BlackRock to Acquire Alternatives Data Provider Preqin
The $3.2 billion deal is expected to close before the end of the year.
Corporate Moves
Medical Technology and the Fight Against Cancer
Biomedical researchers are discovering drugs that improve patient care and although many needs remain unmet, investment opportunities emerge.
Vanguard Reopens Two Actively Managed Funds to All Investors
The Primecap and Primecap Core funds were closed to new investors in 2004 and 2009, respectively.
The Evolution of Insurance in the Age of PRT
Private equity investment in the insurance industry is affecting how some view risks in the pension risk transfer market, while others say it will broaden the PRT sector’s appeal as a diversification tool.
Dutch Pension ABP to Partner With Network Provider KPN on Tower Company Joint Venture
The duo will manage the joint venture’s telecommunications assets under TowerCo.
Good News: Earnings Log Best Growth Rate Since Post-Pandemic Surge
S&P 500 profits are headed for a good 2024, a FactSet survey shows.
Swedish Pension AP7 Blacklists Oil Giant Aramco
The $115 billion fund also added six other firms to its banned roster for ‘acting against the targets of the Paris agreement.’ Most are in China.
Ackman Firm’s Projected Market Cap Is $10 billion
His Pershing Square plans a 2025 IPO, and recently sold a 10% stake worth $1 billion.
J.P. Morgan Agrees to Pay $200M to Settle CFTC Charges of Supervisory Failure
The regulator said the magnitude of data gaps in the firm’s surveillance was so large that it missed billions of orders.
Shareholder Activists Call for Removal of ExxonMobil CEO
Asset owners seek to block ExxonMobil appointments.
NYC Pensions Reach Climate Disclosure Deal With JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, RBC
City Comptroller Brad Lander said he expects energy supply ratio disclosure will become a ‘new standard’ for the banking sector.
Cerity Partners Merges with Agility in OCIO Push
After the deal closes, Agility will be called Cerity Partners OCIO
Chris Roth Named Northern Trust Asset Management’s CIO of Global Fixed Income
Roth joins the $1.2 trillion asset manager after almost a quarter-century at Morgan Stanley.
PRT Market Headed for Another Year Over $40B, Aon Says
With Shell and Verizon both conducting large transfers in recent months, 2024 has already seen more than $10 billion.