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Hedge Fund Commitments From US Public Pensions Total $12.5 Billion During 2020 With Net $1.7 Billion Of Flows

US pensions awarded $9 billion to hedge funds in H1 amidst market uncertainty, but as worst-case scenarios did not materialize in H2, equity markets recovered and hedge fund allocations tailed off to $2.2 billion in Q3 and $1.3 billion in Q4.

02.02.21
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Apollo’s Epstein Report Fails To Reassure United Nations Fund

Official says asset manager will stay on watch list for extra scrutiny.

02.02.21
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Gov. Dunleavy’s $6.3 Billion Permanent Fund Grab

The governor would kneecap Alaskans’ future by – for the first time ever – overspending from an account intended to last forever.

02.02.21
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Your State Pension Is Unknowingly Shorting Stocks Like GameStop All The Time

The nation has been captivated by revelations of millions of amateur traders collectively through social media and online trading platforms taking on Wall Street’s highest cost, highest risk, most secretive money managers and winning—at least in the short term.

02.02.21
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Cops And Firefighters Aren't Sold On Fossil-Fuel Divestment

The two pension funds, which comprise about $63 billion in assets, don’t seem likely to follow the other retirement plans in abandoning oil and gas holdings.

02.02.21
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Institutional Investors Demand Political Transparency From BlackRock

State treasurers and public pension funds say they fear an erosion of political stability after the attack on US Capitol.

02.02.21
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S&P Global Market Intelligence Launches Renewable Energy Credit Pricing Forecasts

This new dataset enables market participants to analyze and assess the value of wholesale renewable electricity in the U.S.

02.01.21
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Market Madness Puts Pension Funds In A Risky Bind

Persistently low yields are bad news for those trying to garner income to pay their retirees.

01.29.21
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DiNapoli: NYS Pension Fund Favored From Increase In Value Of GameStop Stock

“We did have investment dollars there,” DiNapoli said.

01.29.21
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RI Public-employees Pension Fund Reached An 'All-Time High' With $9.5 Billion In Assets In 2020

RI public-employees pension fund “reached an all-time high” with $9.5 billion in assets at end of 2020.

01.29.21