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CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Rio Tinto is supportive of a resolution co-filed by US pension fund CalPERS requesting the global mining giant provide an annual report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CalPERS holds about 250,000 shares in Rio ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... obsession with low fees might be more acute in Australia, investors globally have started to shun hedge funds. Giant US pension fund CalPERS was among the first to enter the space, and the first to leave it in September 2014. At the same time, the Dodd-Frank ...

CalPERS meetings open to members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... Australian pension funds, both not-for-profit and retail, may pride themselves on their governance and transparency but US pension fund giant CalPERS shows how far behind they are on world's best practice. CalPERS, the A$375 billion California public ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... However, to get investment return value from these strategies the allocations have to be high, as the A$380 billion US pension fund giant CalPERS realised last year when it decided to abandon hedge funds - without big weightings it's hard to justify ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The term 'managed account' in Australia is usually associated with retail investment but one global technology and investment administration group has been using the structure to more efficiently manage institutional alternatives investments. Bruce ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Recovering pension account balances in the US is triggering a rush of US federal employees to retire, with as many as one-third of some agencies expected to leave their jobs. Helping to restore confidence in their pension funds is that the US pension ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
California State Teachers Association Retirement System (Calstrs), a $154 billion US pension fund, looks set to pull its investments in gun manufacturers in light of the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook. California Treasurer and board member Bill ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Australian super market, but we are not huge." Curtis said he recently spoke with the chief operating officer of US pension fund CalPERS who said that she didn't expect scale to kick in until they hit $500 billion, saying it was all a state of growth. ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
US pension funds have issued a rallying call to President Barack Obama and Members of Congress to act immediately on US debt or risk long term damage to the country's retirement savings. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) released ...