US - The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) could consider a move back into tobacco industry investments after it emerged the fund had lost out on nearly US$1bn in revenues from the move out of the space.
At a recent board meeting of the CalSTRS investment committee, Jerilyn Harris, retiree representative, said the failure to invest in tobacco-related investments had resulted in $837m of unrealised ...
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