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DiNapoli: NY State Pension Grows After Shaky Year In Markets

The state pension fund grew by 3.38 percent for the three months ending June 30, outpacing a national measure of 3.27-percent gain for similar funds during a volatile investment period.

08.21.19
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Ontario Teachers’ Net Assets Top $200 Billion In First Half Of 2019

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) today announced its net assets reached $201.4 billion as of June 30, 2019, a $10.3 billion increase from December 31, 2018.

08.21.19
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Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

Harvard Business School professors Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the efforts of Hiro Mizuno, CIO of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the largest pools of capital in the world, to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio.

08.20.19
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Market Tumult Stings The New Bond King

Daniel Ivascyn’s Pimco Income Fund has underperformed 93% of its peers in 2019.

08.19.19
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CalPERS Board Member Wants Internal Investigation into Leaks Made Public

CalPERS Board Member Margaret Brown says in a press release she is not the one leaking information to the press about confidential CalPERS matters.

08.19.19
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Rhode Island's Pension System Outperforms Most Peers For Second Year In A Row

Rhode Island’s pension system continues to improve its relative investment performance when compared to similarly sized public pension funds, outperforming 78% of its peers in the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2019.

08.16.19
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Asset Managers Warned Over Poor Data Governance In ESG Rush

Asset managers must be careful not to apply lower standards of governance to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data than to other inputs into the investment process, according to a report.

08.15.19
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Och-Ziff Changing Name To Sculptor Capital Management

The hedge fund firm will change its name to Sculptor Capital Management next month as it looks to put a foreign bribery scandal behind it, CIO reports.

08.14.19
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Canada Pension Plan Posts 1.1% Return In First Quarter

(Reuters) – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), the country’s biggest public pension fund, on Wednesday eked out a 1.1% return on its investments in the first quarter, hit by a stronger Canadian dollar.

08.14.19
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A Hedge Fund, A Bond Default And A College’s Fight To Survive

The fate of a Florida college founded by a black civil rights activist may be in the hands of a California hedge fund.

08.14.19