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CVC Capital Aims To Raise €17.5 Billion For Latest Buyout Fund

CVC Capital Partners is targeting €17.5 billion ($19.76 billion) for its latest buyout vehicle, according to pension fund documents.

03.09.20
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Money Managers Are Starting To Heed Activists' Calls To Divest From Fossil Fuels

Rakhi Kumar cares about climate change, but she’s not an activist. She’s an accountant, by training — focused on cold, hard numbers.

03.09.20
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Capital-Star’s Reporting Prompts Pa.’s Teacher Pension Fund To Audit Travel Expenses To L.A.

Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund is auditing its travel expenses after reporting by the Capital-Star revealed opaque expense records for cross-country travel.

03.09.20
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Public Pension Funding Ratio Hits Three-Year High In Q4 2019

But market volatility caused by the coronavirus threatens to erase some of the gains.

03.09.20
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Fragile Retirement Funds Tested By Market Volatility, Bond Yields

Pension funds likely shrank about 3% to 5% over the past few weeks, by one estimate.

03.06.20
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Why The Police, Fire Pension System Felt It Had No Choice But To Sue Dallas Over Missing Millions

A lawsuit claims City Hall refuses to pay contributions for cops, firefighters who serve in military.

03.06.20
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PA PSERS Investments Returned Nearly 13% For The 2019 Calendar Year

The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System earned nearly 13 percent in net-of-fees investment returns for the 2019 calendar year.

03.06.20
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State Funds Ban Staff Travel Over Coronavirus Threat

Some investment professionals will be making virtual visits instead of attending investment advisory board and annual meetings in person.

03.04.20
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The Stock Market Hasn’t Bottomed Yet, Rally And Fed Rate Cut Aside, Analysts Say

After a coronavirus-induced selloff last week, U.S. stocks rallied Monday and got a surprise interest-rate cut Tuesday. But investors shouldn’t assume the pain is over.

03.04.20
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Nuveen Real Estate’s U.S. Cities Industrial Fund Raises $660 Million

The first close reflects capital raised from a group of institutional investors in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, including a $150 million commitment from Nuveen’s parent, TIAA.

03.04.20