pension funds
California May Wage Proxy Battle to Alter S&P Ratings (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer plans to use the state's pension funds that hold McGraw- Hill Cos. shares to push for changes in how its Standard & Poor's unit rates municipal debt.
California May Wage Proxy Battle to Alter S&P Ratings (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer plans to use the state's pension funds that hold McGraw- Hill Cos. shares to push for changes in how its Standard & Poor's unit rates municipal debt.
Some state pension plans seek returns in mortgage market (Savannah Morning News)
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The subprime mortgage crisis has yielded at least one benefit for states: Mortgage-related investments have become so cheap that they are luring some pension funds to buy.
Mortgage turmoil benefits pensions (The Post and Courier)
COLUMBIA — The subprime mortgage crisis has yielded at least one benefit for states: Mortgage-related investments have become so cheap that they are luring some pension funds to buy. Retirement systems in South Carolina and Pennsylvania are nibbling at the securities, betting that th...
Group alters private equity tax view
A trade group representing more than 500 U.S. pension funds dropped its opposition to two bills aimed at raising taxes on private equity firms, saying it was no longer coming out against the proposals.
