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This Pension Tab Just Keeps Growing

We just got the latest measurement of how deep the Teachers’ Retirement System hole is now. And yet, lawmakers keep on digging.

11.05.20
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Global Investor Group Urges United States To Rejoin Paris Climate Accord

group representing European and U.S. investors with a collective $30 trillion (£23 trillion) in assets urged the United States to quickly rejoin a global accord to tackle climate change on Wednesday, as a decision by President Donald Trump to leave the pact came into effect.

11.05.20
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Hedge Fund Side Letters Survey Reveals Increase In Fee Discount Clauses

A new Seward & Kissel study into the use of side letters in the hedge fund industry shows fee discount clauses are now the most common issue raised by investors in such agreements, while the number of smaller hedge fund managers using the practice has increased.

11.05.20
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Callodine Group Announces Acquisition Of Gordon Brothers Finance Company, LLC

Callodine Group (“Callodine”), an asset management firm focused on yield-oriented investment strategies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the loan portfolio and assume the employees and operating costs of Gordon Brothers Finance Company, LLC (“GBFC”).

11.05.20
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Brookfield Must Face Pension Fund Suit Over TerraForm Financing

Former TerraForm Power Inc. investors can advance their challenge to a $650 million financing deal with its majority owner, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., because Brookfield’s subsequent $1.6 billion buyout of TerraForm didn’t deprive them of standing to bring the case, a Delaware judge ruled.

11.03.20
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Real Estate Slump Forcing Big Funds To Delay Investor Redemption Requests

Some of the most conservative real-estate funds are suffering from falling property values, putting their fund managers in a tough spot as investors look to cash out.

11.03.20
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Investors Find A Novel Way To Hedge Their Portfolios: Hedge Funds

High bond prices mean fixed income has lost its lustre as a ballast against stock falls.

11.03.20
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A Terrible, Horrible, No-Good Year For Quants

Many popular quant strategies are struggling but to varying degrees we are all quants now.

11.03.20
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Money Market Funds Brace For Rules Overhaul After Covid Shock

Regulatory change could add pressure to sector struggling with low interest rates.

11.03.20
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A Look At Hospital And Health Care System Pensions

Health care organizations face an uphill battle financially, but the right strategies for investing and controlling PBGC premiums can help them get to the other side.

11.02.20