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Outgoing CalPERS Board Member Criticizes Fund Earnings

Lou Moret, an outgoing CalPERS board member, has criticized the pension for investment earnings at the fund being below the median among institutional investors, as detailed in a quarterly earnings report by Wilshire.

Survey: Pensions Love Hedge Funds

Pension money is going into hedge funds at a faster rate than other asset classes, according to an annual survey by the National Association of Pension Funds. 

DiNapoli Proposes National Commission to Address Retirement

Thomas DiNapoli, the New York state comptroller and sole trustee of the $147 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund, has suggested creating a national commission “to talk about ways to maintain existing defined benefit plans.” 

CalPERS Calls Critical Stanford Pension Study an Exaggeration

Following a study by a Stanford University-based economic think tank that said California's public employee pension plans face long-term shortfalls as high as $500 billion, the nation's largest pension has issued a response highlighting perceived inaccuracies.  

Report: Pension Closures Are Accelerating

A new report by the United Kingdom's National Association of Pension Funds shows that more final-salary pension schemes have been shut to existing staff in the private sector during 2011.