Bernard Sharfman notified me of his post, Public-pension funds play with newest toy in corporate governance, saying: “As you know I am not a big fan of proxy access.” I was looking forward to a thoughtful analysis of the issues but that is not what I found. The R Street blog, where his piece was posted, […]
Another resource added to the Internet: The California Corporate Governance Network was developed to create a coalition of California pension plans to advocate for corporate governance best practices. Within California there are several pension plans that range in size from the largest two state plans to the local county funds. Collectively these plans provide for […]
The Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) released its mid-year investment performance for the period ending December 31, 2009, highlighting an investment gain of 16.3% in the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan (FRS) since the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009. Last June, the fund had net assets totaling $99.6 billion, compared to $113.1 billion […]