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Article

19 Apr 2010

Author:
Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press

CalPERS changes policy on real estate investing

The nation's largest pension fund on Monday changed its policy on investing in real estate to balance its socially responsible investment philosophy with its quest for profits... [Its] real estate portfolio [lost] nearly half of its value from September 2008 to September 2009... Some of the biggest losses came from investments in real estate ventures whose financial success depended on pushing low-income residents out of rent-controlled housing. The revised policy, adopted at a CalPERS board meeting Monday, says the fund will not participate in investment strategies that rely on eliminating rent-regulated housing or raising rents above regulated levels... California State Teachers' Retirement System [CalSTRS]...is also considering a policy that would ban investments in strategies that are intended to capitalize on displacement of low-income households, spokesman Ricardo Duran said... [refers to Page Mill Properties]