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Perspectives On Bitcoin As An Institutional Investment

Should institutional investors consider adding Bitcoin as an asset class within a well-diversified portfolio?

03.15.21
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Pennsylvania’s Largest Pension System Investigates Possible $25 Million Error

In December, the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) kept employee contribution rates flat based on the slimmest of margins in its investment returns. Those calculations may have been wrong.

03.15.21
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Pathway Closes On $1 Billion Custom Co-Investment Fund

The fund will focus on identifying and investing in co-investment opportunities globally alongside high-quality private equity managers in a variety of private equity strategies.

03.15.21
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In Oil-Rich Texas, GOP Lawmakers Push Bill To Punish Wall Street For Fossil Fuel Disinvestments

The bill would direct state investment funds to divest from companies that cut ties with fossil fuel companies, pitting Texas against some increasingly carbon-conscious Wall Street investors.

03.12.21
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Billionaire Chris Hohn Explains Why Increased Disclosure Will Force Companies To Cut Their Carbon Emissions

Billionaire hedge fund investor Chris Hohn of TCI Fund Management has generated $12.6 billion in gains over the past two years. Here’s how he’s trying to get companies to cut their carbon emissions.

03.10.21
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A Large Pension Made a Big Bet on Peloton Stock. Here’s What It Sold.

CalSTRS, the second-largest U.S. public pension, bought Peloton, NextEra, and Norwegian Cruise stock, and trimmed the investment in Skyworks Solutions in the fourth quarter.

03.08.21
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Ohio’s Public Pension Funds Have $234 Billion Invested. Here’s How They Did In A Tumultuous 2020

Ohio’s five public pension funds that have hundreds of billions of dollars invested for more than 1.9 million Ohioans each ended 2020 in the black.

03.08.21
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Who Will Step Up To Save Illinois?

Someone is going to have to take the political risk, for all our sakes.

03.08.21
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Ratings Agencies Punish Companies That Try To Do Good

A new study shows that confusion around firms’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts are causing investors to ditch them.

03.08.21
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This Week’s Top 5: Wells Consolidates Regions, A $6 Million Merrill Breakaway, And More

Most-read stories from February 28 to March 6.

03.08.21