The coronavirus has upended the $8 trillion corporate bond market. Shutdowns have sparked an explosion of new bond sales, fueled by companies trying to borrow their way through a sharp economic downturn.
As pressure builds on philanthropy to respond to the disastrous social and economic effects wrought by COVID-19, the Wallace Global Fund is calling on philanthropic foundations to significantly increase their grantmaking beyond the 5% required by law.
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) — the province’s government-owned pension management fund — confirmed Thursday in a letter from the pension manager’s CEO that losses from a bet on market volatility have led to a loss of $2.1 billion.
The economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic already is estimated to top $1.7 billion at the Big Ten universities, which include some of the nation’s leading public research institutions.