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The San Diego County Employees' Retirement Association (SDCERA) is scheduled to consider a recommendation to lower its assumed rate of return. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of the 2013 Pension Bridge Annual conference held in San Francisco, California. Fixed-income alternatives continued to dominate the second day of the event with bank loans, direct lending and collateralized loan obligations touted as potential alternatives for investors looking for higher yields compared to core bonds. Chuck LeMieux of ING Investment Management reported that investors go up the capital structure and give up a little yield for security.

The article presents information on David Altshuler, senior vice president of Meketa Investment Group, who won the Consultant of the Year award in the Money Management Intelligence's 12th Annual Public Pension Plan Awards For Excellence. Altshuler was in spotlight in 2012 for helping California Public Employees Retirement System to take the lead in the area of U.S. public pension fund infrastructure investing.

The article reports that the Oakland Police & Fire Retirement System of California will hear a presentation on real return from its consultant at a meeting on March 28, 2012.

The article reports on the record returns posted by the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) during the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

This article reports on the plan of the San Mateo County Employees Retirement Association in California to review its private equity program. The fund will also evaluate changes to its international equity structure and choose finalists for its commodities mandate. Documents showed that the policy benchmark total return of the fund is 2.46 percent.

The article reports on the returns posted by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) in 2010.

The article reports that the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) estimates an 11.4 percent return for the one-year period through June 30, 2010.

The article reports on the approval of an investment plan by the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) to generate returns of 60 basis points each year.

The article reports on the decision by the University of California Retirement System to reduce its domestic equity portfolio by 3 billion U.S. dollars to fund investments in real assets, like natural resources, infrastructure and real estate, in 2010. Additionally, the retirement system will also double its emerging markets equity portfolio to about 365 million U.S. dollars. Information on the rate of return of the fund for the year ending December 31, 2009 is given. Also noted is the investment allocations.

The article reports on the 11.8% return on investments posted by the California Public Employees Retirement System in 2009.

The article reports on the growth in total assets under management (AUM) by San Francisco, California-based Clarium Capital Management. It has posted a year-to-date return of 58% which brings total AUM to 7.35 billion U.S. dollars. The fund's AUM under management was 3.8 billion U.S. dollars at the start of 2008. The success of the firm can be attributed to the decision of manager Peter Thiel to bet against equities and the dollar and taking long positions in oil.