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Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... advocacy is essential for responsible investors to promote sustainability and accountability. "VEIL actively encourages its investee companies to adopt sustainable practices through engagement and advocacy, using its influence as an investor to promote ...

Nuveen wins $190m super mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
Nuveen has secured a mandate from four superannuation funds to invest $190 million across alternative office assets located in the US. Cbus Super, Hostplus, TWUSUPER and another undisclosed super fund have invested in Nuveen's US Cities Workplace Fund ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... implemented a human rights toolkit designed to assist portfolio managers to identify and address human rights risks in investee companies. FSI then applied that toolkit approach to modern slavery when the legislation was brought into Australia in 2020. ...

ART, Macquarie, PGGM partner on portfolio acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... towards its 2050 net zero target," van Alphen said. "In that context, PGGM Infrastructure Fund will expect all of its investee companies to develop a credible long-term CO2 reduction strategy before 2030."

Tattarang invests in future of Australian healthcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Tattarang has backed new biotech venture capital group Tenmile to the tune of $250 million. The company will focus on supporting founders and companies building new, impactful health techbology and biotech solutions. Already ...

University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... providing support from the seed stage through to pre-IPO and will engage the university's alumni and supporters to help investee companies reach their full potential. A large portion of the net profit will be invested in university research, early-stage ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... Stewardship Policy and managing the five stewardship pillars-portfolio integration of ESG, proxy voting, engagement with investee entities, industry collaboration and transparency/disclosure-and embedding this throughout TCorp's investments and processes. ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... policy and advocacy Jane Rennie welcomed the vote and said that the reforms would have resulted in poorer transparency of investee companies' practices and performance. "Just like company directors, lawmakers must be held to high standards of governance," ...

AustralianSuper says no incidents of common ownership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... of the ASX's total market capitalisation of $2.6 trillion. The fund also said it is not aware of any instance where an investee company has been investigated or prosecuted by regulators for a finding that AustralianSuper's ownership has encouraged or ...

Fidelity adds new climate, gender policies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... emissions, make specific and appropriate disclosures around emissions, targets, risk management and oversight. "Our message to investee companies is clear; the climate crisis must not and cannot be ignored/ It impacts the very nature of major industries ...