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CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... in my life." The pension fund will commence an immediate search for a permanent successor. Earlier this year, a US congressman called for Meng to be fired, saying the fund was investing in Chinese companies that are blacklisted by the US government. ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A US congressman has called for the chief investment officer of America's largest pension fund to be fired. In a series of tweets and interviews, Indiana Congressman Jim Banks has urged for the sacking of CalPERS chief investment officer Yu Ben Meng ...

Push to end US Congressional pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... into the congressional retirement plan. The push to introduce the bill is being led by Ron DeSantis, a Republican congressman from Florida. DeSantis declined his pension when taking office. The bill is co-sponsored by five other congressmen. "The Founding ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... been nearly four months that you, I and Irene have been scouring each and every Fed head's mouth for the answer to US Congressman Brady's question.A To this day all we get is a lotta yeses, no's and maybe's. To be sure, 'NO' is the answer to the congressman's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... years. Also weighing on market sentiment was a continued impasse on the so-called fiscal cliff, with top Republican congressman John Boehner saying there was "no progress" in talks about looming tax hikes and spending cuts due in January. In the absence ...

Congressmen agitate for US transaction tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... tax modelled on the European transaction tax that is already set to take effect from 2014. Senator Tom Harkin and Congressman Peter DeFazio said they plan to introduce legislation that will impose a 3 basis point tax on financial transactions, one third ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... quickly approach the bill. At Senate Banking Committee hearings on Capitol Hill, Senator Christopher J Dodd, a Democrat congressman, said, "After reading this proposal, I can only conclude that it is not only our economy that is at risk, Mr Secretary ...

Zurich sets up Climate Change council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
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