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CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... might have attempted to sway the investment decisions of pension funds, Rob Feckner, president of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has directed staff to pursue legislation that would require stricter ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
The California Public Employees' Retirement System is taking member education to cyberspace with the recently launched CalPERSResponds.com - a website that tackles pension issues such as investments, health and security. According to a press statement ...

Global instos push for climate change action

PRESS STATEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... Group, Catholic Super, ESSSuper, Health Super, HESTA Super Fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme and California Public Employees' Retirement System were also among the signatories.

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... promote transparency and alignment of interests in PE deals. In a press statement, the $229 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System said it strongly endorsed new principles proposed by the Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA). ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... program - stating the scheme inhibits the fund's ability to meet its contractual responsibilities. The California Public Employees' Retirement System filed legal action in the Superior Court in San Francisco yesterday. CalPERS board president Rob Feckner ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... per cent slice of a Macquarie CountryWide Trust's portfolio of shopping centers. The $224 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System closed the half a billion dollar real estate transaction for a portfolio of shopping centers in 17 states ...

CalPERS portfolio drops 23pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The value of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) assets dropped more than 23 per cent to $220 billion in a year to June, the fund's most radical drop in valuations in a single year. While the pension fund's asset values dropped ...

Hedge funds on a refund policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... performance and putting in place reimbursement policies clauses. The report cited the $210 billion California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) which requested 26 hedge funds to adopt a fee structure that included the ability to claw back ...

CalPERS ploughs more into private equity

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... putting more funds into private equity and global fixed income, but is raising its cash targets. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said it is increasing the target allocation for its Alternative Investment Management (private ...

Fee disclosure for intermediaries: CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... disclosure of "placement agents" brokering new business and fees paid to them. A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System at the end of last week revealed a new policy that would require the disclosure of placement agents - ...