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28 May 2009, 2:27 am
As discussed in a prior post (here), at an April 1, 2009 hearing, Southern District of New York Judge Jed Rakoff had raised concerns that a proposed lead plaintiff’s law firm may have a "blatant, shocking conflict of interest," as a result of free portfolio monitoring services the firm performed for its client, the Iron Workers Local No. 25 Pension Fund. [read post]
27 May 2009, 5:32 am
And with those investments, mutual funds have invested in the commercial paper of many public companies, replacing bank financing in some instances. [read post]
26 May 2009, 6:27 am
San Antonio Fire & Police Pension Fund v. [read post]
26 May 2009, 5:17 am
A few weeks ago, Ed Durkin and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund has submitted a new shareholder proposal to 20 companies seeking a triennial vote on pay rather than an annual one. [read post]
24 May 2009, 10:04 am
I see a bright side to it, however.Platinum Equity, a private firm, relies on a $30-million investment from the union's pension fund, along with large sums from the pension funds of other groups of California government employees, to help it buy companies. [read post]
23 May 2009, 7:47 am
PUBLIC PENSION UPDATE: Baltimore Pension Dispute Illuminates Public/Private Divide. [read post]
22 May 2009, 5:08 pm
The California Public Employees Retirement System, the nation's largest public pension fund, said on Friday it has voted for all of Target's board nominees, becoming the second pension fund so far to come out against the candidates put forth by the activist investor William A. [read post]
22 May 2009, 2:01 pm
Could Boards adopt bylaws prohibiting unions and public pension funds from nominating candidates? [read post]
22 May 2009, 9:48 am
The IRS also ruled that, in order to carry out its function of safeguarding the owners of IRAs, pension funds and similar monies, it has a right to inspect the books and records of any company that wishes to become or already is an approved non-bank custodian. [read post]
21 May 2009, 3:52 pm
Far from being speculators, these funds represent retired public employees, including cops and teachers. [read post]
21 May 2009, 1:53 am
This is a necessary consequence of the PSLRA, which has left securities litigation highly profitable in the current environment but made public pension funds the principal distributor of this largess. [read post]
20 May 2009, 4:00 am
If a private investment fund seeking investors has no existing relationship with the public pension fund, then contacting the public pension fund directly could be considered part of a general solicitation in violation of SEC rules. [read post]
19 May 2009, 7:52 pm
As the Times reported: The proposal would permit large shareholders — typically institutional investors like pension funds or hedge funds — or alliances of shareholders to nominate as many as one-quarter of the directors. [read post]
19 May 2009, 5:27 pm
The key findings of the study are as follows: • There was little evidence of Enron-style fraud • Only a minority of the sample companies experienced overt criticism of the board or publicized boardroom turnover, with the firms involved almost exclusively being in the "at risk" category • A sizeable minority of "at risk" companies… [read post]
19 May 2009, 1:13 am
The documents are private placement memos, which enticed investors to put money in one of several funds allegedly controlled by Nadel, since charged with using those funds to orchestrate a $360 million scheme. [read post]
15 May 2009, 6:31 am
The code of conduct bans investment firms from hiring, utilizing, or compensating placement agents, lobbyists, or other third-party intermediaries to communicate or interact with public pension funds to obtain investments. [read post]
14 May 2009, 4:23 am
SEIU Pushes for Clawbacks of Excessive Pay Recently, the SEIU Master Trust - the pension funds managed on behalf of the SEIU - sent letters to the boards at 29 major financial services companies, demanding that they investigate more than $5 billion in compensation to their NEOs that may have been tied to derivatives and other instruments that are now worthless. [read post]
13 May 2009, 1:50 pm
" "I doubt this publicity stunt buoys the public's confidence in the SEC," Bellinger said. [read post]
12 May 2009, 3:43 pm
The problem in applying this rule is that the incumbents made negative public statements about the dissidents. [read post]
11 May 2009, 8:47 am
Per Ben Hallman at American Lawyer, the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System gets around in securities litigation, the latest instance of which is its appearance as co-lead plaintiff against Royal Bank of Scotland, in which it's represented by Wolf Popper... [read post]
