CalPERS Responds

CalPERS Responds http://beta.calpersresponds.com CalPERS is working hard to ensure the retirement security of our members, provide help to our employers, manage our investments to meet our long-term liabilities, and keep our family updated on how our health care plans relate to national health care reform. We hope this information provides education, insight, and clarity. eng <![CDATA[Benefit Audits a Win-Win for Employers and Employees]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/benefit-audits-win http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/benefit-audits-win Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[San Bernardino Bankruptcy Status Report]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-report http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-report Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Reviews Health Enrollment Rosters for Ineligible Dependents]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-reviews-ineligible-dependents http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-reviews-ineligible-dependents Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Chief Counsel Comments on City Bankruptcies]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/insight-mixon-bankruptcy http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/insight-mixon-bankruptcy Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Gain Insight on Pensions and Municipal Bankruptcy with Peter Mixon]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Mixon-insight-pensions-municipal-bankruptcy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Mixon-insight-pensions-municipal-bankruptcy Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Lou Paulson Op-Ed Puts Pension Obligations in Perspective]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/paulson-perspective http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/paulson-perspective Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[New Program Provides Insight on Long-Term Care Rate Increases]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/insight-long-term-care-increases http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/insight-long-term-care-increases Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[New Policies Aim to Protect the Integrity Of the System]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/policies-protect-integrity-system http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/policies-protect-integrity-system Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Muniland’s Cate Long Fails in Her CalPERS Analysis]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/muniland-fails http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/muniland-fails Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Long-Term Care Program Changes & Options]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/ltc-changes http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/ltc-changes Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Changes to Smoothing Policies Needed Now]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/changes-smoothing-policies http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/changes-smoothing-policies Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Pensions Pay it Forward]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pensions-pay-it-forward http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pensions-pay-it-forward Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Andy Kessler’s WSJ Municipal Bankruptcy Commentary Riddled with Falsehoods and Gross Exaggerations]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Kessler-commentary-misleads http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Kessler-commentary-misleads Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Changes to Long-Term Care Program are Both Reasonable and Responsible]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/long-term-care-rate-response http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/long-term-care-rate-response Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Statement on Resignation of HP Chair and Two Directors]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/hp-resignation http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/hp-resignation Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Media Reports on Long-Term Care Program Rate Increases]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-on-Long-Term-Care-Program-Rate-Increases http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-on-Long-Term-Care-Program-Rate-Increases Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Long-Term Care Program & Premium Increases]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ltc-premium http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ltc-premium Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Who Pays for CalPERS Pensions?]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-pension-buck http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-pension-buck Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Investment Returns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-returns http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-returns Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Media Discounts CalPERS Role as a Long-Term Investor]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-discounts-calpers http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-discounts-calpers Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Sacramento Bee Story Sensationalizes CalPERS Actions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/bee-story-sensationalizes-calpers-actions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/bee-story-sensationalizes-calpers-actions Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Dan Borenstein’s Crusade Against Public Pensions Gets the Best of Him and Misleads Readers]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/crusade-misleads-readers http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/crusade-misleads-readers Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Rate Increase Question]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/long-term-health-rate-increase http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/long-term-health-rate-increase Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Upholding the Tenth Amendment Threatens the Interests of Bond Insurance Companies]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/upholding-tenth-amendment http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/upholding-tenth-amendment Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Leaders Stress the Importance of Working for Members at Media Briefing]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-briefing http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-briefing Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Statement on U.S. Bankruptcy Proceedings in San Bernardino]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-bankruptcy-statement http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-bankruptcy-statement Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Stance in Bankruptcies Is to Protect Members and the Soundness of the Retirement System]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-protects-members http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-protects-members Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[In Municipal Bankruptcies, CalPERS Will Champion Its Members]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-champions-members http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-champions-members Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Responsible Employees and Retirees Get Lost in Municipal Bankruptcy Discussions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/employees-retirees-lost-in-municipal-bankruptcy-discussions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/employees-retirees-lost-in-municipal-bankruptcy-discussions Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Files Brief in the City of San Bernardino Bankruptcy Proceeding]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-bankruptcy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/san-bernardino-bankruptcy Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Let's Move On: CalPERS Response to Dan Walters Column]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/stop-the-finger-pointing-and-focus-on-solutions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/stop-the-finger-pointing-and-focus-on-solutions Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Cautionary Tale on