US - The Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) has decided not to divest from Sudan despite recent state and national calls to do so.
Instead, the US$11.5bn fund announced it would offer a “Sudan free” investment option to its existing 401(k) participants. PERSI board chairman, Jody Olson, said: “PERSI’s only mission is to pro...
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