[roll call] is commissioner safai present at this meeting . [roll call] we have a quorum. Thank you, madam secretary. Motion is awarded to vote whether to disclose discussions held in the San Francisco administrative code section 67. 1a. At this time i make a motion. Motion not disclosed. Ill second this. Moved and seconded. We will take Public Comment at this time. Madam secretary. Please open the phone lines. Members of the public who wish to provide Public Comment on this item should call 408 4189388. Access code 1467135208. Press pound and press pound again. If you havent already done so, please dial star 3 to lineup to speak. A system prompt will indicate you have raised your hand. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Please state your name and make your comment. You will have the standard two minutes to provide your comments. Please let us know if there are any callers. Madam secretary, there are no callers. Thank you. Hear
The interest coverage ratio. It is down around 2 versus what it was years before. Meanwhile what we saw the private markets presentation on private equity, we looked at the volt u volume of buyouts. Is that driven by the fact people making loans has changed and is no longer banks with fidc regulations with those that had no regulations is that driving all of this covenant lack of restrictions . So the direct helping space is a comment product. I am going to switch. Direct lending is a comment product. Jelly to the private equity peanut butter. The more dry powder you have. It is the dry powder on the side line. Direct lending caters to that. With the rise in i think the third slide, slide four of the deck, shows the competition for those lending opportunities. In all of these entities making these loans previously for the big banks that had regulations. Thank you. Skipping because there is a Silver Lining in all of this. We are over to the opportunities presented or will be presenting
His view on rates. Criticism of the fed, President Trump renews his attacks saying Jerome Powell and his team dont have a clue. Lets look at how markets closed. The dow fell for the first time in five sessions. Session,thin trading after the Independence Day holidays. S p 500 down. 2 , led lower by health care and utility stocks for the main focus during the session was on the very strong u. S. Labor report. 224,000,ayrolls rising leading expectations to pare back some of the fed rate cuts. You have treasury yields, 10 year yield also retake the 2 and u. S. Stocks falling from record highs. Lets see how u. S. Futures are looking unchanged. See how the asian markets are shaping up. Sophie futures are looking at a mix of potential gains in tokyo but we could see declines in kiwi stocks under pressure but marginally to the downside. Asian stocks could take cues from wall street action after the u. S. Jobs report. Speaking of jobs, Deutsche Bankers across the region will learn their fate a
We are not in a position where some public Pension Plans are paying out 5 . We have a better illiquidity for that. The payoff for that return is on page 19 of the cambridge report. There is a powerful positive cash flow driver when you start in year 2 2022. I wanted to explain the rationale for the strategy. I will turn it over to the board for questions. This is not an action item. Is there Public Comment . I have been coming to meetings over two years and listened to the mum bow jumbo. All of the people are all active money managers. How communevehowhow come there e from vanguards, price. You get more information over the long. I just told you that vanguard, s p 500 in the last 30 years, less than 1 of the s p 500. My recommendation is start inviting passive money managers, and i think your outlook on investing will change. That concludes item nine. Item 10. We are probably going to lose a quorum in 55 minute, we have nine action items pending and five nonaction items pending. I woul
Commissioner bridges and commissioner servais is not in attendance today. We do have a quorum right. Thank you. Can i ask you, madam secretary, to turn your volume up a little . Can you do that . Its sort of. Is that better . Better better. Item number two, communications. We welcome the publics participation during Public Comment periods. There will be an opportunity for general Public Comment at this meeting after closed session and there will be an opportunity to comment on each discussion or action item on the agenda. Each item each comment is limited to two minutes. Public comment will be taken both in person and remotely by calling for each item, the board will take Public Comment first. People attending the meeting in person and then from people attending the meeting remotely. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by phone by calling. 56550001. Access. Code 26605203021. Then pound, then pound again when connected you will hear the meet