Archive for February 9th, 2009
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
9 February 2009I drew the long straw here at old Wellington Financial and had the pleasure of attending the Annual Florida Venture Forum last week in Naples.
I don’t know about you, but amongst my friends, family and colleagues, we have spent considerable time over the last 5 months debating whether or not the U.S. economy has [...]
Is CPPIB now on top?
9 February 2009We should know this week if the CPP Investment Board has become Canada’s largest pool of pension fund assets.
Assuming the rumours about the Caisse de Depot are true, that $155 billion fund now manages ~$117 billion, thanks to a variety of choices that went awry, including ABCP and 20x leveraged global index investing. [...]