Pensions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cautionary-tale-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cautionary-tale-pensions Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Challenges the Legitimacy of the City of San Bernardino’s Bankruptcy Filing]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-challenges-San-Bernardinos-bankruptcy-filing http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-challenges-San-Bernardinos-bankruptcy-filing Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Emphasizes Steadfast Commitment to Emerging Managers]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-commitment-to-emerging-managers http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-commitment-to-emerging-managers Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Ramthun & Pipes Have It All Wrong]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ramthun-pipes-wrong http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ramthun-pipes-wrong Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Outlines Legal Position in Municipal Bankruptcies]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-position-bankruptcies http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-position-bankruptcies Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Public Pensions are a Small Piece of Bankruptcy Woes]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pensions-small-piece-of-bankruptcy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pensions-small-piece-of-bankruptcy Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Supports Goals of Legislature's Pension Reform]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-supports-goals http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-supports-goals Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Corrects Media, Policymakers on Pension Savings to Ensure Accuracy]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-savings-accuracy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-savings-accuracy Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Actuarial Cost Analysis - California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-analysis http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-analysis Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Acknowledges Pension Reform Progress by Legislature]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-reform-progress http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-reform-progress Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Statement on Conference Committee Pension Reform Proposal]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/conference-committee-pension-reform-proposal-statement http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/conference-committee-pension-reform-proposal-statement Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Acknowledges Legislature's Progress on Pension Reform Legislation]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-acknowledges-pension-reform-legislation http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-acknowledges-pension-reform-legislation Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Wall Street Journal Gets It Wrong]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/wall-street-journal http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/wall-street-journal Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[There is No Arrogance in Following the Law]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/following-the-law http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/following-the-law Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Media is Wrongly Hyping Pensions as a Cause of City Bankruptcies]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-hyping-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/media-hyping-pensions Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Elias Continues Flow of Misinformation]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/elias-continues-misinformation http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/elias-continues-misinformation Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Assured Guaranty’s Statements About Fairness in Stockton Bankruptcy]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/assured-guaranty-stockton http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/assured-guaranty-stockton Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Press Democrat on Investment Performance]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/response-editorial-investment-performance http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/response-editorial-investment-performance Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Testifies at US House of Representatives Subcommittee Hearing]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-testifies-at-US-House-subcommittee-hearing http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-testifies-at-US-House-subcommittee-hearing Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Retirement Security in Modern Times]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/retirement-security-in-modern-times http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/retirement-security-in-modern-times Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Time Misses Opportunity to Tell the Full Story About Pensions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/time-mag-missed-opportunity-on pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/time-mag-missed-opportunity-on pensions Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Comments on the IRS Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Definition of a Governmental Plan]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/comments-regarding-definition-governmental-plan http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/comments-regarding-definition-governmental-plan Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Global Governance]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/global-governance http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/global-governance Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS to Offer Long-Term Care Coverage to Same-Sex Couples]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-offers-LTC-Coverage-to-Same-Sex-Couples http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-offers-LTC-Coverage-to-Same-Sex-Couples Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Calls for Wal-Mart Investigation]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-calls-for Wal-Mart-Investigation http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-calls-for Wal-Mart-Investigation Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Sees Need for Independent Chair at JP Morgan]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/indpendent-chair http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/indpendent-chair Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Primack's Conspiracy Theory Doesn't Hold Water]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/why-primack-theory-does-not-hold-water http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/why-primack-theory-does-not-hold-water Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Why CalPERS Didn’t Sign the ARVCO “Investor Disclosure Letter”]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-and-the-ARVCO-disclosure-letter http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-and-the-ARVCO-disclosure-letter Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Airs Concerns About Citigroup CEO Pay on PBS Newshour]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/citigroup-ceo http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/citigroup-ceo Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Merits of ESG Investing]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/esg-investing http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/esg-investing Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Anne Simpson on ESG]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Simpson-on-ESG http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Simpson-on-ESG Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Statement on Stockton's Mediation Process]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-CEO-statement-on-Stockton-mediation-process http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-CEO-statement-on-Stockton-mediation-process Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis of Republican Pension Reform Proposal]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-releases-republican-pension-reform-proposal-analysis http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-releases-republican-pension-reform-proposal-analysis Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS