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Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) forced to divest their estimated US$9 billion in fossil fuel holdings. The bill was introduced in February with the backing ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... 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 or ...

Aware Super leads on climate action: IGCC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... newly launched Investor Agenda. The list includes UniSuper and IFM Investors. Among the global investors are Allianz, CalSTRS, Mirae Asset Global Investment, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management. The majority of the superannuation sector is not ...

Pension fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... Retirement Board has named Cassandra Lichnock as the new chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS). She has been with the fund since 2008, and currently serves as chief operating officer. Commencing in the role on ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... diligence 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 ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... change after a proposal sought to limit their ESG investing capabilities. The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), which has assets totalling US$246 billion, was among the investors throwing their weight behind this latest climate change ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this year. Ehnes has served as chief executive of the $379 billion pension fund since ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... derivative lawsuit against Facebook's leadership, including the social media company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. CalSTRS said intervening in the existing derivative suit will give it the opportunity to pursue corporate governance reform. Its ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... selection process, the three investment managers chosen are Hermes Asset Management, Impax Asset Management and Schroders. CalSTRS said the three firms are "are highly attuned to how sustainability-related trends, like the low carbon transition and resource ...

CFSGAM expands US footprint with senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... CFSGAM's funds. Seneviratne was previously responsible for developing, building and launching the infrastructure portfolio of CaLSTRS. Prior to that, she managed real asset investments for CalPERS. Leigh Cruess joins as a senior adviser after 18 ...