California Pension Fund Takes Big Stake in Silver Lake, at $275 Million
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Silver Lake, the largest technology-focused private equity firm, announced a deal to sell a 9.9 percent stake to the California Public Employeesâ Retirement System.
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports converting the California Public Employees Retirement System, the nation's biggest pension fund, into a plan where employees bear the risk of directing their own investments.
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Insurers and fund managers are set to cash in on Asia&#39;s private pension industry, which is expected to grow nearly four-fold in 10 years as the world&#39;s most populous region grows older.
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Fidelity Investments charges two-tenths of 1 percent to manage a $484 million stock portfolio for the Massachusetts state pension fund. It charges investors in its flagship Magellan fund seven-tenths -- more than three times as much.
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The coalition of hedge funds that wants to place directors on the board of The New York Times Company has more than doubled its stake in the company.
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Silver Lake Partners has agreed to acquire a quarter of the Gerson Lehrman Group, the upstart Wall Street research firm that has come under scrutiny from regulators.
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By Rick Armon, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 7--SILVER LAKE -- Faced with a dwindling water fund that will soon run out of money, village officials will begin debating today whether to raise water rates by as much as 17.2 percent.  "We need to address rates soon.
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By Bruce Gerstman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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By David Ranii, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 10--More than 2 1/2 years after the nonprofit Golden LEAF Foundation agreed to invest $30 million in a venture capital fund with local ties, that fund has yet to invest any money in a North Carolina business.
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By Mowad, Michelle  One of the nation's largest managers of homeowner associations has expanded its client base into San Diego County.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - Members of the board of  Calpers, the biggest U.S. pension fund, voted on Monday to  demand that major car makers meet with them to defend their  lawsuit against California's new air quality regulations to  reduce exhaust emissions from cars and trucks.
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By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Mar. 10--The government on Friday announced a $2.6 billion plan to retire almost 200,000 acres of tainted west side farmland and clean up salty water from beneath a swath of surrounding land almost as large.
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New York state&#39;s pension fund, the nation&#39;s second largest, said on Friday it plans on tendering its 2.2 million shares of PeopleSoft Inc.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - Calpers, the biggest U.S.  pension fund, put corporate boardrooms on notice on Monday that  it plans a crackdown on executive compensation, and said it  would double its allocation for investing in hedge funds.
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Calpers, a large US pension fund, has joined a growing list of big investors supporting Oracle in its hostile buyout--at $9.2 billion--of rival PeopleSoft.
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Proposition BB supporters have raised $1.25 million in their campaign for a major hospital expansion in inland North County. A political action committee, Citizens for Better
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Oracle Corp.  on Friday won the backing of two more key public pension funds in its &#36;8.8-billion hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc.  as the 17-month takeover battle between the two California-based business software makers neared a key deadline.