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Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The energy giant's US$2.35 billion ammonia buyout may placate many shareholders, but the high price paid has raised alarms given the yet-to-be-operational plant hinges on possibly impermanent carbon capture. Last week, Australian oil and gas company ...

UK pension giant eyes Australian timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Nest is establishing an evergreen timberland fund and has its sights set on opportunities in Australia. The $70 billion workplace pension fund has enlisted Campbell Global, J.P. Morgan Asset Management's timberland investment advisory company, to ...

Australian Ethical scores gold, others fall off charts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Stark differences in ESG fund performance in FY24 reflect markedly contrasting portfolio strategies - but might add fuel to the anti-ESG fire, Rainmaker warns. Australian Ethical and Nationwide Super topped the Rainmaker Information ESG league tables ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the largest managers of retirement savings in the world, has dumped the ESG index it had been using for its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change ...

Systems thinking to drive alpha, tackle systemic threats

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Geopolitics, climate change, and social polarisation are top concerns for the world's largest investment teams, according to the Future Fund and major think tank the Thinking Ahead Institute. Analysing 26 "extremely influential" global investment teams ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Quinbrook, the specialist global infrastructure investment manager, has closed its largest-ever capital raise at $3 billion for the Net Zero Power Fund. The strategy focuses on large-scale solar, renewable fuels, power generators, and battery storage. ...

NZ investors to buoy positive impact funds, fears greenwashing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Positive impact fund managers should direct their efforts towards the New Zealand market after an investor survey last month found three in four New Zealanders want to invest in positive impact strategies. The annual survey, Voices of Aotearoa: Demand ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared ...

QIC replaces real estate managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has appointed a former Dexus executive as its new real estate managing director. Deborah Coakley will begin her new role at QIC's $112 billion alternatives platform on October 15. She previously spent 11 years ...

NGS names deputy CIO, expands ESG teams

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
NGS Super, the industry super fund with $15 billion in funds under management, has reshuffled its investment leadership and ESG team. Michael Mi has been promoted from head of portfolio construction and quantitative research to the newly created role ...