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In The News
A Decade-Long Stall For Black Enrollment In M.B.A. Programs

A lack of focus on diversity and high tuition costs have kept down the population of African-Americans at business schools and harmed their pipeline to corporate jobs, graduates and school advisers say.

06.17.20
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Sterling Group Reels In $2 Billion

The Sterling Group has closed its fifth flagship private equity fund on a $2 billion hard cap, exceeding a predecessor that raised $1.25 billion in 2015.

06.17.20
Announcements
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Donates $120 Million To Support Historically Black Colleges And Universities

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, announced Wednesday morning that they have given $120 million toward scholarships at historically Black colleges and universities — the largest individual donation to the institutions to date.

06.17.20
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Heads They Win, Tails Taxpayers Lose: Calpers Doubles Down On Risky Investments

Calpers’ CIO says there is “no alternative” to increasing the riskiness of its investments. That’s simply not true.

06.16.20
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Calpers Prepares For The Long Haul

By investing in private equity and credit, we expect to be able to achieve 7% returns.

06.15.20
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Top US Pension Fund Aims To Juice Returns Via $80bn Leverage Plan

Calpers hopes bold move will boost efforts to achieve its 7% return target

06.15.20
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Goldman's Top Stock Picker Is Bullish On Tech And Bearish On Energy

David Kostin said in a research note that analysts at Goldman had been reflecting on a “remarkable” rally during the last three months.

06.15.20
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Shift To Private Capital Continues As Investors Thirst For Returns

As global investment markets became more efficient and persistent low interest rates saw returns dry up, institutional investors have been turning to alternative assets in their efforts to generate performance. Since traditional hedge fund investments have often not fully lived up to their promises in the past decade, managers in the space are looking to offer access to other alternative assets, such as private capital, in their attempts to fulfil investors’ needs.

06.15.20
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From The Archives: Are Consultants Hampering Active Management?

Probably much less than the managers themselves believe.

06.15.20
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When Asset Mismanagement Puts Pensions At Risk: The Case Of The Multiemployer Musicians’ Plan

Last week, I wrote about a newly-handed-down Supreme Court ruling that determined that, in a case where pension plan participants were not actually harmed, they could not sue their former employer for mismanaging their pension.

06.15.20