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Impact Alpha Partners adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Investors. Welcoming Lucchese, Huang said: "Désirée's deep and cross-disciplinary expertise, which spans environmental science and systems, climate risk evaluations, and sustainable finance frameworks will provide invaluable guidance for Impact Alpha ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and author, has died aged 90. Kahneman was an Israeli American psychologist whose research into human behaviour upended economics. Kahneman's research demonstrated humans would often abandon logic and ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board reported a meagre 1.9% net return for 2023, falling short of its 8.7% benchmark, translating to a $15.8 billion negative value add. This contrasted with a modest 4% return in 2022, which surpassed its benchmark ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... investment-focused positions. The recruit recently returned to Adelaide after spending the second half of 2023 studying a Master of Science (Public Policy and Management) in the US. Before the study break, she worked at Duxton Capital in the ESG team ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... Western Sydney University) and supporting Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. Walker was also a longstanding supporter of Next Science, a listed medical device company that works to prevent surgical and wound infections. Western Sydney University vice-chancellor ...

Blackstone appoints co-chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
The private equity giant promoted two of its senior executives to the newly created roles, while promoting one other to the position of global co-head of real estate. Blackstone said the appointments are reflective of the increasing breadth of investment ...

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... commented saying: "This £5 billion from Aware Super is a huge boost for UK infrastructure, property and our thriving science and tech sectors." "Investors like Aware Super are taking advantage of trade deals like the recent Australia Free Trade Agreement ...

Super Members Council names chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... appointed Misha Schubert as its inaugural chief executive. Schubert will move to SMC following a tenure as chief executive at Science and Technology Australia. She's also held senior communication and advocacy roles, including at Universities Australia ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... 2020. She was appointed a Dame Commander (DBE) in June 2021 for her services to financial services, women, education and science. Fidelity International chair Abby Johnson said: "Over the last five years Anne has accomplished a tremendous amount for ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Aviva Investors' data showed that in economic downturns illiquidity premia in private debt markets are often compressed, repricing more slowly than public market equivalents; a trend consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The ...
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