to Consider Decrease in Assumed Rate of Investment Returns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-decrease-assumed-rate http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-decrease-assumed-rate Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Alan Milligan on Assumed Rate of Investment Returns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-assumed-rate http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-assumed-rate Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis on Creation of Hybrid Pension Plan]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-analysis-hybrid-pension-plan http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-analysis-hybrid-pension-plan Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Board Implements Governance Reforms]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/governance-reforms http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/governance-reforms Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Board Governance]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/board-governance http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/board-governance Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Comparison of Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution and Hybrid Plans]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/comparision-benefit http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/comparision-benefit Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Breakdown of Average Benefit Payments]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/benefit-payments http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/benefit-payments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Reaffirms Commitment to Same-Sex Benefits]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/same-sex-benefits http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/same-sex-benefits Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Comparative Analysis of Pension Proposals Released]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-proposals http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-proposals Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Issues Clarification and Guidance on AB 1028]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ab-1028 http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ab-1028 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Worksite Wellness – “Cruzin’ to Health: Changes That Last a Lifetime”]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/cruzin-to-health http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/cruzin-to-health Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Discusses 1.1% 2011 Calendar Year Returns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/2011-calendar-year-returns http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/2011-calendar-year-returns Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Investment Office Operations]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-office-operations http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-office-operations Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Investment Office Operations]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-operations http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-operations Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[NASRA Dispatches Brief on Hybrid Plans]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/nasra-hybrid http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/nasra-hybrid Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Issues Response to Stanford Pension Study]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/stanford-pension-study http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/stanford-pension-study Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Boynton Presents at 8th Annual American Health Care Forum]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/health-care-forum http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/health-care-forum Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Preliminary Analysis of Governor’s Pension Proposal, Pension Leaders Deliver Presentation to Interim Conference Committee on Pensions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-proposal http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-proposal Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Lauds Supreme Court Decision to Protect Health Benefits for Retired Public Employees]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/supreme-court-health http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/supreme-court-health Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Provision on Disclosing Contributions Is All About Transparency]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/disclose-contributions http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/disclose-contributions Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS CEO Issues Statement on Governor's Pension Reform Proposal]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-reform http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-reform Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalWatchdog Comments on 3D Are Completely Wrong]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calwatchdog-comments http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calwatchdog-comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO on Investment Target: “The game has gotten harder, but it’s not impossible to succeed”]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/invest-target http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/invest-target Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Proposed Government Accounting Standards Set to Burden Public Employers]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/govt-account http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/govt-account Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Cal Watchdog Observations of CalPERS Fall Flat, Incorrect]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cal-watchdog http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cal-watchdog Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Why Pension Critics Are Wrong About CalPERS Assumed Investment Return]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-critics http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-critics Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[You Can Count on CalPERS: A Message from Our CEO]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ceo-message http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ceo-message Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[PBS News Hour: How CalPERS Navigates Volatile Markets]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/calpers-markets http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/calpers-markets Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO Joe Dear on CNBC Squawk Box]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio-on-cnbc-squawk-box http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio-on-cnbc-squawk-box Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Good News from CalPERS]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/good-news http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/good-news Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Fund for PreFunding Retiree Health Earns 25% Return]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/prefunding-retiree-return http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/prefunding-retiree-return Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Boosting Returns at CalPERS]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/boost-returns http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/boost-returns Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Reports a 20.7 Percent Return on Investments]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-reports-return-investments http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-reports-return-investments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Pensions Fuel California Economy]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-econ http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-econ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CEO Hails Progress of Villalobos Lawsuit]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-hails-lawsuit http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-hails-lawsuit Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Has Prudent Approach Says its Chief Actuary in Letter to the