Leo Kolivakis's blog

The L.A. Times reports that private investment funds paid more than $125 million to scores of intermediaries who helped them win business with that $205 billion cash cow called CalPERS....

Are bond markets signaling the start of the Great Transition? Will inflationists or deflationists get the last laugh?

If governments do not nip this bonus bonanza in the bud, then the next financial meltdown is only a matter of time. How long will we allow the rest of the economy to be subservient to the reckless arrogance and greed of a financial sector gone rogue?

Pension reform advocates are warning that federal and provincial governments will pay a political price if they fail to turn a vague commitment made in December to pursue pension reform into a concrete plan to bolster Canadians' retirement savings.

A story of how the "vampire squid" caved and offered to help North America's most powerful union...

Those of you who have all but given up hope a the recovery for the U.S. labor market should read this brief comment very carefully...

Hold on to your hat, the bond vigilantes will be out full force on Friday. And when the bond market goes 'boo', its chill will be felt across all asset classes.

While more and more hedge funds are delving into the mutual fund space, sophisticated pension fund managers, like Barclays, are scrutinizing their alpha managers.

Ontario Teachers' buys AIG's Canadian mortgage business and CPPIB makes some internal shifts in management.

A peek into what the top hedge funds and institutional funds are buying for 2010...

Will 2010 be a year of Black Swans or Black Sloths? You be the judge...

Oh what a year 2009 was...

What went awry at CalPERS is a textbook case of poor pension governance. And it's not just CalPERS. Reckless greed and sheer stupidity pervades the wider pension industry. Please read this comment carefully so you too are made aware of how pension investments can go awfully wrong.

While everyone is scared to death of the next Black Swan event, they're totally ignoring the Black Sloth event in the making...

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and CPPIB are reportedly planning to make a joint bid for EDF Energy, the giant U.K. electricity distribution network owned by France's Electricité de France.