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Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 Lill said that the ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... respondents were portfolio managers, investment managers or investment directors. The majority of investors (81%) agree that green steel cannot be produced using fossil fuel energy. Most are hedging their bets on a transition away from metallurgical ...

UniSuper sustainable option returns 15.2%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... 280-hectare Sydney greenfield logistics development site Burra Park, and a US$400 million commitment to Macquarie's Green Energy and Climate Opportunities Fund. Capparelli said while ESG standards are applied across UniSuper's funds under management ...

Prime role for AI in impact decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... taxonomies. Themes include renewable energy and alternative fuels, energy storage and infrastructure, energy efficiency, green mobility, low-carbon and critical materials, and carbon capture and storage. "Impact investing is the next evolution of investment ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... emerging markets," GraƱa said. "Their growth is creating several tailwinds in sectors such as biopharmaceuticals, fintechs and green energy, and run alongside favourable rate cutting cycles and GDP growth in these regions. Asset allocators across Australia ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
"The biggest challenge in our lifetime is the global market failure we call climate change" - Jeremy Cooper. Jeremy has a radical idea to shake up Australia's superannuation system for climate change progress. With a wide-ranging career spanning ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... whilst also offering strong potential long-term returns," he said. TelstraSuper is also invested Hysata, a manufacturer of green electrolysers, which also has backing from Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Hostplus. TelstraSuper is currently exploring ...

Instos continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
As of May 2024, over 7,500 institutional investors hold US$4.3 trillion worth of bonds and shares in coal, oil, and gas companies, despite many committing to wind down financed emissions. Vanguard ($413 bn), BlackRock ($400 bn), State Street ($171 bn) ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Microsoft is only the latest tech giant to invest in a controversial technology aiming to capture CO2 and store it underground through "subsurface saline sequestration". The world's leading tech company with US$3.15 trillion market cap says the tech ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The international asset manager is following through on its commitment towards sustainability integration and transition finance. Robeco has launched two new funds to advance the sustainable transition, focused on emerging economies in Asia. US$125 ...