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Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Global investment manager Ninety One has named a new sustainability director. Daisy Streatfeild comes to the global active fund manager from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), where she served as programme director. As sustainability ...

HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... two new blue carbon projects - one relating to the Great Barrier Reef, the other to establish a framework for an investment fund. Each project builds on previous work funded by HSBC and aims to establish "the most effective way to harness the ability ...

HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Industry super fund HESTA has announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire Ramsay Health Care. At the time of writing, Ramsay Health Care's share price rose 2.45% following the HESTA announcement. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey ...

Webinar: Do ESG portfolios outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... of investment research John Dyall as well as FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis. With investors and super fund members focusing on ESG funds and the resources going into it, this webinar explores whether ESG investing results in better ...

Redpoint poaches PMs from ART

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Zurich, Switzerland. Parks was a sustainable investment strategist at ART, responsible for developing and implementing the fund's approach to managing climate change risks and opportunities, including aligning the fund to net-zero and the ambitions of ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... said. "There are innovative financing models that we can look to accelerate." Kuppalli pointed to its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), which recently reached first close with US$120 million of capital commitments. TAFF2 aims to capitalise on the ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... million in the first half of 2022. "Australians are increasingly demanding ethical investment options from their advisers, fund managers, super fund providers, and other investment professionals," said CEO and MD John McMurdo. "It is no longer acceptable ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Western Australia's Clean Energy Future Fund (CEFF) have backed a pilot by Alcoa of Australia to trial new carbon reduction technology in refining. Alcoa of Australia will test electric calcination ...

Hejaz Income Fund AUM up more than 50%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Hejaz Financial Services' income fund has grown by 58% year on year due to strong inflows and financial return. The Hejaz Income Fund is reporting $75 million in assets under management, said Hejaz Financial Services COO Muzzammil Dhedhy. Since its ...

Labor election pledge on YFYS performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... approach would look like." The impact of YFYS on ESG investing was a topic of concern throughout the RIAA conference. The super fund sector is concerned that integrating ESG investing into a superannuation portfolio can increase tracking error, raising ...