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PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... (PIE) first launched in Australia in 2019. The drawcard is that it makes top-tier PE funds from North America and Western Europe more accessible for individual investors. To invest requires a minimum investment of $50,000, with monthly subscriptions ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The fund will target opportunities in North America and Western Europe in sectors like green industry, clean energy, education, and human capital development. Rest chief investment officer Andrew ...

M&A deals ramp up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... report co-author, said investors in Australia are much more influenced by finding value and avoiding regulatory risk than in Europe. "Considering ESG in investment decisions has become non-negotiable for many investors, the extend and depth to which ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... 5500 companies, with another 3200 formally committed to the process. Our work has gone global with major growth outside Europe and North America - especially in Asia. "To ensure we can sustain this momentum and improve our governance, we have begun the ...

Latest disclosure update

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global standards, benchmarks and taxonomies move to align for greater interoperability - the EU proposes new sustainable financial product labels. Here is the latest. TNFD and EFRAG release alignment mapping The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial ...

ESG funds are cheaper: Morningstar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... European ESG funds to their mainstream peers. Researchers analysed the asset-weighted representative costs of funds in Europe in six of the most popular Morningstar categories over the past decade for both cohorts and by investment style (passive versus ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Ahead of launch in September, the social equivalent of the TCFD has unveiled its key functions as a UN body turns the spotlight on passive funds to do more on human rights. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights says investors must engage ...

Retail CSOs do a shuffle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... team to continue to deliver a better tomorrow for our people, communities and planet." Ahold Delhaize, the €25 billion Europe-headquartered retail conglomerate, announced six months ago the May retirement of its chief legal and sustainability officer ...

First dedicated transition fund for emerging markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... partners. The capital will be deployed in South and Central America, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. As fund manager, Brookfield Asset Management has been put to work identifying the pipeline of potential investments and ...

Palisade Real Assets wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Palisade Real Assets' UK-based bioenergy fund scored a £200 million ($381m) mandate from a major European asset manager. APG Asset Management awarded the mandate on behalf of Netherlands' major pension fund ABP, which oversees some €500 billion ...