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Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... state's Senate overnight and, if passed by the Assembly, will see the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) forced to divest their estimated US$9 billion in ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... that it will vote in favour of a shareholder proposal to replace Buffett as chair while retaining him as chief executive. CalPERS said its decision is consistent with its Governance and Sustainability Principles and its long-held belief that an independent ...

CalPERS names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... the role, leading the US$500 billion pension fund's 300-strong investment team; she is just the second woman to do so in CalPERS's 90-year history. Musicco will join the fund on March 28 from Canadian private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners where ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... eight years, teachers, state workers and students have called for their pensions to divest from fossil fuels. Many of CalPERS's and CalSTRS's own beneficiaries experience severe health impacts every day because they live near fossil fuel extraction operations ...

HESTA chief joins ICGN board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... board. HESTA's Debby Blakey has joined as a director and Australia's sole representative on the board. Also appointed, CalPERS board of administration Henry Jones has been named as chair. ICGN is an institutional investor-led organisation that focuses ...

CalPERS adds chief equity officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... team to identify emerging diversity, equity and inclusion issues and opportunities that have the potential to impact the CalPERS portfolio. She will also guide the fund's framework on such matters, its employee Diversity Advisory Council, and work with ...

Buffett doesn't want to report on diversity, climate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... reporting are their own business and not Berkshire's. The first, is from California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERs), Federated Hermes and Caisse Et Placement Du Quebec (CDPQ). The three are asking Berkshire's board to publish an annual assessment ...

CalPERS scrutinises CIO personal investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... and ultimately dispose the investments chief's personal holdings should conflicts of interest arise. The board of CalPERS is set to introduce additional requirements that will force future chief investment officers to sell personal investments that ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... capability when they can't travel and kick the tyres figuratively and literally...For example Canadian, US [like CalSTRS or CalPERS], Dutch pension funds or GIC [Singapore sovereign wealth fund], if they have commercial real estate or infrastructure ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... COVID-19. He will be replaced in the interim by deputy chief investment officer Dan Bienvenue. "I deeply believe in the CalPERS mission of serving those who serve California," Meng said. "I'm proud of the work we did to change the portfolio, build a ...