Head of California pension fund travels to Swiss conference

Thu, 01/28/2010 - 04:00 EDT - LA Times

Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System, will attend the World Economic Forum at the Davos ski resort. The fund's critics don't object to the $4,000 expense.

Beleaguered Wall Street bankers might be staying away from this year's World Economic Forum at Davos, the Swiss ski resort.

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