California State Teachers Retirement System

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Feb 7	CalSTRS funding gap widens, so does solution: The CalSTRS board last week adopted a lower earnings forecast, making it more likely that a century-old tradition of underfunding at one of the nation’s oldest public pension funds is likely to continue. Closing a wider funding gap, the result of expecting less money from future investment earn...
Jan 30	Pension earnings dip amid gloomy forecasts: The nation’s two largest public pension funds last week reported slim annual investment earnings, CalPERS 1.1 percent and CalSTRS 2.3 percent, as experts continue to say hitting their long-term earnings target, 7.75 percent, will be difficult. While CalPERS reported weak earnings in 2011, a pro...
Jan 23	New pension forecasts: what if earnings falter?: A new advisory panel, following a move by CalPERS last year, recommends that public pensions take a small step that touches on a big issue: What happens if pension fund earnings fall below the forecast? Investment earnings are expected to provide two-thirds or more of the money needed to pay pe...

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Type of community: Investor Headquarters: West Sacramento California USA Regional scope: California

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Description: 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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