California Public Employees' Retirement System related stories
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CalPERS’ Argüelles heads to Ontario Teachers’The long-time private equity portfolio manager at CalPERS is taking a role with Teachers’ Private Capital to work on Latin American-focused fund investments.
- CalPERS hires former SIS consultant
Harshal Shah, who worked directly with LP clients like the state pension systems of New Jersey and Indiana, joined the retirement system at the end of December as a private equity portfolio manager.
- LGT wins £280m mandate from UK pension fund
The mandate is another example of institutional investors opting for a separate account that invests across asset classes.
- Lockyer to propose CalPERS gun divestment
As he did with CalSTRS, California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer plans to propose a divestment measure that will rid CalPERS’ portfolio of exposure to certain firearms.
- What’s keeping your LPs awake at night?
As investing has become harder in a more complex world, according to Christopher Ailman, CIO of CalSTRS, we surveyed LPs to find out their top concerns going into 2013.
- CalPERS commits $400m to Riverstone
CalPERS has re-upped to its sixth Riverstone Holdings fund, which is targeting $6bn for investments in the energy and power sectors.
- Vista Equity launches debut debt fund
The Robert Smith-led firm will target $600m for its first debt fund and likely $500m for its second small-cap vehicle as it comes off a year in which it returned $2bn to LPs.
- Up in arms
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary has led LPs to question their investments in guns and private equity-backed gun makers
- Performance anxiety: the quest for better benchmarks
Measuring and benchmarking performance has long been a headache for private equity investors. Could relative performance measures ease some of the pain – and help LPs make better asset allocation decisions? Amanda Janis reports
- US indicts former CalPERS officials
Former CalPERS CEO Federico Buenrostro and placement agent Al Villalobos face charges for allegedly forging disclosure letters certifying that CalPERS knew Villalobos’ placement agency was working on raising various Apollo funds.