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Pension Funds Need Credible Plans To Back Their Net-Zero Commitments

Two new net-zero announcements from Canadian pension funds show that investors are beginning to understand the dangers the climate crisis poses to their investments and the planet.

12.07.21
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The Hot New Trend For Hedge Funds Is—Finally—Female Founders

Of the thousands of hedge funds, only about 80 are led by women today, according to the Kresge Foundation, a Troy, Mich.-based philanthropy that tracks diversity of managers.

12.03.21
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KKR Announces New Partners And Managing Directors

KR today announced a newly promoted group of 18 Partners and 42 Managing Directors effective Jan. 1.

12.02.21
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Sam Stewart, Utah Fund Manager Who Supported The Arts, Dies At 79

Stewart founded Wasatch Advisors, an investment firm that amassed $17 billion in assets.

11.30.21
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Asset Owners Have Little Impact In Reducing Carbon Footprints Of Companies, Report Finds

One of the authors of the report said finance alone cannot be relied upon to tackle climate change.

11.29.21
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Defeated In CalPERS Elections, 2 Ex-Board Members Vow To Press For Pension Fund Changes

Margaret Brown’s final public meeting may have been this month, but the defeated CalPERS board member and pension plan critic isn’t going away quietly.

11.29.21
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Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Raises $1.25 Billion For Its Largest China Fund Yet

The action catapults the hedge-fund firm into the ranks of the biggest foreign managers of private funds in the world’s second-largest economy.

11.24.21
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BlueBay Launches ESG-Focused Multi-Asset Credit Fund

The Article 8 fund offers a higher yield than most of its competitors by increasing its credit risk, Citywire Selector can reveal.

11.23.21
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Polar Capital Hits £25 Billion As Emerging Market Fund Stars

Strong inflows into Polar Emerging Markets Stars fund offset the turn in sentiment towards its flagship tech strategy.

11.23.21
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NY Urged To Launch Endowment For Public Universities

New York is facing calls from faculty to boost the state’s public university system by launching a university endowment — a step dozens of other states have taken.

11.22.21