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January 26, 2021
Leon Black: A Career-Making 1990 Call and a Career-Ending One in the 2010s

He owes Apollo’s boffo start to the killing he made on an insurer’s then-skanky high-yield bonds. Then came Epstein.

Leon Black: A Career-Making 1990 Call and a Career-Ending One in the 2010s
News From Davos: Goldman’s Solomon, ECB’s Lagarde Tout Government Stimulus

In Washington, there’s a fight over more relief, as the European Union just passed a huge aid measure.

News From Davos: Goldman’s Solomon, ECB’s Lagarde Tout Government Stimulus
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Brookfield, CPP Investments Partner On $5.2B Take-Private Deal
Dallas Pension Fund Seeks Deputy CIO
Institutional Investors Regain Interest in Commercial Real Estate
Norfund Appoints Mark Davis as Inaugural CIO
Australia’s Legalsuper Appoints HESTA Executive as CEO, Names New CIO
Fiscal 2026 Set to Be Another Strong Year for Pension Fund Performance
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Where Next for Interest Rate Hedging Strategies?

Managing your pension deficit is more challenging today than in years gone by. As rates have fallen, the dollar value of liabilities has gone up tremendously – while asset values are highly volatile and are also being spent down at an increasing rate.

BlackRock Looks to Add Bitcoin Futures to Two Funds

The world’s largest asset manager is also seeking a head of blockchain investments.

BlackRock Looks to Add Bitcoin Futures to Two Funds
Two NYC Pension Funds Divesting $4 Billion from Oil Companies

The move from the largest funds under the $239.8 billion New York City Retirement Systems follows a commitment made in 2018.

Two NYC Pension Funds Divesting $4 Billion from Oil Companies
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Distressed Credit Opportunities on the Rise

Liquidity issues and other business risks could prompt a wave of defaults and restructurings, in turn creating fertile ground for opportunistic investing in distressed credit. Read more.

Special Report: What Low-Paying Fixed Income Still Gives Us: Ballast

Despite small interest payments and not much price appreciation potential, many investors say it does deliver in this one area.

Special Report: What Low-Paying Fixed Income Still Gives Us: Ballast
Editorial: CIOeditors@issmediasolutions.com
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