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Canadian Pension Giant Plans Hiring Spree In Asia, Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of the world’s biggest pension funds, plans to hire “extensively” in Asia and Europe over the next two years and could shift an extra C$11 billion ($8.3 billion) into infrastructure and other real assets, its chief executive told Reuters

08.22.19
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Buying Divested Assets Stands Out As A Sound M&A Strategy For Creating Shareholder Value In 2019
Based on share price performance, 53% of companies buying carved-out portions of other businesses
08.22.19
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CalPERS Heads Toward Restructuring Investment Committee

The plan’s governance committee gave first approval to a plan that reduces the size of the investment committee and the number of meetings at its Aug. 20 meeting.

08.22.19
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US Corporate DB Pension Funding Falls $11 Billion in July

Funded rate of 100 largest DB corporate plans drops to 87.9% during month.

08.21.19
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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