US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) will review forecasts of capital market returns in preparation for the adoption of a new three-year asset allocation policy in December.
US - Californian schemes have dismissed the conclusions of a study by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), which claimed the funding level of the three largest Californian pension funds has so far been understated due to the accounting...
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is looking to gain exposure to direct infrastructure assets while building strategic relationships with other investors.
US - The funding level of the three largest Californian pension funds has so far been understated due to the accounting rules used, a study by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) revealed.
Raquel Pichardo-Allison discusses the changing relationship between pensions funds and their consultants, and asks whether consultants will need to share their role with third-party providers.
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the rising trend towards timber investment and the many routes investors can take
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) president Rob Feckner has urged the other members of the fund's board to support laws which would submit placement agents to the same rules as lobbyists.
Charlotte Moore looks at how investors are increasingly targeting the clean technology sector and how it can bring high returns
Those pension funds most committed to securities lending felt the impact of the economic crisis more than most. Despite this many funds are now moving back to this sector, as Richard Lowe reports
US - CalPERS will be reviewing the fees paid to third party marketers by its money managers after it learned one manager paid over US$50m to a firm owned by a former board member.