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Bill backed for calling placement agents lobbyists

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... financial middlemen hired by some money managers to seek investments from public pension funds - who do business with CalPERS and the California State Teachers' Retirement System. The four-to-one vote came following testimony in support of a bill from ...

Instos lobby for Main Street

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

Sign Say on Pay: CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... institutional investors urging financial companies to support the shareowner advisory vote on executive compensation. CalPERS was among approximately 30 investors that signed the open letter to 17 financial institutions. The letter asked them to follow ...

... and transparency strategy to benefit Aussie funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... Amid this information are details on mandates and fees on proposed new investments, according to a media statement by CalPERS. CalPERS' placement agents include three former CalPERS board members, including longtime board president William D. Crist ...

CalPERS opens black book of placement agents...

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2010
... agent disclosures to the public. The disclosures - received between May and January 2010 - were obtained voluntarily from CalPERS external investment partners. They were also obtained under CalPERS new policy that mandates disclosure on the use of placement ...

CalPERS champions placement agent reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The $200 billion CalPERS is lobbying for legislation that requires placement agents to register as lobbyists, and be subject to the reporting and ethics rules under the California Political Reform Act. In light of recent allegations that placement agents ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... - a website that tackles pension issues such as investments, health and security. According to a press statement from CalPERS, one of the largest funds in the US with $219 billion in funds under management, the website is dedicated to educating its members ...

CalPERS reviews US$50m fees to placement agent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
The largest public pension fund in the US, CalPERS, is to investigate "success fees" paid to placement agents by its external fund managers after a disclosure report found more than US$50 million in fees were paid to a placement agency ran by a former ...

CalPERS endorses best practice in PE

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
CalPERS is taking a stronger stance in its private equity investments after endorsing a set of principles to promote transparency and alignment of interests in PE deals. In a press statement, the $229 billion California Public Employees' Retirement ...

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 ...

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