CalPERS Responds
Welcome to CalPERS Responds. This site is intended to educate—and separate fact from fiction—about issues and our response related to pensions, investments, and national health care reform.

CalPERS is working hard to ensure the retirement and health security of our members, provide help to our employers, and manage our investments to meet our long-term liabilities. We hope this information provides education, insight, and clarity.

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August 18, 2010
CalPERS Tackles Issues Raised by City of Bell Salary Controversy
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August 16, 2010
CalPERS, Others Seek to Shape SEC Proxy Access Rules
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August 10, 2010
Joe Dear Defends Investment Strategies to Los Angeles Times
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August 10, 2010
Sacramento Bee Dan Walters Misinformed About CalPERS
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CalPERS administers retirement benefits for 1.6 million active and retired State, school, and public agency employees and their families. We have sufficient assets to pay retirement benefits now and into the future.
 
NEW CalPERS is undergoing a review of its asset allocation and assumed investment rate of return—two important factors that contribute to the ability to properly finance long-term pensions.
CalPERS has a good investment track record and has earned positive returns in 20 of the last 25 years. Learn more about our disciplined and proactive investment approach.
 
To fix the national health care system, we must find innovative means to constrain costs, increase value, and improve quality and efficiency.

In this edition, Anne Simpson, CalPERS Senior Portfolio Manager for Corporate Governance, critiques the most sweeping financial reforms proposed by the Congress in 70 years.

  Update - Financial Market Reform
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