CalPERS
US
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has dismissed its lawsuit against Fitch Ratings but will maintain its action against fellow ratings agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
30 August 2011
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Global
GIC; Neuberger Berman; PIMCO Australia; Mirae Asset Global Investments Group; AustralianSuper; SL Investment Management; FRTIB; FINANCIAL; EFRP; Mercer; Deutsche Asset Management
30 August 2011
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US
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has approved a new $200m programme for emerging real estate managers with less than $1bn of assets under management.
16 August 2011
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US
US - Fitch Ratings has rated the credit enhancement programmes (CEP) offered by California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) "AAA" and "AA+", respectively.
15 August 2011
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US
US - The Investment Committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is to hold a workshop to examine how best to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the pension fund's investment process.
10 August 2011
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US
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board member Priya Sara Mathur has been elected on to the advisory council of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
05 August 2011
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US
US - Senior officials at ten pension funds have written a letter urging President Barack Obama and congress to act quickly to raise the debt ceiling and address the budget deficit or face dire consequences.
26 July 2011
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US
US - Institutional investors are bemoaning a US Court of Appeals decision to overturn the Security and Exchange Commission's proxy-access rule, which would have allowed investors to nominate their own candidates for company boards.
25 July 2011
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Global
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
22 July 2011
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Corporate Governance
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at how the recent AIMA guidelines are designed to improve governance in the hedge fund industry
21 July 2011
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