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CalPERS

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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is the largest pension fund in the United States, with $250 billion in assets ($150 billion in equities). CalPERS discloses its votes for a subset of the companies it owns.

Overall
activism
score
56.5
Percentile
90
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What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 56.5% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 90% of the funds in our database, as shown by the small blue and red plot above.

Activism Profile

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Help Directors D 7.2 55 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2
Help Executive compensation EC 41.4 81 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,15
Help Corporate governance CG 91.3 95 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,27
Help Corporate impact CI 86.0 95 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,25
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Activism footprint: More activist funds have larger footprints. Each corner depicts the fund's activism percentile Help on one issue area. (More detailed explanation)

Detailed Vote Record

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Help Directors

Against mgmt With mgmt Abstain
Help Director Election 7.2 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 302 3,908 0

Help Executive compensation

Help Management Proposals 9.3 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,3 29 282 0
Help Shareholder Proposals 73.4 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,22 163 59 0

Help Corporate governance

Help Board Independence and Performance 74.6 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,22 50 17 0
Help Voting Rules 99.3 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,29 144 1 0
Help Takeover Defenses 100.0 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,30 45 0 0

Help Corporate impact

Help Employment and Working Conditions 82.8 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,24 48 10 0
Help Environmental and Social 83.6 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,25 107 21 0
Help Political Influence and Charitable Contributions 91.5 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,27 65 6 0