Dear: CalPERS unlikely to hit 7.75% target "for the next few years"

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US - The chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, said it will be difficult to hit its 7.75% target in the coming years.

Joe Dear told Bloomberg TV yesterday low growth forecasts in developed markets, political uncertainty in the US and uncertainty around the eurozone crisis is creating a low-growth environment. H...

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