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Twelve Emerging Managers To Keep Your Eye On In 2022

LPs like emerging managers as a source of outsized returns. However, LPs also view them as risky, and the decision to back a new team is made tougher when incumbents are returning to market quicker and with many products.

02.03.22
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Could Western Investors' ESG Strategies Keep The Lights Off In Africa?

The rush by Western investors to adopt ESG strategies could hamper Africa’s industrialisation efforts and leave many trapped in dire poverty.

02.03.22
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How Women Are Missing Out On $3 Trillion Of Investment Gains

Misconceptions are preventing women from investing early enough, often enough, and taking appropriate risks, a BNY Mellon study shows.

02.03.22
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Investment Opportunities For DB Plans Moving Forward

Corporate defined benefit plans should consider managing volatility, avoiding concentration risk and factor investing.

02.03.22
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A Risky Time For Venture Funds

Potential conflicts of interest, ties with China, and excessive leverage are among the challenges.

02.03.22
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Melinda French Gates No Longer Pledges Bulk Of Her Wealth To Gates Foundation

Billionaire Melinda French Gates is still promising to give away most of her wealth—just not necessarily all to the Gates Foundation she started with her ex-husband.

02.03.22
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Pritzker Unveils $45.4 Billion Budget With Pension Fund, Rainy Day Cash

Governor J.B. Pritzker’s budget includes $600 million for a “rainy day fund” this year and pumps $500 million into the state’s pension fund.

02.03.22
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Strong Year Pushes Pension Fund To $104 Billion

As inflation and tight labor markets create uncertainty in the year to come, the state’s pension fund closed the calendar year in December at a record high $104.3 billion.

02.02.22
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Providence Leaders Will Seek OK To Borrow $500 Million For Pension Fund

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza will once again ask state lawmakers to approve hundreds of millions of dollars in borrowing to rescue the city’s ailing pension fund, but this time with a smaller price tag and a plan to ask city voters for their approval.

02.01.22
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Pa.’s $73 Billion School Pension Fund Will Finally Learn What Went Wrong With Key Calculation

In a secret session and after the circulation of a controversial non-disclosure agreement, the board of Pennsylvania’s embattled teachers’ pension fund is finally learning the results of a months-long internal review into its exaggerated profit figure and questions about its purchase of Harrisburg real estate.

02.01.22