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State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
State Street has been appointed the custodian of alternative investments at Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The GPIF manages about $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... research, Scott Bennett, said when the team looked across the full range of success criteria and alignment with the Montreal Pledge and the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, "we sought the best combination of robustness, intuition and transparency. ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
A consortium of global financial institutions and investors has announced a new partnership under the Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) to direct $8bn towards "high-impact sustainable investments." The group of seven has pledged capital and expertise ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... of 2016," Dundon said. VicSuper has also fulfilled its obligations as a signatory to the United Nations-backed Montreal Pledge by publishing the carbon intensity of the fund's equities portfolio on its website. Dundon said this information was also included ...

Wilson AM commits to Pledge 1% philanthropy movement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
Wilson Asset Management has joined Pledge 1%, a global corporate philanthropy movement that commits to donating 1% of product, 1% of equity, or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world. Speaking at the Nexus Australia Youth Summit ...

Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Superannuation policy decisions must be taken out of the Budget and election cycles to prevent a drop in confidence in the system. That was the shared view of a panel of policy experts at the SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide that included ...

DomaCom raises $8m in pre-IPO capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Investment platform operator DomaCom plans to publicly list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in the third quarter of 2016 after collecting $8 million in a pre-IPO capital raising. DomaCom, owner of Australia's first regulated fractional property ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The judging panel for the inaugural La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards has been confirmed. The awards will acknowledge the benefactors who have made substantial philanthropic donations to fund transformative outcomes in the community. It ...

Tasplan and Quadrant merger official

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... commitment to invest in local businesses through the Tasmanian Growth and Development Fund by a further $20 million. The pledge is expected to "provide both good investment returns for members and inject much needed capital into the Tasmanian economy." ...

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
AMP Capital has started to raise capital for its Infrastructure Debt Fund III (IDF III), which targets US$2 billion ($2.79 billion) from global institutional investors. The fund is AMP Capital's third infrastructure debt fund in five years and comes ...