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Ranjit wrote 2 days ago: Two of the most odious contributors to the financial crisis were the government’s too-big-to-f … more →

Tags: financial crisis, too big to fail, Bailout, credit rating agencies, SIVs, Structured Investment Vehicles, CIT, CIT Group

Breakfast Links: SAC, Teenagers & Buy and Hold

Joshua M Brown wrote 4 days ago: Stuff I’m Reading this Morning… Larry Kudlow hosted a debate between Prof Jeremy Siegel … more →

Tags: hot links, Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg, Fox-business, freakonomics, Jeremy Siegel, larry kudlow, New York Times, Peter Barnes

Market News International: California Watch

sierotyfeatures wrote 1 week ago: 15:48 EDT 07/07 California Watch: State IOUs Sought On eBay,Craigslist;Pay 3.75%> –Regulato … more →

Tags: Business to Business, California, ious

Industrial Policy at Calpers?

Jeff Korzenik wrote 2 weeks ago: The current edition of “Barrons” carried an interview with Joe Dear, the head of Calpers … more →

Tags: Market Insight, Regulatory concerns, Venture Capital

The Government as Shareholder

Jason B. Meyer wrote 4 weeks ago: Followers of this blog might enjoy my essay-length article “The Government as Shareholder: Gov … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, CCI, Charles M. Elson, Corporate Governance, General Motors, Gloria Barr, governance, Government as shareholder, Retta Riordan

Calpers raises private equity, venture allocation

sierotyfeatures wrote 1 month ago: By Chris H. Sieroty LOS ANGELES – The board of the California Public Employees’ Retireme … more →

Tags: Business to Business, Business, Pension Funds, Venture Capital

The Individual Shareholder

Jonathan Dolloff wrote 2 months ago: In the U.S., shareholders rarely monitor the firms in which they invest. There are several plausibl … more →

Tags: Corporate Governance, individual shareholder, Roy Disney, SaveDisney.com, SEC, Shareholder Activism, Stan Gold

Breaking Update 5: Lewis keeps CEO/President role, Massey elected Chairman as roles split by shareholders...Too many votes to count..Market Movers Wednesday: Bank of America Shareholder Meeting...FED meeting day 2...3 comments

ginaswo wrote 2 months ago: Breaking Update 5:- 5:40pm EST: Bloomberg: BofA announces Walter Massey elected as Chairman to repla … more →

Tags: Politics, Finance, Economy, tarp, Music, FDIC, Wall St, Popular Culture, Entertainment

Market Recap: Survivability

Joshua M Brown wrote 2 months ago: The Reformed Broker, AKA Prince Adam, here with today’s Market Recap… Once again, t … more →

Tags: Trading, Stocks, Market Recap, DOW, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Survivor, Provenge, dendreon

Pensions & Investments, Arleen Jacobius: CalPERS eyes risk, liquidity in asset review

financialkungfumaster wrote 2 months ago: A short story by Arleen Jacobius. CalPERS eyes risk, liquidity in asset review Less emphasis on al … more →

Tags: Hedge Funds, Asset, Liquidity, Risk

Let's Tea Party in the Cayman Islands

calbluedog wrote 3 months ago: The National Tax Day Tea Parties held today in Sacramento and around the country were clever media … more →

Tags: media, California Legislature, Politics, Congress, blue dog, Political Reform, California Blue Dog, governor schwarzenegger, Tax Havens

Hedge funds asked to open the gates of secrecy

ayeshas wrote 3 months ago: By Ayesha Sabavala The once dominant players in the financial markets, hedge funds, are facing tough … more →

Tags: Financial, "Ayesha Sabavala", financial crisis, Hedge Funds, Pension Funds

Arleen Jacobius: CalPERS eyes risk, liquidity in asset review

financialkungfumaster wrote 3 months ago: A short and simple story by Arleen Jacobius. CalPERS eyes risk, liquidity in asset review Less emph … more →

Tags: Hedge Funds, Asset, Liquidity, Risk

Threats to CalPERS pensions never greater

Carol A. Clark wrote 3 months ago: The organization fighting to protect the pension benefits of retired public employees is fightin … more →

Tags: LANL, Retired Public Employees Association, RPEA, UCRP

SEC: 02-17-09 Kayla Gillan Names Senior Advisor

alaskakid wrote 5 months ago: Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2009 — Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro annou … more →

Tags: financial economics, PCAOB, Mary Schapiro, Kayla Gillan, University of California-Davis

Treasury: 01-16-09 Members of PWG [Old Release from 10-25-07]

alaskakid wrote 6 months ago: Since the report from the PWG’s recommendations for Hedge Funds was release today, I decided t … more →

Tags: Finance, Hedge Funds, Eric Mindich, Eton Park Capital Management, Russell Read, Anne Casscells, AETOS Capital, Sandra Urie, Cambridge Associates

Pension Tsunami1 comment

Adam Haverstock wrote 6 months ago: By Jon Coupal, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association When the city of Vallejo filed for bankruptcy ea … more →

Tags: California Politics, Fiscal budget, Unions, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Jon Coupal, Pension, bankruptcy, economic recession, vallejo

Calpers In The Spotlight / California Going Broke 2 comments

hunterseekersthenextgreateconomicdepression wrote 7 months ago: It would seem that Calpers, the California state-pension system that’s one of the biggest investors … more →

Tags: economic depression, $42 billion budget deficit, Bailout, California state-pension system, Columbia Journalism Review, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, massive layoffs, payroll cuts, Sacramento

We Must Curb Influence of Donors in Public Pension Management

adrielhampton wrote 7 months ago: As Wall Street reels, a common discussion thread is the horror if Bush had pushed through his plan t … more →

Tags: Defined Benefit, equity managers, Wall Street


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