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CalPERS cry foul play, backs lawsuit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
... our side in these efforts to hold the ratings agencies accountable." The action was filed in the Central District of California where it wasn't just the major pension funds like CalPERS that were affected but hundreds of homeowners who took out subprime ...

Trapnell rejects 'no way out' stance by licencees

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... like but you can never leave: Synchron director Don Trapnell has used the immortal lines from the classic 1970s Hotel California hit to reaffirm his rejection of licensee heavy-handedness dealing with advisers who want out. He claims that Draconian licensee ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
California State Teachers Association Retirement System (Calstrs), a $154 billion US pension fund, looks set to pull its investments in gun manufacturers in light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook. California Treasurer and board member Bill ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... round of stimulus. Regional firms linked to Apple were also range-bound after the US giant unveiled the iPhone 5 in California, with some analysts giving it a lukewarm response. Tokyo rose 0.39 per cent, or 35.19 points, to 8,995.15, Seoul was flat ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... 3,073.19. Apple shares scored new record highs, reaching $US682.07 before ending at $US675.48, up 1.9 per cent. The California gadget maker was awarded $US1.05 billion ($A1.01 billion) in damages for patent infringement in a US court victory over Samsung ...

CalPERS awards Citi $28bn in securities lending assets

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
A securities lending auction of US$43 billion in US equities for the California Public Employees' Retirement System has awarded Citi exclusive borrowing access to US$28 billion of the assets. The auction was conducted in the by eSecLending, a global ...

IFM wins legalsuper Aus equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... deliver higher net benefit to our members," said legalsuper, chief executive, Andrew Proebstl. Just last week, the California State Teachers' Retirement System ( CalSTRS ) selected IFM to manage an infrastructure mandate of up to $500 million to invest ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... awarded a $500 million mandate to Australian manager, IFM, to gain exposure to the global infrastructure market. The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has selected Industry Funds Management (IFM) to manage an infrastructure mandate ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... component of its Nucleus 5 devices to cost up to $150 million. Cochlear shares were 2.64 per cent lower at $53.06. Two huge California pension funds say they will vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch to the board of his media conglomerate News ...

Bulls see red

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... this to the world during an interview at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Risk Management Conference in Dana Point, California on 9 March 2009. Yes, the exact date that the S&P 500 index bottomed! And three months before the US recession officially ...