Alternatives
NZ Super Fund, Ontario Teachers’ Buy Australian Pathology Firm
The pension funds are each taking a 50% stake in Asia Pacific Healthcare Group in a $362 million sale.
News Archive: Aug - 2020
Newsmakers
Treasury Rejects Benefit Cut Requests from Musicians, Teamsters Pensions
MPRA rejections were the first under Treasury Secretary Mnuchin.
Market Moves
Why 3rd Quarter Earnings Might Just Romp, Sage Predicts
One-shot wonder: New stimulus money and pent-up consumer demand will fuel profits, says economist David Levy. Alas, the 4th period won’t be so hot.
Asset Management Culture
Illinois TRS Executive Director Richard Ingram Resigns
Ingram steps down after being placed on administrative leave due to ‘performance issues.’
Pensions
New York Common Fund Returns 10% in First Quarter
After maintaining a conservative allocation strategy, the pension fund took the three months ending in June to snatch up some equities.
Market Moves
UK Corporate Pension Funding Falls in July
Aggregate deficit of the PPF 7800 has more than tripled over the past year.
Corporate Moves
Norges Bank Board Defends Chief Executive Pick, Again
At a parliamentary hearing, the board governor helped the hedge fund manager Nicolai Tangen, under fire since his appointment.
Research
Despite Robust Returns, US Corporate Pension Funding Falls in July
Record-low discount rates erase 2.85% asset gains for the month.
Pensions
CDPQ Loses 2.3% in First Half of 2020, Misses Benchmark
However, the C$333 billion pension beat its benchmark over the past five and 10 years.
Market Moves
Seth Klarman’s Diagnosis for the Market Rally: Virus-Prompted Impatience
Investors, cooped up and eager for normality’s return, are mistakenly bidding up share prices, he contends—and it won’t end well.
Regulation
SEC Charges Texas CEO with Swindling First Responders
Many of the alleged victims scammed out of retirement funds were former San Antonio police officers.
Risk
New York Comptroller and Colorado Pension Fund Named Lead Plaintiffs in Boeing Suit
The two collectively hold around $200 million in shares in Boeing, which they charge with ignoring safety issues around the 737 MAX for years.
Pensions
Public Funds Lead Institutional Investment Rebound
Funds with significant exposure to equities outperformed during the second quarter.
Newsmakers
CalPERS CIO Ben Meng’s Departure Linked to Questions on His Financial Disclosure
At issue: allegations of unreported stock transactions and also his holdings in three private equity firms the plan invested in, including Blackstone and Carlyle.
Newsmakers
John Powers, Former CEO of Stanford Management Company, Dies at 67
He helped grow the university’s endowment by nearly $10 billion over nine years.