US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has endorsed proposals to prohibit Board members and officers from accepting employment with business partners after leaving the fund.
CalSTRS and CalPERS have both implemented risk-based approaches to asset allocation, though both have done it in their own, unique way, as Joel Kranc and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report
US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and other investors have been awarded a multi-million dollar securities fraud judgment against the former chief executive officer of Homestore.com.
US - Congressional Republicans are using scare tactics to push a bill blocking bailouts of state pensions as a way to undermine government unions, said John Stanton, a lawyer for the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS).
US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has approved proposals to add a risk overlay strategy across its $146.4bn portfolio.
US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) will today decide whether to introduce a risk overlay strategy across its $146.4bn portfolio.
US - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking shareowner support for its proposal to have unopposed candidates to Apple's board be elected by a majority vote.
US - The US's two largest pension funds have reported double digit returns for 2010, marking a solid recovery after steep losses in the global financial crisis.
US - California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has teamed up with the Panattoni Development Company to form a $1.15bn equity joint venture to seek industrial and commercial real estate opportunities.
Interest rates have been stuck at historic lows since March 2009 and show no signs of increasing any time soon. Chris Panteli looks at how schemes are dealing with the repercussions