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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
August 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Will the SEC Protect Proxy Access? Investors of all stripes should keep an eye on next week's ruling. |
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 |
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. |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Majority Rules! Majority voting standards would let shareholders have their say. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
A Shift Toward Shareholder Rights Shareholder-friendly policies may become an increasing priority in corporate America. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2003
Bill Mann |
CalPERS Sues the NYSE Bad governance at the Big Board has riled up the $154 billion pension manager. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2009
Jennifer Schonberger |
How We Can Fix Wall Street Congressman Paul Kanjorski on reforming corporate governance. |
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. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2003
Jill Jusko |
Shareholder Advocacy in High Gear CEOs, boards risk black eyes if they don't respond. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Louis Lavelle |
CalPERS: Too Fierce? Why the California Public Employees' Retirement System's good-governance crusade may now be doing more harm than good. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders Spring Into Action Early signs indicate that an exciting, historical proxy season's heating up. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2008
Colleen Paulson |
No Dessert for Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake Factory makes it onto a "Top 5" list, of underperforming stocks, that is. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Shareholders, Stop Slacking Off! Responsibility shouldn't be a revolutionary idea. Many U.S. investors have exhibited ongoing apathy about the workings of the companies in which they invest. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2008
Ben Johnson |
Overseas Investing is Fraught with Obstacles Pension systems in the U.S. face a host of issues when investing their billions of dollars in overseas real estate, and one key is understanding the difference between "emerging" and "frontier" markets. |
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
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
April 22, 2008
Tim Beyers |
A Tip for Corporate Anarchists Shareholders have the authority -- nay, the responsibility -- to be the checks and balances on corporate greed. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2003
Bill Mann |
Thain Takes Reins at NYSE An investment banker takes over the biggest trading floor in the world. |
CFO
February 1, 2003
Lori Calabro |
Pulling the Plug on Exorbitant Pay During the coming proxy season, bloated executive pay will take center stage. |
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. |
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... |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2005
Nicholas Yulico |
Reversing Course, Institutional Investors Assume More Risk Institutions and pension funds are increasingly eyeing non-traditional real estate investments, such as senior housing communities and even distressed office buildings. |
