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Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... on its investment in WiseTech over governance issues - an example that Pearce said can be problematic in founder-led companies. "[We're] not going to knowingly go to an investment where we think that there's a big red flag over the governance ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... conversations with directors as they've been forced to get on top of slavery issues inside the boardroom and within companies," he said. "But quite frankly, many have not done much beyond the actual leaders. The pace of change has been slow, and ...

Fortitude Investment Partners acquires majority stake in SMSF audit firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... technology and automation, acquisitions, and talents. Conversely, the deal adds to Fortitude's growing portfolio of companies and reinforces its small cap and private market focus on finance and technology. Fortitude said it sees "significant growth" ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... LICs. However, this dropped to 94 in 2022, followed by 38 in 2023 and 28 in 2024, according to the ASX. Furthermore, 400 companies delisted between 1990 and 2024. "Listings on our public markets have been in decline for some time, so we need to understand ...

EQT closes flagship infra fund at $37bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... by a slew of institutional investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers and insurance companies across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the Nordics - with the private wealth segment representing an ...

University endowment mandates Osmosis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... reflation in fossil fuel commodity prices and value destruction amid societal headwinds. It prohibits investment in companies that derive more than 5% of revenues from fossil fuels or nuclear power. It also excludes controversial weapons, civilian firearms ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... to the Life Code Compliance Committee's 2023-24 annual report. Most insurers saw their breach count climb, with five companies responsible for 90% of all reported incidents - the report didn't disclose their identities. As in previous years, insurers ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres, ports, power grids, and fast-growing private companies are the assets that will define the future. "They're in private markets, locked behind high walls, with gates that open ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... investment product that the scheme guarantees,'" he said. The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - a four-month delay. The Financial Advice Association ...

Modern family offices want values aligned, pioneer companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Family offices of today are aligning their values and principles across all generations to back pioneer companies that will create deep impact and competitive returns, the recent Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard. Speaking at the two-day event ...