A week after the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) turned away from a broad-based ban on pension investments in Iran or terrorist states, a group of Florida lawmakers wants the SunshineState’s pension plan to divest holdings in Sudan and Iran’s energy sector. Sponsors of the bill are preparing to push the issue of divestment by the State Board of Administration, the pension investment agency, when the Florida Legislature returns this week following its Easter-Passover break, according to a South Florida Sun-Sentinel news report.
Florida State Pension Funds Under Pressure To Divest From Sudan And Iran
A week after the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) turned away from a broad based ban on pension investments in Iran or terrorist states, a group of Florida lawmakers wants the SunshineState's pension plan to divest holdings in Sudan
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