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New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... invested across the broader economy. The Resource Efficient Core Equity Fund is underpinned by a proprietary team of environmental data experts that analyse and rank the world's largest corporations based on their sustainable actions rather than their ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... researcher Julia Dubslaff said. "The presence of fossil fuel expansionists in over one-third of the funds that claim environmental or social traits misleads climate-conscious investors. The European legislator must set clear rules for all ESG funds and ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... the summit is to get money to move to companies and funds and organisations that are helping to solve social and environmental challenges. By doing that, we are creating part of the transition to a new economic system that Viktor describes," Series said. ...

UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
UniSuper is refreshing the investment strategy for its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option, effective March 28. The major change will be lowering the threshold for companies to qualify for inclusion in the strategy. "Due to the concentrated ...

JBWere nabs duo from Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... Australia. As part of his role he worked with clients to develop long-term investment strategies which considered environmental, social and governance objectives. Previously he was a financial adviser at Nexia Edwards Marshall for six years. Commenting ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... University Endowment Management. Osmosis seeks superior risk-adjusted returns while offering significantly reduced environmental footprints relative to benchmarks, has seen the firm's assets under management grow by 478% (79% year-on-year) to circa ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... providing minimum levels of quality, amenity (both to future occupants of the house and the local community) and environmental protection, and on the other, providing affordable housing for a growing population," she said. "Currently, Australian governments ...

EQT brings new strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... platform sources high-quality infrastructure businesses that provide essential services across the digital, energy and environmental, transport and logistics, and social infrastructure sectors. It also ranges from scale-up companies to market-leading ...

Five V hires from buyout firm EQT

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... Solutions and recently invested in Digital Matter. For its part, EQT is expanding into the Australian energy and environmental sector after buying companies worth over $10 billion in the past four years, including retirement village and cancer care company ...