CalPERS Ending $1B In-State Program

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has decided to wind down its California Initiative, a $1 billion program launched in 2001 to invest in companies that are based in some of the state’s most economically disadvantaged areas. The $237 billion pension said the program, which it plans to phase out over five years, “has not met CalPERS investment return expectations.”

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