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Global instos push for climate change action

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

Billionaire faces insider trading noose

SEC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... SEC's complaint charges Danielle Chiesi of New York - a portfolio manager at New Castle Funds, Rajiv Goel of Los Altos, California - a managing director at Intel Capital, an Intel subsidiary and Anil Kumar of Saratoga, California - a director at McKinsey ...

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... disclosure policy - which exposed the US$50 million-plus success fees - was the template to a new law signed this week in California requiring all public pension funds to fully disclose all fees made by their fund managers to placement agents.

Realindex hits $1 bn FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... management mark in under a year and hired a portfolio manager. The firm, a partnership between Colonial First State and California-based Research Affiliates LLC, launched the Research Affiliates Fundamental Index methodology to the Australian market. ...

FBI hunts down bank fraudsters

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... the federal indictment and 47 suspects were identified by Egyptian authorities. American suspects were arrested in California, Nevada and North Carolina. Those arrested in California resided in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... of principles to 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 ...

Three wise men - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
I am "buying stocks right as we speak" and am getting "a lot for my money," Warren Buffet told his audience at a California conference. The tone was similarly positive at the Brookings Institution in Washington, with US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
CalPERS, one of the largest US pension funds, has filed legal action seeking a judicial review of California's state-imposed furlough program - stating the scheme inhibits the fund's ability to meet its contractual responsibilities. The California Public ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... million for a 60 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 ...

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 ...