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US - The California attorney general has accused former CalPERS board member Alfred Villalobos, now a third party marketer, with bribing former chief executive Fred Buenrostro in order to gain business for private equity firms including Apollo Global...
07 May 2010
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Mexico
MEXICO - Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Alejandro Werner said rules allowing pension funds to invest in stocks will lead to more initial public offerings.
06 May 2010
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Hedge Funds
GLOBAL - Alternative asset manager Aspect Capital and Henderson Global Investors are among five hedge fund managers who have committed themselves to the Hedge Funds Standards Board's (HFSB) standards.
05 May 2010
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US
US - Goldman Sachs has released details of five lawsuits and an amended suit brought by a US pension fund that were filed after the bank was slapped with a civil suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month.
05 May 2010
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Appointments
Mercer Investment Management has lured Thames River Capital's Bill Muysken to serve as chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, a new position for the firm.
05 May 2010
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United Kingdom
UK - Mercer Investment Management has lured Thames River Capital's Bill Muysken to serve as chief investment officer for alternative alpha strategies, a new position for the firm.
05 May 2010
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US
US - Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings must face the California Public Employees Retirement System's lawsuit claiming their faulty risk assessments on structured investment vehicles caused US$1bn in losses.
05 May 2010
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United Kingdom
Schroders head of UK institutional Miles O'Connor talks to Global Pensions editor Raquel Pichardo-Allison about winning the Investment Manager of the Year Award at the Global Pensions Awards 2010 and about the future of the asset management business....
30 April 2010
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US
US - A New Mexico judge has tossed out a former public pension manager's lawsuit to recoup at least US$90m in state funds lost through investments in mortgage- backed securities sold by a firm whose executives donated to Governor Bill Richardson's presidential...
30 April 2010
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US
US - Two pension fund managers have terminated AXA Rosenberg Investment Management as a result of a coding error and at least one consultant is considering preparing a class action lawsuit, Global Pensions has learned.
29 April 2010
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