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Blackstone Racks Up $1.6 Billion For New Life Sciences Fund

Blackstone Life Sciences Yield will invest in late-stage product development.

04.25.22
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Illinois Risks Missing Merger Deadline For Local Pension Funds, Delaying Millions In Savings

Pritzker is sticking to his stance that merging these assets is key to curbing local property tax hikes.

04.22.22
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State Pension Fund Pushing Mastercard To Address Ghost Gun Purchases

The Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Fund is calling on Mastercard to address transactions involving unregistered firearms.

04.22.22
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Amazon Faces New Activism From Pension Funds In New York Over Worker Safety

Funds that own $5 billion in stock urge shareholders to vote against re-election of two directors.

04.22.22
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Investors Now Balk At Buying Homes In This Market Niche

Institutional real estate investors gobbled up record amounts of inventory in the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception.

04.22.22
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‘Disappointing’: Pitt Releases Inaugural ESG Report After Several Months’ Delay

Pitt released the ESG report for its $5.6 billion endowment to provide “greater clarity” on how ESG factors are applied to decisions on investments.

04.22.22
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MSCI Questions Suitability Of Short-Selling To Achieve ESG Investing Aims

MSCI Inc has questioned the hedge fund industry’s assertion that short-selling is an effective strategy to implement environmental, social and governance investing, according to a report by Bloomberg.

04.22.22
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The Future Of Sustainable Bonds

As the market for sustainable bonds grows, Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s fixed-income leaders discuss why the asset class is becoming so important for ESG investors and key trends to watch.

04.21.22
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Elliot Management To Score With AC Milan Sale

Bahrain’s Investcorp is said to be in ‘exclusive talks’ to acquire the club with a deal close to being finalised.

04.21.22
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BlackRock, Other ESG-Minded Investors Should Back His McDonald's Campaign, Icahn Says

Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is running proxy fight for two McDonald’s board seats over the fast-food chain’s policies.

04.21.22