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CPP Investments APAC lead to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... for Kim will be named in due course. Kim has been with CPP Investments since 2007, having previously worked at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and The Carlyle Group. She also has experience at McKinsey & Co. and PwC.

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... largest super provider for the primary and secondary education sector. VISSF was founded in 1958 by a group of female teachers. The fund was then known as the Victorian Girls' Schools Association Superannuation Fund and "fought for all women who ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... ATAR-friendly subjects, they may see maths are complex or abstract, and many schools don't have enough STEM-qualified teachers. It said 45% of school principals that responded to its survey said maths and science classes were being taught by teachers ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... for talented students who, like him, had experienced much adversity in their early years. He reflected that it was his teachers - at Vacy, Maitland, UNE and ANU - "who gave guidance and motivation to a boy who was prepared to work hard". The UNE will ...

QSuper, IFM bid for Sydney Airport

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
A consortium made up of QSuper, IFM Investors and Global Infrastructure Management has announced a takeover bid for Sydney Airport. The unsolicited, indicative, conditional and non-binding proposal is offering $8.25 per share which equates to a 42% ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... education, emergency services and healthcare sectors and combines digital banking technology and responsible investing. Teachers Mutual Bank launched the bank following research that found 37% of essential workers were likely to choose a digital bank ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... Climate Safe Pensions Network. In May, a bill was introduced by New York state legislators to force the New York State Teachers' Retirement System to divest from fossil fuels. According to a report from Divest NY, the fund has been increasing its investments ...

Pension fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... long-serving executive is set to be the first female chief executive of one of the world's largest pension funds. The Teachers' Retirement Board has named Cassandra Lichnock as the new chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... 2030, which seeks to achieve Paris-aligned emissions reductions in Australia by 2030. TelstraSuper, ISPT, U Ethical and Teachers Mutual Bank today joined over a dozen institutional investors including Aware Super, Cbus, IFM Investors and the Queensland ...

TIAA commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... latest institutional investor to commit to a net zero carbon emissions target is a $1.7 trillion US pension fund. The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) has committed to net-zero by 2050 in its $280 billion general account. The account ...