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World’s Largest Pension Fund Loses $165 Billion In Worst Quarter

The world’s biggest pension fund posted a record loss in the first three months of 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a global market rout in the period.

07.06.20
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Hamilton Lane Closes Maiden Impact Fund, At More Than $95 Million

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), a Bala Cynwyd, Penn.-based private markets asset management firm (NASDAQ: HLNE), closed an impact fund with total capital commitments of more than $95 million.

07.06.20
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Semper Investment Firm Received PPP Loan

A $2.5 billion investment firm owned by Richard Parsons and Ronald Lauder received a forgivable loan from the federal government’s small business loan program.

07.02.20
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Global Pension Funds Still Prefer Active Strategies On Climate Change Investing: Survey

The vast majority (81 per cent) of global pension plan sponsors said they have allocations to some kind of climate change-related funds, according to a new survey from CREATE-Research.

06.29.20
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Pension Funds Are Playing A Loser’s Game In Alternative Assets

High fees have morphed into a benefit-free annual donation to the finance industry.

06.29.20
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Private Equity’s Trillion-Dollar Piggy Bank Holds Little For Struggling Companies

Barriers stand between buyout firms’ cash pile and the businesses in need that they own.

06.29.20
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Pension Fund Sues Facebook Over Timing Of Stock Buybacks

Lawsuit questions whether buybacks were designed to boost stock sales by Mark Zuckerberg and other insiders.

06.29.20
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Institutional Investors Turning To China

Investors have been reassessing their approach to investing in Chinese equities, according to a new report, which has shown a shift toward products specific to the region.

06.29.20
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‘Flying Blind Into a Credit Storm’: Widespread Deferrals Mean Banks Can’t Tell Who’s Creditworthy

Banks have pulled back sharply on lending to U.S. consumers during the coronavirus crisis. One reason: They can’t tell who is creditworthy anymore.

06.29.20
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Recession Rocks State and Local Pensions, ‘Funding Gap’ Possible

The economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus will result in a steep drop in tax revenue for state and local governments, forcing them to make difficult decisions about how to fund the state pension systems their employees rely on for their retirement.

06.26.20