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Capital Group chairman passes away

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... throughout his career, including treasurer of Harvard University from 2004-14. He also served on the boards of the California Institute of Technology, the RAND Corporation and Huntington Memorial Hospital, and was a governor of the Investment Company ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... had a relationship with Gross via PIMCO, and had been looking to further expand their US presence after establishing California offices in 2013. Speaking to Financial Standard, Challenger senior manager, corporate communications Paul Marriage explained ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... institutions, including some of the world's leading universities. It has been reported this week that the US$308 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is also taking another step in its move to integrate greater ESG analysis ...

QIC inks $1bn infrastructure deal with CalPERS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
QIC has formed a $1 billion Asia-Pacific infrastructure partnership with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), one of the largest public pension funds in the United States. Under the terms of the arrangement, QIC will source ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... behind hiring 'bond king' Bill Gross in September. His Unconstrained Bond Fund, which is managed from an office in California's Newport Beach, has already attracted around $2 billion from investors seeking an approach less sensitive to interest rate ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... have generated total returns of 7% per annum over the last 10 years. American pension funds embracing activism are California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Ontario Teachers Pension ...

CalPERS meetings open to members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... but US pension fund giant CalPERS shows how far behind they are on world's best practice. CalPERS, the A$375 billion California public sector pension fund, has for years been publishing on its website notice of trustee meeting, outcomes and videos of ...

Independent dealer groups eye Genesys practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... the problem as well, although it did not refer directly to Genesys. "We now have, embodied in legislation, the Hotel California clause, whereby advisers can check out of a licensee arrangement anytime they like, but can never leave without suffering ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Buffett its best salesman. Active managers have also copped flak from the largest public pension fund in the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) ditched its hedge fund allocation "as part of an ongoing effort to reduce complexity ...

Scale drove CalPERS hedge fund move

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... scale forced CalPERS to abandon the sector, not the inability of hedge funds to perform Last month the US$300 billion California public sector pension fund rattled global hedge fund managers when they announced they were cashing out of the sector. A ...