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Perennial Partners buys Melior stake

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025

... and New Zealand companies, delivering positive social and environmental impacts aligned to sustainable development goals (SDG). There will be no changes to the Melior Australian Impact Fund's investment strategy, investment process or name. The strategy ...

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 ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024

Rest has awarded a US$75 million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate ...

JANA wins another NFP mandate

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024

Investment consultant JANA has scored a mandate from a charitable organisation that is the steward of some $1.6 billion in assets. Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the lending and investment arm of the Uniting Church Synod of New South Wales and the ...

CEFC backs agriculture investment platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023

... outcomes," Sung said. The CEFC is also an investor in the Gunn Agri Transforming Farming Platform, alongside the global Kempen SDG Farmland Fund. Separately, CEFC recently announced a $2 million investment in HydGene Renewables, an Australian company ...

Gender lens approach wins: Steed

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023

... by 45bps per annum in terms of net excess returns. "So, when people say, 'Gender lens investing is nice and contributes to SDG bylaws', well, yes, it does, and we're really delighted about that, but it's also really smart investing." Elsewhere, Steed ...

Alphinity debuts two funds on the ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023

Alphinity Investment Management has listed two funds on the ASX in a bid to reach retail investors. The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund (XASG) is a diversified portfolio of 25-40 leading global sustainable listed companies that Alphinity deems ...

Ironbark to distribute Robeco products

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022

... Ironbark Asset Management offer Robeco's emerging conservative equity, global developed sustainable enhanced index equity and SDG credit income strategies to wholesale investors in Australia. Robeco managing director and head of Australia, New Zealand ...

Firetrail global opportunities fund hits ASX

CHLOE WALKER | TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022

... in the future. The same is true for sustainability." The fund selected companies based on UN sustainable development goal (SDG) themes, such as health and wellbeing, innovation and equality, climate impact and a sustainable world. Companies in the portfolio ...

JANA announces Sustainability Advisory Council

CASSANDRA BALDINI | MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022

... JANA champion genuine sustainable and impact investing. "I look forward to applying my experience implementing impact and UN SDG investment frameworks for some of the leading fund managers in the country into my new role on the JANA Sustainability Advisory ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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