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TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... refreshing the fund's climate action plan and broader ESG policy. Patel joined the superannuation fund last September from Frontier, where she was the senior responsible investment adviser. She is a member of the Certification Assessment Panel at ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... "We are already support emerging founders through the 77 Venture Challenge in which we are partnering with a further 40 frontier tech ventures over 2024 and 2025 to grow and diversify investment deal flow in Queensland," Watts said. "However, as a VC ...

Aus Ethical gets ex-PRI chief

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Compact Network Australia, Finance for Peace, the Office of the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner, Qualitas, Climate Catalyst, Frontier Advisors, Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, Affirmative Investment Management, The Achieve Foundation, UNSW Australian ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investment governance could increase portfolio costs by 1% or more annually, according to a joint report by KPMG and Frontier Advisors. The report, which surveyed 22 asset owners in the local investment industry representing $800 billion in total assets ...

Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... strategies that will fit." Evaluating strategies that invest in the GSS+ bond universe can be challenging, he said. "The frontier is a bit blurry when we look at bond strategies and the labels don't help with determining what is just an ESG strategy ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... approval, on the grounds that the bid in the scheme booklet was undervalued. AustralianSuper hired energy industry experts Frontier Economics to review the assumptions in the independent expert's report in the scheme booklet for the takeover bid. ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Playground Global, an early-stage venture capital firm with over US$1.2 billion of assets under management that invests in frontier technologies in deep tech and science, including decarbonisation, automation, infrastructure, and genetic engineering. ...

Podcast: Does DEI improve financial return - Raymone Jackson

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sector, despite progress on increasing diversity on boards. Enhanced diversity and inclusion is "rapidly becoming the next frontier in ensuring sound governance and risk culture practices," Rowell said in a speech."Effective DEI practices support a more ...

SDG Loan Fund raises $1.1b of investor capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... US$1.1 billion of capital to advance the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in emerging and frontier markets, using a blended finance model. Allianz Global Investors is managing the SDG Loan Fund and FMO Investment Management ...

Brookfield ups the ante on Origin by $1.2bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... AustralianSuper first announced its opposition to the initial bid on Tuesday. AustralianSuper hired energy industry experts Frontier Economics to review the assumptions in the independent expert's report in the scheme booklet for the takeover bid. ...