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New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
New Forests has locked in US$200 million in commitments for the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) fund and announced its first acquisition. AFIP will acquire Green Resources, East Africa's largest forest development and wood processing company. ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... trustees of the US$253.1 billion State Board of Administration (SBA) have banned ESG from considerations of the state's fund management practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state CFO Jimmy Patronis, and state Attorney General ...

Vanguard, Hejaz, abrdn launch sustainable products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... number of ESG and sustainable products have launched in Australia, including two Sharia-compliant ETFs and a positive impact fund. Vanguard Australia has launched a positive impact global equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities ...

Australian Ethical FUM dips ahead of merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... see $1.96 billion added to Australian Ethical's super FUM and more than 30,000 members join. "Following the successor fund transfer, increased scale will allow Australian Ethical to pass on superannuation fee reductions to all members and improve ...

Abrdn launches sustainable Asian active ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... manager calls a series of sustainable actively managed ESF offerings. The abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF fund (ASX: ASAO) is designed to provide investors with "high capital growth over the medium to long term by seeking exposure to ...

Vanguard launches positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Vanguard Australia has launched a positive impact global equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities market with a "measurable impact on global environmental and social challenges." The Vanguard Active Positive Impact Fund is a concentrated ...

Cultiv8, Fidante launch agriculture, food tech fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Cultiv8 Funds Management (Cultiv8) and Fidante have joined forces to launch a fund that identifies and invests in early-stage agricultural and food technology companies. The Cultiv8 Agriculture and Food Technology Fund aims to focus on capital growth ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... million Series A round along with Grok Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. The CEFC committed $7 million through its Innovation Fund, managed by Virescent Ventures. SunDrive has patented technology that replaced silver with copper to improve solar panel ...

First Sentier Investors hires industry exec to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has hired a high-profile industry executive to a newly created ESG role. Kristen Le Mesurier will join First Sentier as head of ESG for the firm's Australian Equities Growth team. She starts on 17 October. Le Mesurier joins First ...

Australian Ethical chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... for almost 14 years, having joined in January 2009 as an equities analyst and portfolio manager. When Macri took over the fund manager had about $600 million in funds under management. It now has more than $6.2 billion. Macri said he is proud to be leaving ...