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Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... Dear, Council of Institutional Investors chair and chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), was joined by five speakers who proposed what the government should and shouldn't do. Ira Millstein, senior associate ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
... create self-sufficient retirees and will ultimately be placing additional pressure on Australia's publicly funded retirement system," he said. Hartsuyker also attacked the Government's decision to allow the Australian Industrial Relations Commission ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... that derive returns largely from the yield on a physical asset. Meanwhile, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest pension fund in the US with more than $220 billion in assets, also has its own definition of the asset class. The ...

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System has signed a letter from institutional investors urging financial companies to support the shareowner advisory vote on executive compensation. CalPERS was among approximately 30 investors that signed ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... the system in Australia is more transparent and markedly different to the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, one of the US' biggest funds, has released more than 600 placement agent disclosures obtained by the pension fund from its ...

CalSTRS adopts engagement code

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has become one of the first US pension funds to sign a new standard that outlines how to properly engage with companies they invest in. The code was developed by UK-based Institutional Shareholders' ...

BNY Mellon apologises for pension mistake

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
BNY Mellon has apologised to New York City Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) participants after a processing error resulted in the firm pulling funds from their bank accounts. BNY Mellon has returned the funds after it reversed deposits made to participants' ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... 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 governance of placement ...

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
... ESSSuper, Health Super, HESTA Super Fund, Universities Superannuation Scheme and California Public Employees' Retirement System were also among the signatories.