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The 2017 Pension Political Power 25: Paul Singer

No. 15. Paul Singer, President, Elliott Management Corp.

ByPeter Vasiliev

February 14, 2017

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15. Paul Singer

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Elliott Management Corp.

As chairman of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a free-market think tank, Paul Singer, president of hedge fundElliott Management Corp., has been shaking up the pension world. Pensions are a big research priority for the institute, which maintains they need reforming so states and municipalities can better afford current services, including K–12 education. Pension clients are a big source of business for $28 billion-in-assets Elliott Management; Singer and other hedge fund managers who support the Manhattan Institute while managing defined benefit pension money face flak from unions. But the 72-year-old is known for hiscandid viewson pensions, including his position that they are in far worse financial shape than the public realizes.—Julie Segal

The 2017 Pension Political Power 25