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[Title] => Pensions weigh options from BP spill
[Summary] => The exasperation with BP felt by residents of the Gulf states is spreading to shareholders — and some are taking the oil giant to court.
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[Title] => RP gets high marks from CalPERS
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The Philippines posted the highest rate of improvement among 27 emerging markets evaluated by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the United States’ biggest pension fund, Malacañang announced yesterday.
In his memorandum to President Arroyo dated Feb.1, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo said CalPERS’ consulting firm, Wilshire Associates, provided the Department of Foreign Affairs with an advance copy of its report on the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-15 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1805432
[AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
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[Title] => Calpers ‘bothered’ by reports of RP labor violations — TUCP
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American and other foreign investors are bothered by reports of widespread labor standard violations in the Philippines and may pull out their capital from the country, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) warned yesterday.
TUCP said the California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers), one of the country’s top investors, is worried over reports of labor violations in the country.
Calpers previously commissioned a study, which indicated widespread violations in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => CalPERS investments in RP up 16.5% to $78.33-M
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The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the biggest pension fund in the US, has been gradually increasing its stock investments in the Philippines, based on a study conducted by the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
Available records show that CalPERS’ investments in local stocks amounted to $78.33 million as of its last fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, up 16.5 percent from $67.25 million at the previous fiscal year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-05-15 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => CalPERS retains RP in investments portfolio
[Summary] => The Philippines will stay firmly in the investment portfolio of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), as Wilshire Associates upgraded the country’s rating this year following the reduction of the government’s budget deficit.
With over $194 billion in its investment portfolio, CalPERS is the biggest pension fund in the US, wielding significant influence even in corporate regulation and policy-making.
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Des Ferriols
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[Title] => PSE confident Calpers will retain RP as investment site
[Summary] => The Philippine Stock Exchange has expressed confidence that the Philippines will be retained in the largest US pension fund’s list of investment destinations given the government’s firm resolve to introduce wide-ranging economic and fiscal reforms.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) currently has a modest $85 million in portfolio investments in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-15 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña
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[Title] => CalPERS lauds Bulacan food program
[Summary] => The California Public Employees Retirement Services (CalPERS) has hailed the Bulacan provincial government’s proposed food exchange program and assured Bulacan officials visiting assistance in finding possible investment.
Bulacan officials headed by Gov. Josie Dela Cruz and provincial administrator Gladys Sta. Rita met recently with Panda E.C. Hershey, CFA, portfolio manager of the alternative investments management group of Calpers at the latter’s Lincoln Plaza headquarters in Sacramento, California.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-23 00:00:00
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[Title] => RP to remain in CalPERS invesment list
[Summary] => The California Public Employees Retirement Systems (CalPERS), the biggest pension fund in the US, announced yesterday that the Philippines will remain in its investment portfolio.
CalPERS decision was based on the report from its consultant, Wilshire Associates which retained its rating on the Philippines, allowing the fund to retain the country in its list of "permissible emerging equity markets."
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-20 00:00:00
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[Title] => BPI revises 2004 GDP growth projection from 4.5% to 5%
[Summary] => The asset management group of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has revised its 2004 gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to five percent from the original 4.5 percent.
It also expects the peso to stabilize at 55.50 to the dollar for an average of 56 to $1 for this year.
"We view the Philippine economy with guarded optimism. In fact, we are now shifting our portfolio investments from short-term last year to medium to long-term," said BPI senior vice president Adelbert Legasto, who heads the asset management group.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-24 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres
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[Title] => ‘People Power’ spelled the difference in CalPERS decision
[Summary] => "People Power" made the difference in the precedent-setting decision of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) to keep its investments in the Philippines.
In the board meeting that decided the retention of the Philippines in its permissive markets list, about 600 members of the Filipino-American community in California were present to witness the presentation of Calpers consultant, Wilshire Associates.
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