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ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... companies and those that are currently improving on ESG measures. This comes after ClearBridge launched its first global equity option earlier this year. ClearBridge portfolio manager Grace Su said the fund invests in 30 to 40 securities across developed ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... bill is a significant win in redressing the inequity of missing out on super while on paid parental leave and for gender equity." She added that the inclusion of super payments will reinforce that paid parental leave is not a welfare payment but a workplace ...

Litigation immunity sparks legal expert outcry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... moratorium "unparalleled, and unjustified, corporate overreach on an international scale". David Barnden, principal at Equity Generation Lawyers told FS Sustainability the pause may undermine market integrity by providing protection for companies who ...

Northern Trust firms up stewardship, proxy voting offering

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... committee, as the asset manager continues the ongoing rollout of its new proxy voting choice solution to 76% of client equity assets. The solution is now being made available for investors in select US common and collective funds, representing US$250bn ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... engagement, and voting. With over 17 years' experience working in the investment industry, Asai started her career as an equity research analyst in Japan, moving to equity research sales and later as an institutional relationship and sales director. ...

PEP rides ESG tailwinds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Australasia's largest private equity firm with $11 billion AUM has launched an investment vehicle across the ditch. PEP's latest investment fund is not advertised as ESG, but has an underlying ESG strategy. Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) says ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate strong long-term returns ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... investors to have exposure beyond major market indices. The mandate will be invested in the Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Equity strategy. The strategy was first made available to Australian investors in August 2023 and seeks consistent risk-adjusted ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... VC firm Bee Partners, with funding from the QIC-managed Queensland Venture Capital Development Fund (QVCDF). QIC private equity senior associate Matiela Baker said the program will provide a pathway into the early-stage technology investment industry ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... removals from Heirloom, which is developing a DAC hub in the US in collaboration with Climeworks, which Microsoft owns an equity stake in. Microsoft declined to comment on the viability of the technology, but said investing in the tech is a key part ...