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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
57.0
Percentile
91
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What does this mean?

This fund has voted against the recommendation of management on 57.0% of the proposals it has faced. This makes it more activist than 91% 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 7.7 62 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 43.0 83 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 94.1 97 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,28
Help Corporate impact CI 83.4 93 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 7.7 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 603 7,212 0

Help Executive compensation

Help Management Proposals 7.5 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,2 39 481 0
Help Shareholder Proposals 78.4 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,23 265 73 0

Help Corporate governance

Help Board Independence and Performance 83.0 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,24 83 17 0
Help Voting Rules 99.2 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,29 257 2 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 68 0 0

Help Corporate impact

Help Employment and Working Conditions 84.2 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,25 64 12 0
Help Environmental and Social 79.0 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,23 143 38 0
Help Political Influence and Charitable Contributions 87.1 Chart?chs=85x35&cht=ls&chco=0077cc&chls=1,0,0&chm=b,e6f2fa,0,0,0|v,ff000080,0,26 128 19 0