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GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... mainstreaming impact and doing it at scale," he said. "It has to work, but it has to be accessible to everyone." Equity Trustees has been appointed as responsible entity of the fund. "Having gender equality around decision making tables and integrated ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... well as senio r product and distribution roles at VicSuper, Aon and Westpac, and financial adviser Umair Javed. Equity Trustees has been appointed as a responsible entity for for the Ethical Absolute Return Fund. Haven Wealth Partners Ethical Absolute ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... written a letter to QSuper on behalf of two members who want that fund to strengthen its climate change risk management. Equity Generation Lawyers has written to QSuper board chair Don Luke asking him to "explain why QSuper has delayed quantifying the ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... companies involved in thermal coal. At the same time it's worth noting that in 2015, one of the most profitable private equity investments involved the purchase of the Vale Point power station in NSW for $1 million, which is now earning over $2.5m per ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... impacts on the ground, businesses operating that wouldn't otherwise be operating. Examples here include mid- large-cap equity funds with a sustainability theme; and products that measure and report on impact but don't necessarily change their investment ...

Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... English Family Foundation, Rowley Trust, Snow Foundation, Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, CAGES Foundation, Equity Trustees and Payce Foundation. "In order to address the social and environmental challenges facing Australia, we need a strong and vibrant ...

NZ Super adopts new climate change investment risk strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... engagement and searching for new investment opportunities, the fund said. "What we're doing is going across the whole of the equity portfolio and utilising the metrics that we can and then conducting the analysis that we can to make that portfolio much ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... that will result in two main objectives - focusing capital on the long term "which by its nature is not just about holding equity in companies for longer, but also is about unlocking capital towards assets required in the long term, in light of issues ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... and ideas in Australia, where before there was a fundamental gap between very early stage investing and proper private equity: there was a gap where that wasn't being fulfilled by Australian superannuation funds and it was resulting in pushing talent ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... specialist for risk recording that's going to come out? To me, it mirrors the evolution as funds are going into private equity and infrastructure - it's a whole evolution of the more specialised reporting that gets asked for, and then that become a new ...