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Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... their government urging action on climate 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 ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... (138,247); and, active cases (1.8 million). Rising cases of infection are being recorded notably in Florida, Arizona, California, and Texas. As a result, more than 70% of the country have deferred or reversed further reopening plans, according to Goldman ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... enough, given the continued increase in cases of infections in the country, particularly, in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. So much so that Texas, Florida, California and New Jersey have rolled back some of their respective re-opening endeavours ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... a second wave. Already, there are accounts of new coronavirus infections starting to emerge in Texas, Florida, and California. This is in addition to Factset's report (quoting the Washington Post ) that: "Texas, Arkansas, South Carolina, Nevada ...

COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
A Californian penny stock trader is in trouble with the law after he claimed a company he was trading stocks in had developed a special COVID-19 test. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Jason Neilson, saying ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... excuse for the bailout is "beyond galling". "Even by this state's low standards, asking federal taxpayers from California to North Carolina, from North Dakota to Texas - farmers, small business owners, teachers, nurses, bus drivers and bartenders ...

Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Afterpay has settled with a California financial services regulator over allegations it was offering illegal loans in the state without a licence. The settlement with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) will see the 'buy now pay later' ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... United States' largest pension funds is set to 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 ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... this lift could be thanks to new legislation introduced in September 2018, which mandated that every public company in California have at least one female director on its board by the end of 2019. Morningstar found that women continue to serve on more ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... outstanding debt. The combined entity will operate as Franklin Templeton, with headquarters to remain in San Mateo, California. Shareholders have been offered $74.77 per share in cash - over 20% more than what Legg Mason stock closed at last Friday. ...