Research
What Does Moody’s Bad Outlook for 3 Key BDCs Mean for Private Credit?
Maybe not much. The business development company stock index has kept climbing, regardless.
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What Could Derail Private Credit’s Momentum?
The popular investment may suffer from an economic dip and other changes in the financial scene, critics warn.
Newsmakers
How the Soros Connection Has Small Bard College Aiming for the $1 Billion Endowment Club
The famed financier has a special Holocaust-related bond with the school’s president. Result: Now there’s a shift from the old method that barely kept the junk-rated institution afloat.
Thought Leadership
The Industrialization of ESG Investment
Simon Robinson, Director – Product Management at Moody’s Analytics
Promise of Private Debt Burns Bright—With a Big If
How the burgeoning asset class plans to navigate the risky pandemic economy.
Weak 2016 Returns Spur Unfunded State Pension Liabilities
However, Moody’s says strong 2017, 2018 returns will lead to a drop in liabilities.
Risk
Florida State Pension Fund Returns 8.99%
Preliminary fiscal-year returns add $6.8 billion to fund.
Research
Increased Leverage Raises Risk for Canada’s Pension Funds
Leverage of six largest funds in country has risen to 24% from 19% in 2009.
Newsmakers
U of Louisville’s Endowment Returns 12.6%
Scandal-plagued university, foundation face Moody’s downgrade.
Moody’s May Cut State of Illinois, Chicago Board of Ed Credit
Downgrade would place the state’s credit rating below investment grade.
Moody’s: CalPERS’ De-Risking Plan Is Still Risky
It would take the $300 billion fund nearly 20 years to cut the discount rate to 6.5%, during which asset performance could fall drastically, the ratings agency said.
Pensions to Save $18B from ‘Outdated’ Mortality Tables
Credit rating agency Moody’s says plan sponsors could save on contributions next year but warns they could be “kicking the can down the road”.
Private Debt Supply Lines Swelling, Says Moody’s
Good times are ahead for private debt investors, says a ratings agency report.
Court Ruling to Balloon Oregon Pension Liabilities
A 2013 change to the public pension’s index-linked policy was deemed illegal by the court.
How Pensioners Will Move Yields as Much as the Fed
Don’t expect bond yields to suddenly soar once interest rates are moved—there’s much more to it than that, says Moody’s.