Sacramento Bee]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-prudent-approach http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-prudent-approach Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Writes to Congress Regarding Financial Bills]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-writes-congress http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-writes-congress Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Now is the Time to Play it Safe: CalPERS CIO]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Top Five Facts You Should Know About CalPERS and Public Pensions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/top-five-facts http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/top-five-facts Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to LA Times Story on Email Policy]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-email-policy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-email-policy Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO FT Opinion on Threats to Financial Growth, Importance of Market Governance]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-cio-govern http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-cio-govern Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Pensioners Earning $100k Headlined by Sac Bee Represent Only 2% of Retirees]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-by-sac-bee http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pension-by-sac-bee Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Study Comparing Private and Public Benefits is Flawed; CFFR Proposals Raise Serious Concerns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/study-comparing-private http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/study-comparing-private Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CIO Joe Dear Discusses CalPERS Financial Picture]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-update http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/investment-update Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO Tells Fox Business News that Pension Fund is Approaching 15 Percent Return]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CIO-tells-fox-business http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CIO-tells-fox-business Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO Shares Fund Recovery with NPR]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio-pension-debate http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-cio-pension-debate Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Dear Discusses Boosting Returns to Provide Pensions, CNBC Closing Bell]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-dear-discusses-returns http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-dear-discusses-returns Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[A Message from CalPERS CEO]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/a-message-from-calpers-ceo http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/a-message-from-calpers-ceo Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Federal Legislative Priorities Underscoring Commitment to Defined Benefit Plans]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-leg-priorities-benefit-plans http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-leg-priorities-benefit-plans Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CEO Anne Stausboll Issues Statement on Governor Brown's Pension Proposals]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ceo-anne-stausboll http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/ceo-anne-stausboll Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA["CalPERS trustees deserve praise" for handling of apparent corruption says P&I]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-trustees http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-trustees Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Assumed Rate of Return Low Compared to Other States]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-rate-return http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-rate-return Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CEO Says Misconduct and Serious Ethical Breaches Have No Place at CalPERS]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-ceo-says-misconduct-serious-ethical-breaches http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-ceo-says-misconduct-serious-ethical-breaches Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Makes Observations of Little Hoover Commission Pension Report]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-observes-hoover-pension http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/pers-observes-hoover-pension Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS CEO: "Pensions are a shared responsibility"]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Pensions-are-shared-responsibility http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Pensions-are-shared-responsibility Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Cost of Pensions Less than Cost of State Debt]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-of-pension http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cost-of-pension Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Issues Statement on Little Hoover Commission Report]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/little-hoover-commissions-report http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/little-hoover-commissions-report Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS: Responding to Challenges]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/respond-to-challenges-2011 http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/respond-to-challenges-2011 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Sees Double-Digit Gains in 2010]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-sees-double-digit-gains http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-sees-double-digit-gains Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Myth: The State of California and taxpayers pay the total cost of public pensions.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-taxpayers-pay-total-cost http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-taxpayers-pay-total-cost Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Pension Critic Dan Pellissier's Facts Cropped Picture]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/critic-pellissier-picture http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/critic-pellissier-picture Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CBO Says Health Law Repeal Would Deepen Federal Deficit]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/health-law-repeal http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/health-law-repeal Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Third Quarter Shows Continued Recovery for Pension Funds]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/fund-recovery-item http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/fund-recovery-item Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Toughens Ethics, Accountability: A Track Record of Reforms and Actions]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-toughens-ethics-accountability http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/calpers-toughens-ethics-accountability Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Conversations with CalPERS Leaders]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/estimating-rate-of-return http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/estimating-rate-of-return Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Gains 13.3 Percent in 2009-10 Fiscal Year]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/gains-2010-fiscal-year http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/gains-2010-fiscal-year Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Ranks High in Transparency and Accountability]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/high-transparency-accountability http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/high-transparency-accountability Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Associated Press Investigative Story on Investment Compensation]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-compensation http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/investment-compensation Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CIO Joe Dear on Cleaning Up CalPERS]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cleaning-up-calpers http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cleaning-up-calpers Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Tackles Issues