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CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $80 million towards an IFM Investors private equity fund. The IFM Investors Private Equity Growth Partners Fund invests in Australian-based mid-market growth companies and aims to accelerate ...

Deep engagement to follow SSGA CEO letter to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... other leadership positions that they might have? Are you considering private obligations - are they the CEO of a private equity firm?" Overall, SSGA will look at the gatekeeping role that nominating and governance committees play in board selection ...

Demand for sustainability specialists drives salaries upward: Talent Nation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... it align to the overarching biz strategy? "We're seeing announcements that sustainability roles and VC firms and private equity firms, so I think the number of roles that are being created certainly mean that the financial services sector is punching ...

New Forests to partner on African forestry strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... five or six years now," Brand said. "Maybe three years ago, we sat down with the CDC Group, which is the largest private equity investor in Africa, to establish if it would be possible to organise capital at scale where government could play a catalytic ...

Baring Private Equity Asia inks multi-billion dollar SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has established a sustainability linked loan (SLL) worth up to US$3.2, with initial commitments of approximately US$1.5 billion. The SLL facility is linked to sustainability performance targets that will reduce the ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. During a session, Julia Szlakowski - a private equity specialist - recounted harrowing instances of harassment throughout her career. One of Szlakowski's examples of harassment ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Neuberger Berman has announced the final close of a private equity impact fund that raised $280 million from investors, including Australian superannuation funds. The NB Private Equity Impact Fund invests in direct and fund investments that seek to ...

PE, VC vehicles to drive sustainable investment pipeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Private equity and venture capital are increasingly seen as asset classes where social and environmental impacts as well as financial return can be scaled up, according to a panel of fund managers. Speaking at the recent Responsible Investment Association ...

BlackRock, Temasek form partnership to invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... investment partnership that will seek to commit a combined US$600 million in late stage venture capital and early growth private equity with a focus on decarbonisation solutions. The investment partnership, Decarbonization Partners, will also raise third-party ...

Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... stands at about 40%. One-quarter of ESG funds practice PHD for fixed interest bonds and cash, but only 10% disclose private equity holdings. The study also labelled the way in which many ESG super funds display their ESG statements, reports and disclosures ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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