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PensionTsunami Is Taking a Four-Day Weekend: Pension news has been very sparse lately and the past two weeks have been especially â?? trying as well as very hot â?? so weâ??re going to take off early for the Labor Day weekend. See you on Tuesday! â?? Jack Dean, Editor
PensionTsunami is taking a break: Weâ??re taking my favorite holiday â?? the Fourth of July â?? as an opportunity to rejuvenate for several days. We may post a headline or two each day if they seem important, but otherwise we hope to be back with full daily news of escalating state and local government pension crises on Monday. ...
Have a great Independence Day holiday: Weâ??re going to celebrate my favorite holiday â?? the Fourth of July â?? by taking a few extra days to rejuvenate. Weâ??ll be back with more news of escalating state and local government pension crises on Monday. â?? Jack Dean, Publisher
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CalPERS using more ESG in investment strategy: CalPERS is stepping up its ESG investment program, despite evidence that funds based only on environmental, social and corporate governance strategies have tended to underperform. The big pension system, an early ESG leader, is half-way through a five-year plan that includes getting companies t...
New state-run IRA for private sector opens July 1: A new state workplace retirement savings program, CalSavers, will open to an estimated 250,00 to 300,000 employers on July 1 — offering an automatic IRA payroll deduction for the 7.5 million California workers with no retirement plan on the job. The massive program, expected to handle billions ...
Governor boosts school pension cost relief plan: School districts, some saying CalSTRS rates are forcing cuts in programs and teacher pay, would get more pension cost relief under a revised state budget proposed last week by Gov. Newsom. The governor’s $700 million plan to lower school pension costs during the last two years of a seven-year C...

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CalSTRS provides retirement related benefits and services to teachers in California public schools and community colleges. It is the largest U.S. teachers' retirement fund with 833,000 members and assets of $111.6 billion as of March 31, 2009. Like CalPERS, they have an international reputation for corporate governance activism.

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