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Christine Williamson

Senior Reporter, money management

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Christine is a senior reporter at Pensions & Investments whose business of money management beat includes traditional U.S. and Canadian money managers and hedge funds everywhere. She also covers U.S. pension funds, endowments and foundations. Christine joined P&I in 1988 as directory coordinator. She has a B.A. in English literature from Knox College.

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