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Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
The doors are officially shut on KKR's USD$1.3 billion global impact fund, with the firm itself tipping in around 10% of the funds invested. KKR has announced the final closing of the KKR Global Impact Fund, which is dedicated to investing in companies ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... transformative opportunity areas over the coming 20 years. He argues the uptake of these new technologies will reshape the global economy and disrupt established financial institutions. "There is clear and mounting evidence that AI, blockchain, IoT and ...

Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
Pendal has appointed an impact investment team tasked with establishing a global equity impact strategy as part of the business' ESG research team, Regnan. Led by Tim Crockford, formerly the head of the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund, and ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... environmental and social impact projects. The bond, hedged in Australian dollars, is benchmarked against the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. AIM will provide investors an annual report measuring the positive impacts of bond-funded climate ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... mandates to boost its sustainable investment strategies. The California State Teachers' Retirement System selected three new global equity managers to collectively manage more than $1 billion across non-US focused strategies. Following a rigorous selection ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... of total capacity - generates between 40% and 50% of the state's renewable electricity on average. It held a five-star Global Real Estate Sustainable Benchmark rating in 2018. Rest's in-house investment manager Super Investment Management negotiated ...

Climate change an imminent threat to returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... modelling shows that greater inclusion of sustainable assets into portfolios can enhance returns," according to Mercer global business leader for responsible investment Helga Birgden. The evidence is compelling and reinforces the findings made in Mercer's ...

CFSGAM expands US footprint with senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Colonial First State Global Asset Management made four senior appointments amid growing institutional demand for infrastructure. CFSGAM, which is known as First State Investments in North America, hired John Ma as a director to oversee new investment ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... specialist environmental, social and governance (ESG) research team. Throughout 2018 Ausbil also launched its first foray into global listed infrastructure as well as a revamped lineup for its Australian small-caps strategy. Chief executive Ross Youngman ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... this, Darroch flagged that SSGA will continue to firmly urge the 12,000 or so companies it invests in to ensure environmental, social and governance considerations are high on the board's agenda. Darroch told a recent Australian Institute of Superannuation ...