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Budi

(15,325 posts)
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 10:50 AM Aug 2020

CIO of CALPERS resigns. Ties to China, Trump, STEVE SCHWARZMAN & Espionage [View all]

Late last night, the Chief Investment Officer of CALPERS, the largest pension fund in America, resigned suddenly.
Espionage, China & Trump backer- Steve Schwarzman.





Article is FROM BLOOMBERG: Feb 2020, but last night CALPERS Chief Investment Officer immediately resigned.


https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-02-25/how-chinese-espionage-fears-ensnared-calpers-top-money-man?__twitter_impression=true

Calpers Top Money Man Is Swept Up in Chinese Espionage Fears

Schwarzman, Marks defend CIO Ben Meng as allegiance questioned
Niall Ferguson warned Meng of backlash amid Trump trade war
It was the kind of warning familiar to Fox viewers in the Trump era: An immigrant posed a danger to U.S. security.

Only this time, the purported threat wasn’t part of an “invasion” from Mexico or Guatemala -- he controls the fate of the retirement investments of millions of people in California.

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HOWEVER , the name to consider here is STEVE SCHWARZMAN

THIS Steve Schwarzman:








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