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New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, has implemented a new investment performance framework that will focus on productivity, ecosystem services, land use planning, shared prosperity, risk management, and governance. David ...

Impact Investing Australia launches inaugural Australian survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... metric for investment decisions over the next five years," according to the report. Currently, investors allocate to real assets, pay for performance instruments such as social benefit bonds, and private equity or venture capital, while investors not ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Partners is a division of Blue Sky Alternative Investment. First State Super has done previous direct investments in real assets and infrastructure, but this is the first agriculture asset deal the fund has made. First State Super is open to exploring ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented sustainability reporting using standardised metrics from the Impacting Reporting and ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... reputation through member letters and activist lobbying on topics like fossil fuels and stranded assets or in relation to real assets and severe weather events. This requires institutional investors to be more informed about climate risk and to be forewarned." ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities that come with a changing global climate. Mixed blue gum and pine trees (Photo courtesy of New Forests) Although real assets do not make up a significant enough percentage of the average institutional investor's overall portfolio to constitute ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... James Dick, QIC's head of alternative investments. "Broadly, we want to increase the allocations to our clients to real assets," James said. "Timber crosses over between having those real asset characteristics and having bond-like characteristics. It ...