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Welcome to our Corporate Governance website. We believe good corporate governance leads to better performance. We seek corporate reform to protect our investments. The corporate governance team challenges companies and the status quo — we vote our proxies, we work closely with regulatory agencies to strengthen our financial markets, and we invest with partners that use corporate governance strategies to earn value for our fund by turning around ailing companies.

The President has signed legislation which implements the most sweeping reform of financial markets approved by Congress in 70 years. In this "Insight" interview, Anne Simpson, CalPERS Senior Portfolio Manager for Corporate Governance, outlines the value of the new laws and the changes still needed. Download transcript »