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BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... innovative companies within the energy, materials, agriculture, and industrials sectors that provide solutions to environmental challenges. It then also took short positions in overvalued companies or those with unsustainable business models vulnerable ...

Hamilton Lane debuts private markets infra fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... exclusively to US investors. Both funds will primarily invest in power, transportation, data and telecommunications, environmental and energy opportunities. "With a focus on identifying and capturing strategic opportunities in the infrastructure space ...

Nanuk fund lists as currency hedged ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... on September 30. The fund invests in companies that are likely to benefit from or contribute to improving global environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. This includes clean energy, industrial efficiency, food and agricultural production ...

ASX-listed firm invests with Osmosis

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... allocated an undisclosed amount to Osmosis' Resource Efficient Ex Fossil Fuels Fund. The fund applies strict environmental screens in companies that have material involvement in fossil fuels or nuclear power, measured at revenues generated greater ...

Future Fund annual return 'very strong'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... investment opportunities in the energy transition. "More broadly, the organisation has long recognised the importance of environmental, social and governance issues. Further developing our ESG capabilities, and in particular in relation to climate risks ...

Super fund merger prompts investment changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... from 75%/25% to 70%/30%. Spirit Super said that the merger will also bring changes to responsible investing and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, including updates to exclusion policies. The fund's current exclusion policy ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... projects by replanting cleared areas while ensuring the land remains productive for farming. "These high-integrity environmental planting projects combine robust carbon credit methodologies with ongoing farming activities that benefit local communities ...

Wollemi Capital appoints former state Treasurer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... co-founder Tim Bishop welcomed Kean to the Wollemi team. "Matt has been in the room with national and global political, environmental, and business leaders. He knows how to get things done whilst standing by his values and the environment," Bishop said. ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
The fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... members' best financial interests, to provide a financial return, with a secondary aim of generating social and or environmental return. This is Rest's second private equity impact investment, following its commitment to a pooled buyout fund run by European ...