Uncategorised posts
Worlds colliding
The debate about the effect of pay inequality on both the financial and real-world markets is about to get a whole lot hotter this year.
Amanda WhiteJanuary 22, 2016
Uncategorised posts
Walmart takes divestment blows to the body
Two more high profile investors have punished US retailer Walmart for its anti-union stance and poor labour practices by divesting their holdings in the company. AP Funds, Sweden’s cluster of state pension funds named AP1 through to AP4 and AP6 (there is no AP5) worth a combined $140 billion, sold its equity and corporate bond […]
Sarah RundellOctober 9, 2013
Opinion
The smoking gun at CalSTRS
For a pension fund that describes itself as “ponderous”, the $154-billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System, CalSTRS, has moved uncharacteristically swiftly in recent months. The second largest public pension fund in the United States, the plan for teachers and faculty is in the process of divesting its holdings in gun manufacturers following the massacre at […]
Sarah RundellMarch 6, 2013