Sentences with phrase «investment by a pension fund»

The main topic of discussion was the potential investment by pension funds into infrastructure projects — something the unions are pushing.

This is the third transportation infrastructure project in the US to reach financial close with direct investment by a pension fund.

This also marks the third transportation infrastructure project in the US to reach financial close with direct investment by a pension fund.

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The fossil fuel divestment campaign began on university campuses in 2011 but the new report reveals that concerns over investments in coal, oil and gas have now entered the financial mainstream, with more than 80 % of the funds now committed to divest being managed by commercial investment and pension funds.

A survey last year by Mercer, a retirement and investment group, revealed that European pension funds would be inclined to raise their bond holdings when average long - term sovereign bond yields reached 2.8 percent.

Blackstone Capital Partners VI attracted some of the world's largest private - equity investors, including the California Public Employees» Retirement System and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, according to disclosures by the pensionPension Plan Investment Board, according to disclosures by the pensionpension funds.

And that is a trend that keeps snowballing, thanks primarily to the activities of two groups: first, the pension funds, insurers, and other large investors that continue to accelerate their investments in growth companies; and second, the investment - world professionals, who are responding to the deluge of money by continually setting up new funds.

Although high finance obviously has been shaped by the Industrial Revolution's legacy of corporate finance, institutional investment such as pension fund saving as part of the industrial wage contract, mutual funds, and globalization along «financialized» lines, financial managers have taken over industrial companies to create what Hyman Minsky has called «money manager capitalism.»

Institutional Investors: investors represented by groups that invest and manage funds on the investors» behalf, including pension funds, investment funds, and mutual funds.

On August 2, 2005, CIBC paid US$ 2.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit brought by a group of pension funds and investment managers, including the University of California, which claims that «systematic fraud by Enron and its officers led to the loss of billions and the collapse of the company.»

On the heels of plans by the Government Pension Investment Fund -LRB-

Rather than paying these pensions out of current income as it is earned or plowing their earnings back into investment in their own business, companies take their income and «financialize» it by buying stocks and bonds for their pension funds.

On the heels of plans by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to double its investment into Japanese equities, other institutional investors have committed approximately $ 25Investment Fund (GPIF) to double its investment into Japanese equities, other institutional investors have committed approximately $ 25investment into Japanese equities, other institutional investors have committed approximately $ 250 billion.

Climate Bonds Initiative's mission is to grow capital into climate solutions by promoting green bonds to investors, primarily pension and insurance funds filled with trillions of dollars of investment - ready capital.

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MaRS client Wave Accounting Inc., creators of free online accounting software for small businesses, has announced the closing of its seed round of financing, led by OMERS through INKEF Capital, the venture capital investment alliance of pension funds OMERS (Canada) and ABP (the Netherlands).

The problem is that the state - mandated pension plans for school - district employees are defined benefit plans, which means the amount of future benefits is guaranteed and has to be funded by the taxpayers and / or investment income.

Many infrastructure projects could be financed by Canadian pension funds, many of which are underfunded, struggling and would love to have investments with almost guaranteed 7 % to 9 % yields in their portfolios.

Ultimately, Government of Canada marketable securities are mostly held by Canadians, and can be found in retail and institutional investment portfolios, insurance and pension funds, as well as a variety of other investment vehicles.

Many family office chief investment officers worked on either side of the investment industry either by actively investing and managing a portfolio or by evaluating investments for an institutional investment fund like a pension or endowment fund as its chief investment officer.

* Note: Mutual fund families, as listed by Strategic Insight (August 2004); institutional money managers, as listed by Institutional Investor (July 2004); and public pension funds, as listed by Pensions & Investments (January 2004).

* Note: Public pension funds, as listed by Pensions & Investments (Jan. 2006); Money managers, as listed by Institutional Investor America's Top 300 (2005); and Mutual fund families, as listed by Strategic Insight (Nov. 2005.)

Many made their money by building their own businesses and are big enough to operate like a pension fund or endowment, with a staff to pick investments.

It is a terrible mistake for investors with long - term horizons — among them, pension funds, college endowments and savings - minded individuals — to measure their investment «risk» by their portfolio's ratio of bonds to stocks.

Third, it is no longer clear in many cases just who the owners are, with millions of shares of stock being held by the public, many by individuals but also many by pension funds, insurance companies and other investment concerns.