Raised by City of Bell Salary Controversy]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/city-of-bell-salary-controversy http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/city-of-bell-salary-controversy Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Sacramento Bee Dan Walters Misinformed About CalPERS]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/misinformed-about-calpers http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/misinformed-about-calpers Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[News Reports Incorrect: No Exemption to Rules Given to City of Bell]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/no-exemptions-city-of-bell http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/no-exemptions-city-of-bell Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Conversations with CalPERS Leaders]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/update-financial-market-reform http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/update-financial-market-reform Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Study Shows Public Employees Earn Significantly Less Than Private Sector Workers]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/public-employees-earn-signifcantly-less http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/public-employees-earn-signifcantly-less Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS CIO: "No money manager needs to hire a placement agent"]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cio-placement-agent-testimony http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/cio-placement-agent-testimony Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Response to Stanford Policy Brief on Public Pension Funds]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/response-stanford-policy-brief http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/response-stanford-policy-brief Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Conversations with CalPERS Leaders]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/examining-asset-allocation-and-assumptions http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/examining-asset-allocation-and-assumptions Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[NASRA Study Shows Public Pensions Plan Assumptions Beat Long-Term Returns]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/nasra-study http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/nasra-study Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Public pension benefits are excessive and a drain on the public.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-public-pension-benefits-are-excessive http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-public-pension-benefits-are-excessive Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: CalPERS is going to run out of money because of baby boomers retiring.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-baby-boomers-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-baby-boomers-pensions Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Pensions are among the highest costs of State government.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pensions-are-high-costs-for-state-government http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pensions-are-high-costs-for-state-government Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Rate smoothing is funny accounting that requires future generations to pay pensions of those working today.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-future-generations-to-pay-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-future-generations-to-pay-pensions Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: One can't rely on CalPERS actuarial reports.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-cannot-rely-on-reports http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-cannot-rely-on-reports Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Pension Costs for the State of California have increased by 2000 percent in the last 10 years.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pension-costs-increased-by-2000-percent http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pension-costs-increased-by-2000-percent Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Reason Foundation Report on Public Pensions Fatally Flawed]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/report-pensions-fatally-flawed http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/report-pensions-fatally-flawed Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Myth: Government workers don't contribute to their pensions; taxpayers are on the hook to pay those costs.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-Government-workers-dont-contribute-to-their-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-Government-workers-dont-contribute-to-their-pensions Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Board Toughens Ethics Guidelines]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-Board-Toughens-Ethics-Guidelines http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-Board-Toughens-Ethics-Guidelines Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[CalPERS Backs Tough Ethics Rules for Placement Agents]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Tough-Ethics-Rules-for-Placement-A http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Tough-Ethics-Rules-for-Placement-A Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700 <![CDATA[Poll: Voters Believe Public Pensions About Right]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Poll-Public-Pensions-About-Right http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/Poll-Public-Pensions-About-Right Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: CalPERS pays 100 percent of retiree health care costs.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-CalPERS-pays-100-percent http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-CalPERS-pays-100-percent Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[CalPERS Joins in Quality, Affordability Efforts]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-joins-quality-Affordability-Efforts http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/CalPERS-joins-quality-Affordability-Efforts Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Spending health care dollars on prevention and wellness programs does little to affect the overall cost of health care in our nation, our state and our communities.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-prevention-wellness-national-health-care http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-prevention-wellness-national-health-care Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[We Have a Disciplined, Proactive Approach]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/We-Have-a-Disciplined-Proactive-Approach http://www.calpersresponds.com/issues.php/We-Have-a-Disciplined-Proactive-Approach Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: CalPERS cannot come back from billions in losses.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/Myth-come-back-from-billions-in-losses http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/Myth-come-back-from-billions-in-losses Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Police and firefighters retire at age 50 with 90 percent of pay. ]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-police-and-firefighters-pensions http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-police-and-firefighters-pensions Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: CalPERS is unsustainable.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-CalPERS-is-unsustainable http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-CalPERS-is-unsustainable Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: Prior to SB 400, the State paid $400 million in contributions. Ten years later, the State is paying $3 billion due to benefit enhancements.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-3-billion-in-benefit-enhancements http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-3-billion-in-benefit-enhancements Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Conversations with CalPERS Leaders]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/Investing-in-an-Unprecedented-Market http://www.calpersresponds.com/insight.php/Investing-in-an-Unprecedented-Market Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 <![CDATA[Myth: The average CalPERS pensioner gets 90 percent of their pay.]]> http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pensioner-percentages http://www.calpersresponds.com/myths.php/myth-pensioner-percentages Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0700