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No age limit on great advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... "There's certainly been an increase in accountants transitioning, but I have personally come across lawyers, engineers and teachers that have joined the industry and they're not necessarily younger people - they're just new to the profession," he said. ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board reached the decision last week, based upon its long-term global perspective ...

TH Real Estate expands Australian operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... investors within the region," Evans said. The fund manager is an investment affiliate of Nuveen, the asset management arm of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) with some $96.8 billion in assets under management. It has an Australian ...

Pension fund eyes Fairfax Media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... equity firm TPG as part of an investment consortium. Fairfax confirmed today that the board of the $175 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and TPG Group, known as the TPG Consortium, issued an unsolicited, preliminary, and non-binding indication ...

We must lead by example: Loane

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... most underutilised resource - millennial women. "Each of us has a responsibility - as parents, as sisters, brothers, teachers - and as leaders of industry...Yes, government has a role to play. Yes, industry has a role to play. But only individuals can ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Flutey. "Banqer helps kids get curious, creative, and ultimately, confident with money. It has been embraced by kids and teachers, but is also transcending geographical borders as we all start to understand financial literacy is a global challenge," ...

CalSTRS seeking ESG managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is on the hunt for up to six additional public equity investment managers focusing on ESG. According to CalSTRS chief investment officer Christopher J. Ailman, the US pension fund is looking for managers ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Florida, that State of Wisconsin Investment Board, The Regents of the University of California, as well as Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The UK's Universities Superannuation Scheme and Legal and General Investment Management have also come ...

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... be advanced by the whole group will ultimately run into the billions of euros," Bentham Europe said. California State Teachers' Retirement System chief executive officer Jack Ehnes said the securities litigation against Volkswagen directly aligns with ...

New energy benchmark guide for instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... index is a joint initiative between ClimateWorks Australia, the ClimateWorks Foundation (US), and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). ClimateWorks Australia head of research Amandine Denis said the top performing companies had ...