work collaboratively” with Canadian pension funds to create an environment that encourages them to put more of the trillions of dollars of assets they collectively manage to work domestically. That has put pension fund managers on guard.

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Regulators Demanding More Disclosure From Private Equity and Hedge Funds

Pension Pulse

Carolina Mandl and Chris Prentice of Reuters report US SEC overhauls rules for $20 trillion private fund industry: The U.S. Advocacy groups have accused the private fund industry of unfair, conflicted and opaque practices that hurt everyday Americans who invest in such funds through their pensions.

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AIMCo CEO Evan Siddall on The Hedgehog and The Fox

Pension Pulse

Canada’s large pension funds have pulled back on some activities in China. Meanwhile, Chinese authorities are considering relaxing the rules that cap foreign ownership in domestic publicly traded firms, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg last week, seeking to lure global funds back to its $9.4 trillion stock market.

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Are Insurance Companies Safe?

Tucker Advisors

Safeguarding against a potential failure is the Insurance Guarantee Fund, which every insurance company is legally required to pay into, and which is also managed by state-sanctioned insurance guaranty associations. They are legal entities backed by the insurance commissioner in every U.S.

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The Private Debt and Commercial Real Estate Crash Nobody Sees?

Pension Pulse

Private debt is essentially legalized loan sharking, you lend at an attractive rate and you get inflation adjustments and certainty of payments, unless the business goes belly up or experiences severe hardship and is unable to meet its loan requirements. well the same goes for market leadership.

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Warren Buffett Quotes Under the Microscope

The Motley Fool

The largest automaker that you've never heard of -- VinFast -- and why investors should stay away from its stock. 3M 's $6 billion settlement, and how investors should be thinking about the legal issues plaguing the company. They were among the first people to really treat stocks as parts of businesses. I suggest Vanguards.