Hewitt Cattle Australia, backed by one of Canada's biggest pension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Naturapension funds, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & NaturaPension Investment Board, has snapped up a 15 per cent stake in Australia's leading organic beef company Arcadian Organic & Natural Meat.

The pensions are funded by local taxes, district fees, employee contributions and investment profits from that money.

Together with a further # 5 billion of spending in the next parliament and # 20 billion from private investment, made possible by a deal with two groups of British pension funds, he unveiled a «huge commitment to overhauling the physical transport infrastructure of our nation».

A recent survey of 97 sovereign investors — which include sovereign wealth funds, state pension funds, central banks and government ministries collectively holding # 9 trillion of assets - by Invesco found they see the UK as a less attractive destination for investment.

A combination of budgeting practices, a well - funded pension system and structurally wealthy economy that relies on Wall Street led to Moody's upgrading the state's credit rating to Aa1, according to a report released Wednesday by the the investment service.

In a statement, he assailed «Mr. DiNapoli and his surrogates (for trying) to score political points by making irresponsible and erroneous accusations about my future investment strategies for the state pension fund.

In his court statement, Hevesi admitted accepting the $ 1 million in benefits and trips, including several campaign fundraising swings through California, in exchange for approving a $ 250 million pension fund investment in Markstone Capital, the investment fund that had been run by California money manager Elliot Broidy.

... At some point we have to ask, can we afford to risk pension fund investments in nations led by these kinds of regimes?»

The three - year review by Michigan - based Funston Advisory Services says the Common Retirement Fund's 2009 decision to ban paid placement agents used by other pension funds does not appear to have kept it from accessing qualified outside investment managers.

They discuss firearm investments in the state pension fund, political spending by corporations, and the Tappan Zee project.

Thursday afternoon, more than 100 New Yorkers, led by a coalition of environmental activist groups, delivered 11,000 signatures on a petition to the Comptroller's office in Manhattan, urging Thomas DiNapoli to overhaul pension fund investments.

He added: «Pension funds and other investors will be encouraged by the government's attempt to reduce risk by using its funding power to boost the investment grade of a range of projects.»

DiNapoli on Thursday announced he had issued a shareholder request that would lever the state's pension fund investment in the company to disclose political giving by Aetna.

New York City's biggest public employee pension fund is poised to vote today to begin pulling its investments from hedge funds, the latest move by a large pension plan to scrap an investment path that once promised big returns.

They will form part of a longer - term # 30 billion investment made possible by a deal with pension funds announced by Mr Osborne yesterday.

Rattner agreed this week to pay $ 6 million and be barred from the financial industry for two years to resolve allegations made by the Securities and Exchange Commission that he bribed a political consultant to win business from New York's pension fund for his former investment firm, the sources said.

According to the SEC complaint, the $ 100 million investment from the New York pension fund came only after the Quadrangle executive arranged for a Quadrangle affiliate to distribute the DVD of a low - budget film called «Chooch,» which was produced by the brother of former New York state deputy comptroller David Loglisci.

Recently, the Rhode Island State Investment divested pension funds from Third Point LLC, a hedge fund owned by StudentsFirstNY board member Daniel Loeb.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the fossil fuel investments by California's two public pension funds.

Pension funds were being crushed by the collapse in interest they earn on investments, he added, while the Bank's massive stimulus programme increased inequality by pushing up property and stock market prices, which benefited the better off.

Employer's contribution is determined by an actuarial review that takes into account both the amount of employee contribution and the value and investment return of the Pension Fund.

«Net investment losses» by the five city pension funds get the blame for $ 15.2 billion in added costs, or about 48 percent of the total increase over the 10 - year period.

The liability to pay these benefits, both currently and in future years is financed by employee and employer contributions and income from investment of the Pension Fund.

When he was state attorney general, Cuomo's investigation of the connection between political influence and investment decisions by then - Comptroller Alan Hevesi led to Paladin being ordered to reduce the fees it was charging to the pension fund.

Even before the EU vote, which caused the Dow Jones to drop by more than 600 points Friday, DiNapoli's office earlier this month reported that the fiscal year that ended on March 31 was the worst since 2009 for the $ 178 million state pension fund, which had a paltry 0.19 % rate of return on investments.