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Women continue to lag in asset management

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Women make up 28% of the industry, but at the current rate of promotion and retention, investment teams will reach gender parity at the end of the decade. Progress is slow and poaching is rife in Australia's $4.3 trillion investment sector, with a four-point ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure's specialist energy and utilities practice has appointed three new senior executives to originate new investment opportunities. Paul Maguire, Richard Van Breda and Mark Irwin have taken up senior positions within a business that manages ...

Retail CSOs do a shuffle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Woolworths' chief sustainability officer (CSO) has taken a job with an Amsterdam-based supermarket and will be replaced by an Arnott's executive. Arnott's Simon Lowden was chief transformation officer at the biscuit brand, following a move ...

First dedicated transition fund for emerging markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... expected by the end of 2024. With a target of $30 bn in global climate investments - and US$250 bn of institutional investment - by 2030, ALTÉRRA is the world's largest private investment vehicle for climate finance. The fund offers capped risk-adjusted ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... regulators, and stakeholders form a comprehensive understanding of the economy's climate risks and opportunities, fuelling investment in clean industry. Both Jackson and Graham commended the roadmap for including scope for financial frameworks to address ...

Palisade Real Assets wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... further growth of the BioticNRG platform," she said. Launched in 2021, Palisade Real Assets is a subsidiary Palisade Investment Partners, which is part of Pinnacle Investment Management's stable.

IFM and QIC scoop major assets in energy deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... delivering cost-savings through renewable energy." "The renewable PPA program is aligned to QIC's decarbonisation investment thematic, where private capital will continue to play a critical role in funding pathways to achieve net zero targets alongside ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... 3.4%. Despite this progress, inflation has stubbornly hovered in the 3-4% range since June last year. SG Hiscock chief investment officer Rob Hogg said the easing of underlying inflation pressures is "extremely positive" from a monetary policy perspective. ...

Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A major commercial real estate investor has converted its $1.2 billion lending facility into a loan tied to emissions reduction and gender pay targets. Cromwell Property Group's loan, which includes eight lenders, was developed with the Commonwealth ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate sustainability experience at global cosmetics and consumer goods corporation Shiseido Group, and at global investment firm Temasek. Prior to this, she held communications and branding roles at food company BRF, the Maritime and Port Authority ...