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Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... A $323 billion pension fund has awarded three separate mandates to boost its sustainable investment strategies. The California State Teachers' Retirement System selected three new global equity managers to collectively manage more than $1 billion across ...

Future Fund backs tech startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Australia's $154 billion sovereign wealth fund has invested in a technology company looking to deploy its products in the industrial sector. California's Everactive raised $30 million in a recent funding round, of which Future Fund was the lead ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... strategy. It's an asset class, Zielinski said, the fund has been focusing on, pointing to its recent investment in California's Long Beach Container Terminal through a Macquarie Infrastructure Partners-led consortium. "Rest's aim is to build out an infrastructure ...

Former Apple exec links with AMP Capital

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
AMP Capital hired a former Apple operations executive as a senior adviser in its infrastructure equity business. Thomas Preising has joined AMP Capital, as the firm begins an effort to streamline and enhance the operations of its global infrastructure ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
California has become the first state in the US to legislate gender board diversity for publicly listed companies. From 1 January 2019 public companies headquartered in California must have at least one woman on the board of directors by year end or ...

Global asset managers sign responsible firearms framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... demonstrating both best practices and their commitment to promoting these principles. Another primary signatory was the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). Chief investment officer Christopher J. Ailman said: "Most importantly, these ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... over the course of the 2018 financial year, its annual report shows. New York-based Key Square Capital Management and California-based Clocktower Group were awarded an alternatives mandate to oversee macro-directional strategies. This asset class is ...

Pension fund names new investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... largest pension funds will welcome a new chief investment officer, charged with overseeing $510 billion in assets. The California Public Employees' Retirement System has appointed Yu Ben Meng to the role, replacing Ted Eliopoulos. Meng joins from the ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... depleted along with the health of the planet. It's high time the industry takes action." Just this week, the state of California passed legislation requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS to report on climate-related financial risks. The funds are expected ...

Industry super fund commits to green bonds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Local Government Super (LGS), the industry fund for NSW local government employees joined the US state treasuries of California, New Mexico and Rhode Island and the cities of Asheville, San Francisco and King County as founding signatories to the Green ...