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HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA chair Angela Emslie is now a board member of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after election results were released recently. Emslie has been appointed in one of two asset owner board positions, receiving 76 ...

HESTA awards low volatility mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
HESTA has awarded a low volatility equities mandate to a Dutch asset manager. Robeco's global equities strategy was selected by the superannuation fund to "capture global equity returns with less risk," according to head of Robeco Australia Stephen ...

Australian Ethical awards $300,000 in grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... grant is helping us proactively tackle this problem and prevent young girls from being trafficked." Another charity is the Angel Place Project, which helps homeless people find shelter. "We believe every child has the right to a safe and comfortable ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The world's largest pension fund has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
The Australian financial services industry has painted itself as only mildly innovative according to a study by National Australia Bank (NAB). About 39% of small-to-medium enterprises in finance have suggested there is a culture of innovation among ...

Alphinity wins AMP Capital mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... also recently made two significant infrastructure investments, having taken a majority stake in UK train leasing company Angel Trains and purchased Port Hedland International Airport's 50-year lease for $205 million, both in August.

PractiFI expands with $1.3m seed funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... platform PractiFI has closed its seed funding round after raising capital to expand overseas. PractiFI raised $1.3 million in angel investor funding from Australia, Malaysia, the UK and US. "We are hugely excited that we have closed out our seed round ...

AMP Capital takes majority stake in Angel Trains

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in UK train leasing company Angel Trains. After purchasing additional equity in the company from Arcus Infrastructure Partners' European Infrastructure Fund 1, AMP Capital's ownership of Angel Trains has increased ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
QIC has bought a $236.6 million (US$174.4 million) shopping centre on behalf of a major Australian institutional investor. The acquisition represents QIC's first 100% owned US property and it follows the investor's two-year US real estate joint venture ...