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Impact investing needs instos to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... institutional investors and governments for it to scale and become a formidable force, the first day of the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard this morning. Rachel Halpern, the head of sustainability at JANA Investment Advisers, stressed the ...

Australia can be energy transition, climate leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... say. Australia has the potential to be a key player in the global energy transition, the annual Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard, as the US ditches ESG initiatives and sheds any trace of climate-related references in its cabinet. One of Trump's ...

Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... further expanded its evergreen strategies beyond private equity to include EQT Nexus Infrastructure. Sueann Yeo, head of Asia Pacific private wealth at EQT, welcomed Bullock to the firm. "With deep industry relationships and a track record of raising ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... strategy research team. With an initial focus on the Australian equity markets, his research areas have expanded to cover Asia-Pacific and Global macro investment strategies. Hlavaty is consistently ranked in the top three quantitative researchers by ...

CBRE taps industry veteran for research head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... operating officer for CBRE Research and head of investor thought leadership. He joined CBRE in 2014 as head of research for the Asia Pacific before doing a two-year stint running research for EMEA. Before that, Chin held senior research and investment ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors, with a minimum ...

UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... (AOFM) bond issue was over-subscribed with more than $22 billion in bids from 105 investor institutions across Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. Funds raised from the green bond go towards projects such as green hydrogen hubs, community batteries ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... manages around US$486 billion of assets, recruited Meng from Franklin Templeton. At Franklin Templeton, Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. Meng joined ...

Major instos, family offices headline Impact Investment Summit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific is set to be the biggest ever, featuring heavyweights from Macquarie Group, such as Viktor Shvets and former chief executive Nicholas Moore, set to headline this year's event that focuses on scaling investments ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Vantage Family Office is expanding into Australia by launching a capital markets business to serve high-net-worth individuals and institutions. The Asian-based multi-family office platform has set up Vector Capital Management, which will be led by veteran ...