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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
... Review, stressing that 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 ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... might have attempted 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 ...

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

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... 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 Association (ILPA). ...

CalPERS takes legal action against state furloughs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... program - stating the scheme inhibits the fund's ability to meet its contractual responsibilities. The California Public Employees' Retirement System filed legal action in the Superior Court in San Francisco yesterday. CalPERS board president Rob Feckner ...

CalPERS buys Macquarie property

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... 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 in 17 states ...

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 ...

Hedge funds on a refund policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... performance and putting in place reimbursement policies clauses. The report cited the $210 billion California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) which requested 26 hedge funds to adopt a fee structure that included the ability to claw back ...