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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.


Myths vs. Facts

Myth: CalPERS cannot come back from billions in losses.
At the market’s lowest point in 2008, CalPERS assets had dropped by $100 billion. Today CalPERS has regained $70 billion and in September, its m...
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Issues Update

CalPERS Discusses 1.1% 2011 Calendar Year Returns
January 24, 2012
Due to the high volatility of global equity markets in 2011 (caused in large part by the ongoing Euro debt crisis and the slowing of global economic growth), the CalPERS pension fund earned 1.1 percent in investment returns for calendar year 2011.
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Investment Office Operations
January 20, 2012
Managing the operational aspects of CalPERS investment portfolio of more than $220 billion dollars is a huge responsibility.
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CalWatchdog Comments on 3D Are Completely Wrong
October 3, 2011
Steven Greenhut’s recent comments on CalWatchdog.com about the Diverse Director DataSource – “3D” – are incorrect.
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CalPERS CIO on Investment Target: “The game has gotten harder, but it’s not impossible to succeed”
September 30, 2011
My recent remarks on Bloomberg Television about the challenges for CalPERS to meet its 7.75 percent assumed rate of return have caught the attention of financial reporters, not to mention critics of public pensions including CalWatchdog.com.
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CalPERS CIO Joe Dear on CNBC Squawk Box
August 9, 2011
Chief Investment Officer Joe Dear said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” morning show...
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Insight

Investment Office Operations

Filmed: January 18, 2011



Janine Guillot, CalPERS Chief Operating Investment Officer, discusses improvements, goals and challenges in the operational aspects of the Investment Office.
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