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        <title><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer writes about institutional investors and investing for Bloomberg News. Previously, she covered Swiss banks, and she is writing a book about Credit Suisse’s collapse. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Keeps Inventing New Ways to Give Cash to Investors]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Frustrated Hedge Fund Investors Push Back on Sky-High Fees]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Second-Biggest US Pension Fund Returns 8.5%, Driven by Stocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Carrhae Plans $700 Million Strategy That Shuns China]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Billionaire’s Quest to Find Credit Suisse Nazi Accounts Puts UBS in the Spotlight]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Ronald Lauder has led a push to reopen investigations after he helped reach a $1.25 billion settlement in the 1990s. He thinks that deal left billions on the table.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kraft Heinz’s $4.3 Billion Pension Gives Company Leverage as It Weighs Options]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[California Pension Fund Posts 11.6% Gain Driven by Stocks, Outpacing Annual Goal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 16:32:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yale’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Sale Tests Its Vaunted Endowment Model]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison McNeely]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 11:30:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut, US, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Campuses across the US have been grappling with pro-Palestinian protests and counter demonstrations since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Blackstone Buys $5 Billion in Private Equity Stakes From New York Pensions]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Trump Paused Sovereign Wealth Fund to Focus on Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 18:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Leon Black's Son Brings Wall Street Vibe to US Foreign Investment Agency]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loukia Gyftopoulou]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Puts Wealth Fund on Back Burner as Ambitions Hit Limits]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 19:25:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Unveils Plans to Fast-Track Deals as Trump Eyes Mideast Funds]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-08/trump-officials-weigh-fast-tracking-deals-with-gulf-wealth-funds</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Bartenstein]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 14:30:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yale Considers Private Equity Stake Sales Amid Funding Turmoil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:10:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Trade War Seen as a Big Risk for $350 Billion Calstrs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:22:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Calls in Experts to Fix Firms They Can’t Sell]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:32:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Fights for Nest Eggs of Retirement Savers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison McNeely]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Fights Insurance for $15 Trillion Retirement Prize]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A niche regulatory clash could shape the future of annuities and pensions, affecting the nest-eggs of millions of savers.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Allison McNeely]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Private Equity Flops Leave Investors Vulnerable to Selloff]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Singapore’s Temasek to Put $30 Billion in US Over Five Years]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marion Halftermeyer]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
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