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CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed environmental investment strategy; while ...

CalPERS shifts $1bn to GID

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... billion core multifamily apartment portfolio to long-term partner GID Investment Advisers LLC (GID). The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said that it made the decision to advance its real estate restructuring plan through the ...

Corrupt city officials face pension freeze

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... of salaries and other compensation to officials at the City of Bell," noted the $200 billion-plus California Public Employees' Retirement System in a press statement. "Until the investigation is concluded, CalPERS will place on administrative hold the ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... accountable for their ratings and imposes tougher requirements on hedge funds. The $233 billion-plus California Public Employees' Retirement System said the reforms as "an historic step toward protecting markets and advancing shareowner democracy". According ...

CalPERS buys Gatwick Airport stake

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has bought a 12 per cent stake in London Gatwick Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners for $178 million. Gatwick Airport is the UK's second most active airport and one of the busiest ...

CalPERS reprimands board member

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... privileges after failing to file financial disclosure statements. According to a press release, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration publicly censured board member Priya Sara Mathur after she repeatedly ...

Global Sovereign Crisis

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2010
... companies they were standing in judgment upon." We would know soon enough when they go to trial. The California Public Employees' Retirement System won court approval to move forward with a lawsuit against ratings agencies Moody's, Fitch and Standard ...

Bill backed for calling placement agents lobbyists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Controller John Chiang, Treasurer Bill Lockyer, and Joseph A. Dear, chief investment officer at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). The bill was authored by Hernandez, D-West Covina, and co-sponsored by CalPERS, Chiang, and ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... statement, Joe 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 ...

Alternatives by any other name

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... assets or investments 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 ...