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Australia ranks 13th on gender parity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... past 12 months. Australia has jumped 11 places to rank 13 th globally for gender parity, with the gap now 79.2% closed. In Asia Pacific, it ranks second behind New Zealand on 82.7%. Still, the global gender gap remains just 68.8% closed, with full parity ...

Nuveen eyes green loans in local RE strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... where applicable to meet ESG targets on behalf of clients. Nuveen head of Australia and the global client group for Southeast Asia Andrew Kleinig said the capital injection will help lead its clients to better manage responsible investments. "We believe ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... manager BFA Global Investors is expanding into Singapore as the firm looks to capitalise on growing institutional demand across Asia-Pacific markets. The move marks a significant milestone for the investment manager led by Jonathan Belz and Gavin Ezekowitz ...

BlackRock names new insto lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... recently, he spent 16 years at Credit Suisse in Hong Kong and Singapore as head of equity distribution and prime sales for Asia Pacific. In this role, he was responsible for the business' client strategy and managed corporate access for Credit Suisse ...

New Forests enters Vietnamese timber industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund, which also recently ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... the least-cost pathway. Further, it calls for a regulated, progressively rising price on carbon in international trade in Asia to reflect the social cost of the carbon emissions embedded in the production of emissions-intensive industrial commodities ...

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... decisions involving assets likely affected by Trump's administration. "Against this, investor majorities in Europe (58%) and Asia Pacific (62%) agree that in future they will be more likely to look outside the US for investments in areas such as climate ...

iCapital hires Insignia exec to open office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Management and State Street. The appointment marks the latest in a series of regional developments for iCapital as it targets Asia-Pacific markets. In 2023, the platform partnered with Australian investment platform NetWealth to distribute global private ...

Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... maintaining board positions, including the Foreign Investment Review Board and advisory roles with Impact Investment Exchange Asia. Her portfolio includes membership of Main Sequence Ventures' investment committee and adjunct professorship at The ...

Sustainable bonds hit $US7bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... across 840 deals. Green bonds from American municipalities increased 22% in 2024, reaching a record high of US$22.6 billion." Asia Pacific overtook Latin America and the Caribbean as the largest source of sustainability-labelled debt in 2024, accounting ...