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Top economist
@elerianm
says the U.S. is ‘not in recession,' and while there's "a possibility of a recession, it's nowhere near 100% or 80% (that) some people claim."
El-Erian says he expects 2 more rate hikes.
Washington University in St. Louis reported its $15.3 billion managed endowment pool returned 65% for the fiscal year ended June 30, beating its benchmark.
#Endowments
#HigherEd
Elon Musk is trying to extinguish a class-action lawsuit led by Oklahoma Firefighters Pension & Retirement System.
The lawsuit claims Musk harmed investors with his late disclosure of his growing stake in Twitter before he purchased the company.
TOMORROW at 11 am EST:
@pensionsnews
EIC
@jennablan
will host a Twitter Spaces with
@elerianm
, one of the world's leading economists.
Click here to be reminded ahead of the event:
COMING UP AT 8:30AM EST THIS MORNING: An exclusive interview with
@CathieDWood
, CEO of
@ARKInvest
, led by Pensions & Investments EIC/CCO
@jennablan
.
Join us here:
Ahead of the Fed’s highly anticipated announcement on interest rates today,
@DLineCap
CEO
@TruthGundlach
spoke with P&I’s EIC
@jennablan
in a Twitter Spaces, arguing that the Fed is trapped and now is the time to look at bonds.
.
@FTX_Official
acquired a 30% interest in
@Scaramucci
's
@SkyBridge
. SkyBridge will use a portion of the proceeds to buy $40 million in cryptocurrencies as a long-term investment.
More than 1,400 Vanguard Group clients are alleging the firm is breaching its fiduciary duties by doing less than industry peers to mitigate climate risk and bowing to political pressure from anti-ESG interests.
Sen. Bernie Sanders and 36 Democratic lawmakers reintroduced a bill Monday in the House and Senate to extend the solvency of Social Security for 75 years and increase benefits, citing Republican plans to cut the program.
Sweden's biggest pension fund, Alecta, sold all of its shares in struggling U.S. lender First Republic Bank at a loss of 7.5 billion Swedish kronor ($728 million), according to Chief Executive Officer Magnus Billing.
Top shareholders in Silicon Valley Bank include:
Vanguard (11%) and BlackRock (8%) in their various index funds and ETFs.
For example, as of Dec. 31, Silicon Valley Bank represented 0.04% of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.
In P&I's inaugural class of Influential Women, 65 women were chosen who represent nearly $47 trillion in investible capital, but beyond that, they represent the power to drive positive change in institutional investing.
Duke University's endowment returned an extraordinary 55.9% for the latest fiscal year, bringing its asset size to a record $12.7 billion.
#HigherEd
#Endowments
In an exclusive interview with P&I's
@jennablan
, Bridgewater’s chief investment strategist, Rebecca Patterson, discusses how the world’s largest hedge fund is counseling clients as the Fed battles inflation.
Hedge fund returns for 2022 are the worst since 2018, according to HFR data. Of HFR's four broad indexes, the HFRI Macro (Total) index was the only one with a positive return over the 12-month period.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed a rule that would forbid entities that create asset-backed securities from taking positions against those very products.
Bernard L. Madoff is in the news again nearly two years after his death thanks to a new Netflix documentary that features interviews with Pensions & Investments'
@erinarvedlund
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, one of the world's largest investors, suffered record losses in 2022 of 1.64 trillion crowns ($164.4 billion), with CEO Tangen saying "there is just nowhere to hide" for the fund's 9,000 investments across 70 countries.
BlackRock and Blackstone are among the money managers involved in an industrywide investigation by the SEC regarding compliance with record retention requirements related to certain types of electronic communications.
.
@StriveFunds
named Joyce Rosely and Robert Melton as executive vice president, co-head of institutional sales and distribution, the two previously served as executives with
@StateStreetGA
.
@CalPERS
is investigating its exposure to crypto currency in its $48.8 billion private equity portfolio, acknowledging “indirect exposure” to crypto currency in passive portfolios including investments in Coinbase Global, Tesla and MicroStrategy.
P&I’s Editor-in-Chief
@jennablan
will be interviewing
@TruthGundlach
, CEO of
@DLineCap
in his first Twitter Spaces on Sept. 20 at 4:15pm EST. Set a reminder!
