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Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... National Preventive Health Agency chief executive Louise Sylvan and former First State Super chief of investment Richard Brandweiner have been appointed as vice-chairs. The change in strategy coincides with news today that the Federal Government is looking ...

New CIO for First State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... continue to be an active owner," Graham said. Graham took over as interim chief investment officer following Richard Brandweiner's move to Leapfrog Investments in earlier this year.

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... be heavy lifting in unacceptable short-term attitudes. Outgoing First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said as an industry it would be naA-ve, especially as the system becomes enormous, to think that society is not going to demand ...

Industry fund CIO leaves for impact investor

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... superannuation funds is leaving to join global impact investment firm LeapFrog Investments. First State Super's Richard Brandweiner is stepping down from his role to join LeapFrog, citing a personal mission to make a difference through investing. Replacing ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... a 10 year exemption on capital gains tax on those investments. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said the fund is increasingly mindful of the flow on ramifications of deploying capital. "Recently we've been investing in agriculture ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... it is far too small, far too illiquid and lacks intermediaries," First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said at the Impact Investment Summit in Sydney. "But many of us are trying to change that, we are trying to introduce the ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... at nurturing the development of Australian internet start-ups. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards the latest Blackbird Ventures fund. "Blackbird is fostering the ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... equities and we will be doing the same for global equities before the end of the year," chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner told Financial Standard. Brandweiner said that the socially responsible options already go through a range of screens ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... included 960 hectares dedicated for further almond cultivation. First State Super chief investment officer, Richard Brandweiner, said it was an opportunity to deploy much needed expansion capital into the Australian agriculture sector. "Seen as a premium ...

Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... with our short-term cash in particular." The question came from First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner who acknowledged similar experience at the $49 billion industry super fund. Both investment experts said bank debt was far ...