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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Facebook governance a concern for California pension fund

Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 7, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook’s corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System.



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Exclusive: Facebook governance a concern for Calif pension fund

Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 6, 2012

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook’s corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System.



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Insight: The surprising strength of Canada’s pension

Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 12, 2012

TORONTO (Reuters) – Deep in the financial crisis, a Canadian pension fund entrusted with the nest eggs of 17 million workers bet a chunk of that money on Internet phone service Skype, venturing well outside its tradition of long-term, conservative investing.



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New Jersey Pension Fund Buys Additional Stake in Blackstone Fund at 22% Discount

Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on December 19, 2011

The New Jersey Division of Investment has bought out a limited partner interest in the Blackstone Re…
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New Mexico Teachers' Pension Fund Investing $50M With Rockpoint

Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on November 30, 2011

The New Mexico Educational Retirement Board has approved a $50 million commitment to invest in Rockp…
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California County Pension Fund to Invest $300M in Value-Add, Opportunistic Real Estate Funds

Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on November 15, 2011

The pension plan for employees of Contra Costa County, in Northern California, is planning to invest…
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New Jersey Pension Fund Putting $210M Into Wheelock, Centerbridge Funds

Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on November 4, 2011

The New Jersey Division of Investment has approved investments totaling $210 million into a distress…
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Texas Pension Fund Puts $100 Million into Non-Core Investment Funds

Posted by The Distressed Debt Report on September 28, 2011

The Texas Permanent School Fund has made commitments of up to $50 million each into the Cornerstone …
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SEC deepens probe of forex trading: report

Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 24, 2011

(Reuters) – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is probing whether two major banks made proper representations to pension-fund clients about how their currency trades would be handled and priced, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.



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SEC Charges PIPE Issuer Ingen Technologies and CEO in Kickback Scheme

Posted by The PIPEs Report on October 7, 2010

Ingen Technologies and its chief executive Scott Sand paid illegal kickbacks to a pension fund manag…
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