Leo Kolivakis's blog

Bulls were "caught offside" on Tuesday but something tells me we're about to take off again...

Stay tuned – the private equity trend is one to watch carefully.

Now that they passed their high-water mark, are hedge funds going to crank up the risk?

According to a new survey, more than three-quarters of Canadians support increasing Canada Pension Plan benefits. Is Canada on the right track?

Looks like Mercer's little Alaska problem had a big impact on its US DB investment consulting business...

In this day and age, nothing is sacred, unless of course you believe in fairy tales...

Is another French Revolution on its way and will it shake the foundations of Casino Capitalism?

How much can we blame on state pensions?

Canada is a strange country. We extol our health and education system but the reality is we do very little to promote lifestyle changes that prevent diseases, starting with educating people on proper diets and exercise programs.

Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Temasek, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, are plotting a bid to spoil BHP Billiton's $39-billion (U.S.) hostile offer for Potash Corp...

As more come on board with QE2, risk appetite is rising, but betting on a Fed-inspired recovery rally can be a dangerous game...

It's not just a Canadian problem...but hold on, bubbles are on their way!

Florida's public pension has invested about $2 billion in two dozen private funds since December. Rather than approach the pension's staff directly, half the funds used middlemen to get in the door. They paid these well-connected placement agents millions of dollars for making introductions and setting up meetings. Average finder's fee: about $1.5 million.

Ultra-loose monetary policies by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank are throwing the world into "chaos" rather than helping the global economic recovery, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said on Tuesday. Is he right?

“Secondary buyouts are almost of bubble of their own,” said Jon Moulton, who helped start the funds that grew into CVC Capital Partners Ltd. and Permira Advisers LLP, two of Europe’s biggest private equity firms. “If firms keep selling assets to one another, how real are their prices? how real are their returns?”