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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS and GI Partners Launch $500 Million Fund to Buy Technology Advantaged Core Real Estate]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced today the launch of TechCore, LLC, a $500 million core real estate fund established with its real estate partner GI Partners to invest in technology advantaged properties in the United States.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Committee Approves State and School Contribution Rates]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The State of California will pay approximately $3.7 billion next fiscal year for State employee pensions, up from $3.5 billion in fiscal year 2011-12.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Calls for Annual Election of Hospitality Properties Trust Directors]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is asking shareowners to support a proposal calling for the annual election of all directors for Hospitality Properties Trust's (HPT) Board of Trustees.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Audit on the City of Vernon]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today released an audit of the City of Vernon that details ten findings that range from the City's failure to provide documentation on compensation and enrollment for its employees to improperly classifying its attorneys in safety classifications that provide enhanced retirement benefits. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Graco Shareowners Back CalPERS Proposal for Majority Vote in Board Elections]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced today that Graco shareowners strongly supported a proposal by the pension fund that advises the company to adopt a majority vote standard for board candidates in uncontested elections.  Approximately 83 percent of Graco shareowners voted for the good governance measure.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Releases First-Ever Report on Sustainable Investing]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today released its first-ever report chronicling the pension fund's efforts on sustainable investing.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Applauds SEC Fraud Charges Against Former Pension Fund CEO and a Former Board Member]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Leaders of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) applauded the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the charges the SEC filed today against the pension fund's former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fred Buenrostro and a former member of the CalPERS Board Alfred Villalobos.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Selects Administrator for Long-Term Care Program]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today announced it has selected Univita Health Inc. (Univita) to administer its Long-Term Care (LTC) Program for more than 154,000 CalPERS members and their families.  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Board Adopts New Policy on Gifts]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today approved a new policy that limits gifts that its Board Members can accept from individuals and firms doing business with the pension fund or seeking to do business with the fund.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS to Phase in Employer Impact of Discount Rate Reduction]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today adopted a policy to phase in the impact on employers of last month's change in economic assumptions.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kathleen Webb Named CalPERS New Chief of Risk, Compliance and Ethics]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the appointment of Kathleen K. Webb as the pension fund's Chief Officer for Risk, Compliance and Ethics. ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Again Seeks Support for Majority Vote at Graco]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is asking shareowners to support its proposal to introduce majority voting for director elections at the upcoming annual meeting of Graco Inc., a Minneapolis, Minnesota, industrial equipment manufacturer.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Launches Search for Chief Financial Officer]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is looking for an experienced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who will oversee the financial and risk management operations of the $235 billion pension fund.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SEC Names CalPERS to Investor Advisory Committee]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said today it was honored to be named a member of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission's (SEC) newly formed Investor Advisory Committee.  ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Director of Corporate Governance Elected to Board of Institutional Investor Group ]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that Anne Simpson, CalPERS Senior Portfolio Manager, Investments and Director of Corporate Governance, has been elected to the Board of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII).]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Applauds California Attorney General's Settlement with Medco Health Solutions]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today applauded the efforts of California's Attorney General (AG) office for its $1.4 million settlement that concludes its investigation of Medco Health Solutions (Medco), the former pharmacy benefits manager for the pension fund's PPO health plans.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to Pension Fund Findings in State Integrity Report Card ]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Rob Feckner, President of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) issued the following response to an investigative report released by the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Issues Statement on Stockton's Mediation Process]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[Anne Stausboll, Chief Executive Officer for the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), today issued the following statement on the City of Stockton's mediation efforts.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Responds to National Study on the Economic Benefits of Pensions]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today issued the following response to the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) report on the economic benefits of defined benefit pension plans:]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Releases Cost Analysis of Republican Pension Reform Proposal]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[&ndash; The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today released its cost analysis of major provisions of the pension reform proposal introduced by Republican senators.  The proposal, formally known as State Constitutional Amendment No. 13 (SCA 13), contains many elements similar to Gov. Jerry Brown's pension reform proposal.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Board Sets Discount Rate at 7.5 Percent]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration today voted to reduce the discount rate to 7.5 percent, affirming the recommendation made by its Pension Health Benefits Committee yesterday.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Pension and Health Benefits Committee Recommends New Discount Rate]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The Pension and Health Benefits Committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today approved a recommendation to reduce CalPERS discount rate &ndash; or the rate of investment return the pension fund assumes &ndash; to 7.5 percent.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Expands Window to Decision-Making, Pension Costs]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today began a live webcast of its monthly meetings over the pension fund's website at www.calpers.ca.gov.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Board Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs Chosen]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration has elected the following chairs and vice chairs of key Board committees.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Private Equity Program Adopts Standardized Reporting Form for General Partners]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is implementing an adapted version of the Institutional Limited Partners Association's (ILPA) standardized capital call and distribution template for all of the fund's private equity general partners.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CalPERS Applauds Apple Inc. Board for Adopting Majority Vote Standard]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today praised Apple Inc. for its decision to implement a majority vote standard for its Board of Directors.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Timothy Taylor Named CalPERS Chief of Enterprise Solutions Development]]></title>
			
			<description><![CDATA[The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced the appointment of Timothy W. Taylor as Chief of the Enterprise Solutions Development Division.
]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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