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Investors Lukewarm on Private Equity? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:06 pm
Sean Farrell of the Guardian reports, Private equity: have investors learned from their mistakes?: It seems a long time ago when private equity was the unacceptable face of capitalism in Britain. But...
Hedge Funds Coming Up Short? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
Steven Russolillo of the Wall Street Journal reports, Hedge Funds Severely Underperforming This Year: It’s been a great year for the stock market. It’s been a tough year for a hedge-fund manager. A ...
Big Investors Dodging Wall Street? 22 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Nathaniel Popper of the New York Times reports, Public Funds Take Control of Assets, Dodging Wall Street: Investors responsible for more than $2 trillion recently gathered at a resort in the Canadian...
Rising Returns Bolster U.S. Public Pensions? 22 Aug 2013 | 06:26 pm
Tim Reid of Reuters reports, Rising returns give U.S. public pension funds chance to reform: Many U.S. public pension funds are benefiting from double-digit annual returns in fiscal 2013 that are giv...
How OTPP Got in Bed With Saks? 21 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
Tara Perkins of the Globe and Mail reports, How the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan got in bed with Saks: The job ad might read something like this: Wanted, a serial dater who likes to shop and is fam...
Caisse's 2013 Mid-Year Update 19 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
On Friday, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec provided an update on its performance as at June 30, 2013: At the end of this period, the average annual return over four years was 10.5%, genera...
Investing in a Debt-Fuelled World? 17 Aug 2013 | 06:55 pm
In June, Principal Global Investors released the fifth annual asset management research report, Investing in a Debt-Fuelled World, presenting critical findings on how the current ultra-low interest ra...
The Race to De-Risk Pensions? 15 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
Julius Melnitzer of the National Post reports, The race to de-risk sparks growth for pension practices: Business law firms are beefing up their pension departments to advise clients on a range of cha...
Commercial Real Estate On the Mend? 14 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
PR News wire reports, Commercial Real Estate Mending Amid Ongoing Economic, Political Uncertainty: Commercial real estate markets continue their gradual, uneven recovery — with investment capital beg...
Normand Provost to Retire From the Caisse 13 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec released a statement, Normand Provost announces his intention to retire: After more than 33 years of service, Normand Provost, Executive Vice-President, Pri...