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BusinessWeek
December 13, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
CalPERS: Getting Back To Business The new overseer of the nation's largest pension fund should refocus on corporate governance and investor returns.   |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2004
Lita Epstein |
CalPERS Aims at Coca-Cola Adding to its Dasani woes and the search for a CEO, the company faces a challenge to its board. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Activists End the Year Fighting Here's a prediction for next year: More big battles are brewing on the corporate governance front. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2009
Christopher Palmeri |
Is It CalPERS' Turn to Clean House? The powerful California pension fund is catching flak for not practicing what it preaches. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Tim Beyers |
The Daily Walk of Shame: CalPERS A foolish fund runs afoul of common sense. CalPERS gets today's dunce's cap for allowing what appears to have been a cozy, multiyear relationship between its investment staff and Al Villalobos |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004 |
Directors On CalPERS Hit List Here's a list of individual directors being targeted by the giant California pension fund CalPERS, and the reasons for opposing them. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2009 |
Concerns About CalPERS A fierce advocate for corporate reform, the nation's largest pension fund takes a softer approach to in-house change. |
CFO
September 1, 2004
John Goff |
Who's the Boss? Spurred by a slew of portfolio-punishing accounting scandals and angered by decades of corporate indifference to their requests, shareholder activists want more say in how American companies are run. |
Managed Care
July 2004 |
CalPERS Takes Tough Stand In Giving 38 Hospitals the Boot The move is expected to cut spending for the nation's third-largest purchaser of health care by $36 million in 2005, then save CalPERS about $50 million annually beginning in 2006. |
CFO
June 1, 2004 |
Break Up the Big Four? It may be time to break up the largest accounting firms... Calpers steps up its shareholder activism... Commercial banks provide a viable alternative to IPO underwriting... New rules for overtime pay... etc. |
Managed Care
June 2003 |
CalPERS-Blue Shield 3-Year Deal Gives Disease Management Vital Role The argument that disease management could save the system money in the long run has often been met by the retort that HMOs do not have a real incentive to back such programs because of the way enrollees jump from plan to plan. A decision by CalPERS may help address that issue. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2003
Jill Jusko |
Shareholder Advocacy in High Gear CEOs, boards risk black eyes if they don't respond. |
U.S. Banker
August 2003
Lee Conrad |
How Much is Too Much? Calpers, The market-moving pension fund covering California's government workers, is turning up the heat on companies that overpay the suits. And even though it's mum on possible suspects, Citigroup is singled out by other industry watchdogs for its flagrant use of commas and zeros on payday. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Can CalPERS Eat Its Own Cooking? CalPERS may not be as different from its philosophical opponents as one might think. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say. |
BusinessWeek
August 12, 2010
Jesse Westbrook |
The SEC Tries to Pry Open Corporate Boards Corporations are bracing for new rules that will make it easier for dissident shareholders to nominate board members. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2009 |
Five Questions with Bill McGrew A short interview with Bill McGrew, who runs the Focus List at CalPERS, the California Public Employees' Retirement System. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2004
Mark Whistler |
Coca-Cola: Minor Burps? Contentious shareholder relations and management issues plague the soft-drink giant. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Amy Borrus |
Hitting Sudan In The Pocketbook Pension funds are taking notice of a growing push to cut ties to the rogue state. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Will the SEC Protect Proxy Access? Investors of all stripes should keep an eye on next week's ruling. |
The Motley Fool
February 26, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Disney Braces for Battle CalPERS takes another California company to task. "We have lost complete confidence in Mr. Eisner's strategic vision and leadership in creating shareholder value in the company," the pension said in a biting press release. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Christopher Palmeri |
Pretty Liberal With The Cash In the past three years, the California Public Employees' Retirement System has committed up to $760 million to Burkle for investments to help underserved segments of society while still making money for the retirement fund. |
Managed Care
March 2001 |
To Control Costs, CalPERS Rejects All Bids for 2002 In a dramatic attempt to keep a lid on health care premiums, the California Public Employees' Retirement System threw out every bid it received from health plans competing for a chunk of its business in 2002.... |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
A Shift Toward Shareholder Rights Shareholder-friendly policies may become an increasing priority in corporate America. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2007
Matt Hudgins |
CalPERS' New Captain From law and public policy to real estate development, Ted Eliopoulos brings a seasoned approach to the position of Senior Investment Officer, Real Estate for California Public Employees' Retirement System. |
Managed Care
May 2001
Bob Carlson |
Real Story in CalPERS Talks Lies Beyond the Headlines True, the rest of the country doesn't always follow California's lead. But you'd probably be right if you viewed the California Public Employees' Retirement System's April deal with eight HMOs as an omen... |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2004
D. Gardner & T. Gardner |
Time for Eisner to Go? David and Tom Gardner talk about the Disney CEO's dismal doings. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Freedom for Whom, Washington? Get ready to get angry. Shareholders and their rights are an essential part of a vibrant marketplace. Let's hope Washington stops rigging the game against us. |
BusinessWeek
December 1, 2003
Borrus & Dwyer |
The Critical Battle For Fund Reform Big investors, Congress, the SEC -- they're all swooping in to curb widespread abuses in the mutual-fund industry. |
Reason
February 2009
Jon Entine |
The Next Catastrophe Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Institutional Failures It's high time that sleeping giants remember their stewardship role. Many large mutual funds don't take a leadership role in pushing back against corporate managements when it's necessary. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Investing Guidance From CalPERS Due to strong management, CalPERS, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, has performed considerably better than the S&P 500. |
