A civil lawsuit against CalPERS alleges that placement agent Al Villalobos attempted to "bribe" Shahinian in 2007 by flying him via private jet to New York to attend a fund-raiser honoring Apollo Management LP founder Leon Black -- a month later, Shahinian recommended an investment in Apollo from CalPERS, the suit alleges.
In the firm's first "clawback," Blackstone executives returned $3
million in carried interest to investors in Blackstone Real Estate
Partners International LP during the second quarter.
Unless lawmakers find a solution for the financially-strapped state to make its pension contributions this fiscal year, the $33.1 billion Illinois Teachers' Retirement System will be forced to sell investments to cover benefits.
As part of its latest bid to acquire new Australian assets, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it is providing hundreds of millions of dollars in financing to a restructured Australian retail property fund.
ai5000's Joe Flood digs into the causes of the May 6th Flash Crash — when nearly 1000 points mysteriously disappeared from the market in a matter of minutes — and unearths internal analysis leaked from a Bank That Shall Not Be Named, surprising new data from the market research firm Nanex, and a first-time admission from the NYSE: that there were significant price reporting delays on May 6th, delays which contributed to the Crash.
Caisse says it was able to beat the average loss of Canadian pensions
for the first half of 2010 by focusing on fixed income and alternative assets,
while reducing holdings of stocks.
Mall owner Hammerson has sold more than
half of its interest in the O'ParinorShopping
Centre near Paris to Korea's National Pension Service, freeing $278 million for
planned investment.
A consortium that included Borealis, the infrastructure investment arm of Canada's Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), and at least two other groups are gearing up to bid for Britain's only high-speed rail link -- High Speed 1, or HS1 Ltd.
The nation's largest pension system did not take action when it first heard about officials in the lower-income city of Bell, California, earning inflated salaries.
While reports have the San Diego County Employees Retirement Association considering a move towards internalizing their asset management, current outsourced CIO Lee Partridge denies he is considering the move.
August is the shortest of months, with vacation and Summer Fridays making the time go simply too fast… except for those who eagerly await the September issue of ai5000, for whom the end of the month cannot come soon enough. For those most loyal of readers, we’re posting one article early. It’s Joe Flood’s Adventures in Algorithmic Trading, a look at the varied strategies that comprise the umbrella term ‘algo trading’ – and what it means for you.
