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Investment in climate tech plummets 40%: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... 8000 climate tech start-ups and over 32,000 deals worth more than US$490 billion. The share of venture capital and private equity funding going into climate tech continued to rise, from 7% of private market start-up investments in 2018 to accounting ...

Solving carbon credit concerns with blockchain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... transaction for the platform in late 2023. Northern Trust asset servicing pioneered the use of blockchain technology in private equity fund administration in 2017, supporting the tokenisation and fractionalisation of bonds in 2020 and partnering in the ...

Brookfield buys UK Banks Renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... management companies with approximately $850 billion of assets under management across renewable energy, infrastructure, private equity, real estate, and credit. Family firm the Banks Group sold its renewable energy division with 11 onshore wind farms ...

IFM Investors creates head of sustainable investment role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... professionals at IFM, which work closely across IFM's asset classes of infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity. "Positive change is urgently required in the real economy and IFM Investors' position as one of the leading private market ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Conor Kehoe as chair, starting in 2024. Kehoe spent 28 years at McKinsey & Company co-founding the investor and private equity practice and was a member of the G7 Impact Taskforce on Impact Accounting. Kehoe will succeed Martin Skancke who has served ...

IFM Investors certified by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... one." IFM Investors has previously worked with Climate Active when seeking a carbon neutral certification for their private equity portfolio in 2021. "We really appreciated the rigour behind the certification process and the rigour behind analysing how ...

Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... there has been a significant surge in ESG fundraising with capital raising experiencing a threefold increase. While private equity remains the dominant asset class, infrastructure funds have emerged as strong competitors in the ESG space. The latest ...

Rest bolsters impact portfolio with private equity investment

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... strategic push to meet its impact investment objectives, Rest has invested in a pooled buyout fund run by European private equity firm ARCHIMED. The investment is part of a broader initiative to fulfill the superannuation fund's target allocation ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG strategy for IFM Investors, across asset classes including listed entities, real assets, fixed income, and private equity. At IFM he oversaw more than $50 billion of direct investment acquisitions and the design of IFM Investors' Responsible Investment ...

CEFC, NGS, Minderoo back Adamantem fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses valued between $50 million and $100 million that help the transition to a net zero economy, underscored by private equity and responsible investing strategies. PAC Trading, a provider of sustainable packaging solutions, is the fund's first ...