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Investors call for multilateral financial architecture overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... also urged governments to implement clear multilevel action plans, which they saw as a persistent barrier to mobilising private capital at scale. They called on governments to reform the current multilateral financial architecture and prioritise the ...

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 ...

Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench senators, particularly the Green Party, the government was ...

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 ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... will be supported. WA energy minister Energy Bill Johnston stated the funding will boost investment in renewables by the private sector, which is expected to "largely fund the cost of renewable energy generation and transmission infrastructure in the ...

$12tn Asian engagement program advocates climate-linked pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investors and regulators across Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. Takeaways included a call for more comprehensive public and private financing to attract private investment, such as those pledged under just energy transition partnerships, and more clarity ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and battery storage. It will look to crowd in investment from Crown companies and entities, superannuation funds, and private sector funds to accelerate New Zealand's renewable transition. Currently, 87.5% of New Zealand's energy comes from renewable ...

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 ...