US - The board of the US$142bn California State Teachers' Retirement System has voted to support legislation that would address concerns about investing in companies doing business in Sudan.
But the board said it would only support Assembly Bill 2941 if it would indemnify CalSTRS officials and managers for divestment decisions made while applying the fund's new geopolitical risk invest...
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