US - The former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said President Barack Obama should empower a "blue ribbon" panel to investigate pay-to- play at public pension funds that oversee more than US$2trn, Bloomberg reported.
Arthur Levitt called for the panel after California's $200 billion pension fund disclosed that a former board member was paid $50 million by private equity firms for successfully marketing investme...
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