US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System, the second-biggest US public pension fund, agreed to begin investing in commodities as a hedge against inflation and to buffer losses in equities.
The pension fund's governing board voted to launch a commodities program as part of an inflation-linked asset class. The category can account for as much as 5% of holdings. Commodity prices surg...
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