California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

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CalSTRS outperforms in every asset class

CalSTRS outperformed its custom benchmark in every single asset class to deliver a historic fund performance of 27.2 per cent for the year. Amanda White spoke to CIO, Chris Ailman.

Amanda WhiteJuly 27, 2021

Investors urge SEC to mandate climate reporting

Global investors have overwhelmingly urged the SEC to provide corporate disclosure rules on climate. In submissions to the SEC many investors including CalPERS and CalSTRS said the rules should be mandatory.

Amanda WhiteJuly 7, 2021

Manager Relationships

Mandate terms are key to overcoming short-termism

Building on the commentary from Ricardo Research that calls for a mandates to be re-written to incentivise long-term behaviour, Matthew Leatherman from FCLTGlobal outlines practical steps investors have made to change behaviour.

Matthew LeathermanJuly 1, 2021

Organisational Design

Promoting diversity won’t cut it, results will: Brown Duckett

CEOs are accustomed to stretch targets and reward outcomes, not efforts says TIAA’s Thasunda Brown Duckett, the same principals should be applied in the DEI space. She was speaking alongside CIOs from CalPERS and CalSTRS at a diversity forum co-hosted by the funds.

Stewart HawkinsJune 29, 2021

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Asset owners’ increasingly global diversity lens

More investors around the world are looking at how to invest with a diversity lens. Amanda White examines how investors in Japan, Sweden, the US and Canada are addressing the diversity question as part of their internal organisation and in their investments and the managers they work with.

Amanda WhiteJune 24, 2021

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Kotkin on China’s education and human capital challenge

In a presentation on investor risk and opportunity in China Professor Stephen Kotkin argued that unless China can improve its education system, the country will remain in the middle-income trap. Kotkin questioned whether investors might seek growth in Asia outside of China.

Editorial

Letter to the editor

Keith Ambachtsheer responds to an article on the negotiations by CalSTRS' outgoing chief executive, Jack Ehnes, to achieve fully funded status by 2046.

Amanda WhiteMay 18, 2021

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How CalSTRS’ CEO achieved funded status

The legacy of Jack Ehnes, chief executive of CalSTRS for nearly 20 years, is the embedded long-term view in the culture of the organisation which impacts everything from investments to benefit planning strategy. He talks to Amanda White about managing multiple, complex and competing stakeholders for the good of California's teachers.

Amanda WhiteMay 6, 2021

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California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

The Latest

Featured Story

CalSTRS outperforms in every asset class

Sustainability

Investors urge SEC to mandate climate reporting

Manager Relationships

Mandate terms are key to overcoming short-termism

Organisational Design

Promoting diversity won’t cut it, results will: Brown Duckett

Featured Story

Asset owners’ increasingly global diversity lens

articleChina

Kotkin on China’s education and human capital challenge

Editorial

Letter to the editor

Featured Story

How CalSTRS’ CEO achieved funded status

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