CalPERS has $67 million of exposure to the failed Silicon Valley Bank and $11 million exposure to Signature bank, CIO Nicole Musicco, said at a board meeting Monday.
Citadel's record $16B profit outpaces industry giants, solidifying dominance in diversified strategies and eclipsing John Paulson's 2007 "greatest trade ever" betting against subprime mortgages.
The economy is "not lifting all boats" even when its doing well. New research by
@OS_Mitchell
of
@Wharton
and
@Dr_AnnaLusardi
of
@GWtweets
shows Black and Hispanic women face greater economic challenges in both good times and bad.
Read more:
The former president of Northern Trust Asset Management has launched a private equity firm to invest in lower middle-market U.S. companies with diverse ownership.
Blackrock CEO Larry Fink's annual letter to companies and shareholders "says more about today's toxic political environment" than a corporate commitment to ESG, a corporate social impact practitioners group said.
The Senate advanced a $1.7 trillion spending bill on Thursday, including a landmark retirement package known as SECURE 2.0 that now heads to the House.
Plan sponsors should be seeking the best outcomes for plan participants based on the participants' goals, not their own, writes Karen Barr president and CEO of the
@IAA_Today
in a new P&I commentary.
#FiduciaryDuty
#DefinedContribution
The fallout from Silicon Valley Bank has spread to Sweden's largest pension group after the fund more than doubled its holdings in the Californian bank during the past year.
Hedge fund firm launches totaled 71 in the third quarter, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2008, when just 56 firms braved the tough environment brought on by the financial crisis to open their companies.
Bridgewater Associates founder
@RayDalio
warned Silicon Valley Bank's failure shows cracks widening in global finance, joining other U.S. billionaires raising the alarm on fallout from the lender's collapse.
In the latest ESG backlash, Louisiana Treasurer
@JohnSchroderLA
said in a letter to
@BlackRock
that he is pulling $794 million from its funds, claiming the asset-management giant’s views on ESG investing are damaging to the state’s energy industry.
House lawmakers passed a joint resolution to nullify Biden admin's new rule allowing retirement plan fiduciaries to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when investing. Biden vows to veto.
.
@CalPERS
is investigating its exposure to crypto currency in its $48.8 billion private equity portfolio, acknowledging “indirect exposure” to crypto currency in passive portfolios including investments in Coinbase Global, Tesla and MicroStrategy.
Top economist
@elerianm
spoke bluntly about the recent market turmoil in the U.K. in his exclusive interview with P&I's
@jennablan
, saying events in U.K. markets are what you'd expect to see in a developing country, not a member of the G-7.
Simiso Nzima promoted to managing investment director of global equity at California Public Employees' Retirement System. (
@CalPERS
)
#PI_People
#PublicPensions
A new class at Stanford University will address the $120 trillion in assets that most people on earth have never even heard of, said Ashby Monk, leader of Stanford University's Research Initiative on Long-Term Investing.
Sens. Scott, R-Fla., and Warren, D-Mass., introduced legislation requiring the Federal Reserve's inspector general to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, following the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
There are six companies being sued by current or former DC plan participants over alleged ERISA violations. The one thing they all have in common? They all offer a
@BlackRock
target-date series the participants say should be dropped for poor performance
Loop Capital acquired Taplin, Canida & Habacht from BMO Global Asset Management to build out its fixed-income capabilities.
#MoneyManagerMandA
#InvestmentBank
President Biden's 2024 budget plan:
- Quadruple tax on stock buybacks
- Raise corporate tax rate
- Tax capital gains at same rate as income for households with more than $1 million in income
- Close "carried interest loophole" for private fund managers
.
@Grayscale
notified the court overseeing its case against the SEC of a development the company says helps its argument for allowing spot bitcoin ETFs.
Managers may be missing out on talent by not putting in the work and time necessary to ensure true inclusion for neurodivergent individuals — those with conditions that affect how the brain functions, including autism, dyslexia and ADHD.
Institutional investors' expenses have declined over five years due to lower external money management fees, according to a Callan survey.
#MoneyManagement
#AssetOwners
P&I Editorial: Record keepers are facing pressure on a number of fronts, but building better systems and better tools will produce better outcomes for all.
Cloverlay, a $1.3 billion asset manager with esoteric strategies, including investing in airplanes that fight wildfires, is attracting pension funds and other institutions looking for less-correlated portfolio holdings.
@erinarvedlund
explains: