Consortium Including CalPERS, EQT, BlackRock’s GIP to Acquire Utility Company AES
The $33.4 billion deal for the power generation company would support its capital growth plans.
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Paltry PE Returns Weigh Down La Caisse as 9.3% 2025 Return Misses Benchmark
The meager 2.3% return from the Quebec pension fund’s private equity portfolio fell well short of the benchmark’s 12.6%.
Harvard Adjusts Tech Portfolio, Loses 35% in 2 Months on Ethereum ETF Bet
The $57 billion endowment slashed its holdings in Amazon, Microsoft, Bitcoin and Nvidia, while raising its stakes in Alphabet and Taiwan Semiconductor.
Northern Trust Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund
The firm’s foray into digital assets will tokenize its NIF Treasury Instruments Fund.
What the Push for Alts in Retail Channels Means for Institutional Investors
Limited partners have questions about their managers’ quest for new sources of capital.
Why ETFs Are Reshaping Investment Management
Some see exchange-traded funds’ steady growth as indicating sound structure may be more important than artificial intelligence innovations.
The Big Shift
How consolidation and other forces changing the asset management industry are affecting different categories of institutional asset allocators.
Ongoing Tariff Uncertainty Tests Investor Discipline
Market swings have been all too common since last year, leading investors to warn against complacency.
AT&T Agrees to Allow Shareholder Proposal Submitted by NYC Pension Funds
Four New York City pension funds will drop their complaint after AT&T agreed to allow its shareholders to vote on workforce demographic disclosures at its annual meeting.
Former Alaska Permanent Fund CEO Joins Star Mountain Capital
Angela Rodell will be a senior adviser at an employee-owned investment firm managing approximately $4.5 billion in assets.
Equities, Gold Drove Wyoming Retirement System’s 17.8% Return in 2025
WRS assets surpassed $13.1 billion at the end of the year.
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Bar Institutional Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes
The legislation came on the same day President Donald Trump, in his State of the Union speech, said: ‘We want homes for people, not corporations.’
Victory Capital Makes Competing Bid for Janus Henderson
The consideration of $57.04 per share is 16% greater than Trian’s acquisition bid.
MFS President: We Are Seeing Unintended Consequences of Passive Investing
Citing Vanguard’s Jack Bogle, Carol Geremia told investors that a better balance between active and passive investments is needed.
Insurers Plan to Increase Alts Allocations
Carriers have an optimistic outlook but are also signaling caution by reducing risk, according to Conning.