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  • CalPERS reveals middlemen paid $125 million to win fund's business

    01/15/2010 2:01:54 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 409+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 1/15/10 | Dale Kasler
    Shedding new light on the involvement of former board members in lucrative deals, CalPERS revealed Thursday that marketing middlemen known as placement agents earned more than $125 million in fees from investments by the pension fund. The agents include four ex-CalPERS board members, among them former state Treasurer Matt Fong and former CalPERS President William Crist. Their activities as placement agents were disclosed for the first time in thousands of pages of documents released by the California Public Employees' Retirement System. Crist defended his work when reached by phone at his home in Turlock on Thursday, and Fong couldn't be...