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At Deadline; Country debt policy eyed.(Late News)($12 billion Los Angeles Fire & Police Pension System postponed )(Minnesota State Board of Investment )(Wyoming Retirement System plans for overlay investment)
CalPERS staff recommended adopting a country selection policy for investing in emerging-market debt based on credit ratings issued by major ratings agencies. Staff required that debt issued in developed markets carry a minimum rating of BB-, while lo CalPERS staff recommended adopting a country selection policy...
Money managers looking at new ways of setting compensation.(Briefs)(Alliance Capital Management L.P. and Enron Corp.)(PBGC and UAL Corp.)(Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers)
NEW YORK - Money management firms surveyed by Sextant Search Partners and the Investment Advisor Association are considering new ways of measuring portfolio managers' performance and setting compensation packages. The 68 U.S. firms that participat NEW YORK - Money management firms surveyed by...
The Philadelphia Inquirer personal finance column.
By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 5--WHAT 'POST-ENRON' ERA? It was three years ago last Thursday that Enron Corp. filed for bankruptcy, ushering in the "post-Enron era" that optimists hoped would curb corporate sin. ...
Fastows' Legal Woes Began in California.
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 9--Andrew and Lea Fastow's legal troubles began in California. Justice Department records show their troubles started when the Enron Corp. power couple allegedly devised a scheme in early...
NO QUICK FIX: CalPERS CIO calls scandals `terrorism'; Woes at Enron, WorldCom killing equity risk premium.(News)
Byline: Joel Chernoff SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Corporate America's accounting scandals are ``a new form of terrorism,'' said CalPERS' investment chief Mark J.P. Anson. Mr. Anson said the lack of confidence investors have in corporate America's fina Byline: Joel Chernoff ...
What can insurers do to clean up the corporate governance mess? (Perspective).(Brief Article)
The $60 billion bankruptcy of Enron last December was the opening act in what has since become one of the greatest and most serious tragedies in the financial history of the United States. What began as an ethically-challenged relationship between a corrupt energy trader...
What can insurers do to clean up the mess of corporate governance? (Another Perspective).(Life, non-life insurers had $3.3 tn in financial assets under management in 2001)(Statistical Data Included)
The $60 billion bankruptcy of Enron last December was the opening act in what has since become one of the greatest and most serious tragedies in the financial history of the United States. What began as an ethically-challenged relationship between The $60 billion...
Rosters of corporate directors get a second look; Finance: Shareholders demanding more accountability of boards
Those proxy statements shareholders may have tossed out as junk mail are getting more scrutiny in the wake of the Enron meltdown. Along with closer inspection of the document detailing who sits on the firm's board, the directors' affiliations and compensation, shareholder groups are making increasing demands about who...
California Pension System Accuses Five Big National Firms of Poor Management.
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--Invoking the lessons learned from the Enron Corp. and Arthur Andersen scandal, CalPERS on Wednesday named Gateway Inc., Qwest Communications International and three other U.S. corporations to its annual "focus list"...
Corporate Boards Face New Climate of Challenge from Shareholders.
By Loretta Kalb, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 2--A generation ago, Wall Street investors observed a fundamental rule. Shareholders voted with management, or they sold the stock. But that was before the meteoric rise...
California State Workers' Pension Fund Raises Amount Lost on Enron.
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 23--CalPERS, launching an initiative to expose corporate conflicts of interest similar to those that destroyed Enron Corp., disclosed this week that its Enron investment losses were about $100 million...
California State Employees' Pension Fund Urges Stricter Reforms in Accounting.
San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 22--The state's largest pension fund called for extensive reforms to America's corporate governance guidelines Thursday, claiming that the proposals by the accounting industry in the wake of the Enron scandal don't go far enough....
A matter of opinion, INVESTOR DIGEST
Investor Digest Malaysia 02-16-2002 WATCHDOGS ALONE WILL NEVER KEEP the burglars out. In fact, they are sometimes caught napping on the job, as was the case in the Enron debacle, where it was found that CalPERS (the California Public Employee ...
Putting investors interest above all else, INVESTOR DIGEST
Investor Digest Malaysia 02-16-2002 THE fallout from the Enron debacle is still being debated on such a global scale that perhaps only indulgent millionaires who choose to holiday in space would have been blissfully ignorant of its impact. It Investor...
Enron Investments Lured Pension Giant CalPERS.
By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Pamela Yip, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
California Employees' Retirement System Played Unwitting Role in Enron Debacle.
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 24--It was a simple and straightforward arrangement for CalPERS, and a profitable one, too. But it became one of the crucial threads that unraveled CalPERS' investment partner: Enron Corp. ...
Late News.(multiple pension fund and benefit plan industry news briefs)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Florida suing Enron The $89 billion Florida State Board of Administration was to file a petition Dec. 21 seeking to be lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Enron Corp., said Tom Herndon, executive director. He expects other pension fun Florida suing Enron...
POWERING DOWN; CalPERS: Pension fund's alternative investment partnership with Enron headed for divorce court.(Brief Article)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - You wouldn't know it now, but just over a year ago, Enron Corp. was virtually a poster child for CalPERS' pioneering alternative investments program. Indeed, Enron was the first corporation with which the alternative investmen SACRAMENTO, Calif. - You wouldn't...
CalPERS Speaks Out On Enron
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Effects of Enron on future Russian business leaders: a time line survey
Russia has emerged as a new capitalistic country with a prior history of corruption under the state controlled regime. Will word of corruption in America stop efforts for an ethical business climate in the new Russia? Has the Enron scandal affected Russian views of business? In pursuit of the answer,...
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Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas: 486210
