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SPOTLIGHT: CalPERS and inflation

March 25, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Mindful of rising prices, CalPERS is starting to hedge in a variety of ways. The board has approved new initiative that will boost the allocation in commodities, inflation-indexed bonds and forest... Read more...

CalPERS senses new era

February 27, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Super Return 2008 is underway in Munich. Leon Shahanian, the senior investment officer for alternative investments with the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), spoke about the... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Ex-Goldman Sachs exec aims for China deals; Merrill Lynch lands big mandates in Europe; and much more...

February 6, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Company News:> Merrill Lynch lands big mandates in Europe. Article> Ex-Goldman Sachs exec aims for... Read more...

CalPERS takes stake in Silver Lake

January 9, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Think the future of the private equity industry is cloudy? CalPERS doesn't. It just took a 9.9 percent stake in Silver Lake Partners in a deal that values the firm at 5.8 times assets, according to... Read more...

Smart money flocking to...

December 5, 2007 — 7:59am ET
So after the credit crunch stuck it to a lot of hedge funds (short-term anyway), where is the hot money flowing? Well, most of the top commodity indexes have fared well lately. And, according to... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Morgan Stanley licenses software from Trading Technologies; Texas Pacific to give up on Iberia?; and much more...

November 28, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Company News:> State Street launches private equity index. Article > Texas Pacific to give up on Iberia? Read more...

CalPERS wants better returns--soon

October 23, 2007 — 6:59am ET
When your assets get to a certain size, there is one view that holds you can't really expect stock gains over and above beta. CalPERS apparently does not subscribe to that view. Its stock gains have... Read more...

Private equity firms to invest in smaller deals?

September 18, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Private equity funds continue to raise funds at a surprisingly robust clip. Despite the current turmoil, the historic returns have been great, and pensions seem to be as hungry as ever to invest,... Read more...

CalPERS casts its lot with Apollo

September 12, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Was there was any real doubt as to whether top pensions funds would get nervous about the current problems all these sponsor-backed deals? CalPERS has answered by upping its stake in Apollo... Read more...

When will institutions give up on private equity?

August 16, 2007 — 6:59am ET
The news sounds good on the surface. Buyout funds have raised $139 billion so far in 2007, which puts them on track to beat the $212 billion raised in 2006, according to Private Equity Intelligence.... Read more...
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CalPERS CEO to Unveil Impact of California Investments on Job Creation at Conference Focused on Emerging Companies in Urban Mark

Fred Buenrostro, CEO of CalPERS will review new research showing the impact of the pension fund's efforts to generate productivity and jobs in the state's underserved, undercapitalized urban and Read more >>