The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) will be forced to sell certain holdings linked to Iran, following a new bill passed by the state senate.
The house passed bill 221 forcing the country’s largest funds to shed any holdings in gas and petrol, defence or nuclear companies and those with links to the Iranian government. The bill stated...
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