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Chief of New Mexico Pension Resigns

Bruce Malott, the chairman of New Mexico's educational pension fund, resigned after a disclosure that he borrowed $350,000 from the father of a man who shared in as much as $22 million in finder’s fees from state investments.

Northern Trust Opens Beijing Branch

The bank and asset manager has been given permission by the Chinese government to open a new custody office for institutional clients in Beijing.

Amid Bribery Scandal, Suspended Top Investment Officer Leaves CalPERS

A civil lawsuit against CalPERS alleges that placement agent Al Villalobos attempted to "bribe" Shahinian in 2007 by flying him via private jet to New York to attend a fund-raiser honoring Apollo Management LP founder Leon Black -- a month later, Shahinian recommended an investment in Apollo from CalPERS, the suit alleges.