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HMC Capital to launch new private equity vehicle

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... proven our ability to deliver outsized and uncorrelated returns for investors by applying a private equity mindset to investing in listed equities," Di Pilla said. "We have reined the strategy and structure of Fund II to maximise potential returns for ...

Modern family offices want values aligned, pioneer companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... family business' "pioneering spirit" has been an enabler of its success and aims to apply this ambition to its impact investing endeavours. The 120-year-old family business with roots in the music industry now holds a diversified portfolio that spans ...

Navigating the impact investment sector for instos

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... fruitful returns, an expert says it actually doesn't always produce a positive outcome after all. Discussing how impact investing is tracking among institutional investors at the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, Adamantem Capital managing director ...

Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia should seize the next four years as an opportunity to be a leader in climate investing and the energy transition by taking advantage of the US President Donald Trump's hardline anti-ESG stance, a panel of experts say. Australia has the ...

Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
While it has gained momentum in the last 15 years, impact investing still requires major backing from institutional investors and governments for it to scale and become a formidable force, the first day of the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... government around $1.8 billion. To fight Australia's productivity problem, Chalmers said the government would be investing more in people to boost "dynamism and competition", including abolishing non-compete clauses for low- and middle-income workers. ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the government is reducing all prescriptions available through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), as well as investing a "record" $7.9 billion in Medicare to lift bulk billing rates. The government is investing $1.8 billion to list more "life-changing ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... Return's Impact Investment Fund is the perfect opportunity for socially minded investors to dip their toe into impact investing. "Your money technically stays within Australia but has a positive butterfly effect across the region and, while the risk ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... time and place for active." Livanas then turns to the fund's asset allocation program, noting that while many advocate investing through the cycle rather than trying to time the market, that logic falters when a fund won't be in the market for long - ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... investors in particular can hardly see through the ESG jungle and often have no idea in what dirty companies they are investing their money. The ESMA guidelines at least provide a remedy for funds with sustainability and environmental terms," he said. ...