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UniSuper invests with NorthStar Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... impact investors in listed equities since the beginning of 2017 and I think it shows the growing interest in impact investing and for UniSuper, expanding the range of options within their sustainable balanced and sustainable growth portfolios," he said. ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... of ESG research at Preqin said. Despite Europe's and North America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively, the term has been a point of contention with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in June calling the acronym "totally weaponised". ...

Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Research from Preqin reveals ESG and impact investing is now mainstream: 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 ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... best-in-class responsible investment solutions." "We have seen a significant acceleration towards sustainable and impact investing in the last year, with many clients re-evaluating their long-term objectives in response to the transition to a more sustainable ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... aboard. But I also believe Australia has come a long way in the past five years regarding its contribution to the impact investing trend. "Closing this fund is yet more proof that this is fast becoming a mainstream means of investing -- and society and ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... through land use agreements and commercial agreements. There is a rapidly emerging First Nations interest in impact investing, and this emerging economy lends itself to further engagement by investors with First Nations people.

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... engagement themes are climate change, digitalisation, healthcare, empowerment and diversity issues. Outlook of impact investing appeal American Century Investments released a report in February which found that the appeal of impact investing has dropped ...

Podcast: Impact investing - from rethink to redefine and reallocate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
We're joined by Nuveen global head of impact private equity Rekha Unnithan. Impact investing and the ability to invest to achieve real world social and environmental outcomes as well financial returns is a hot topic in investing, and Unnithan brings ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... impact framework and delivery," Australian Ethical said. George has more than 25 years' experience across impact investing, ESG, sustainability and accounting services, and has held previous senior investment and leadership roles at Monash Sustainability ...

Fidelity bolsters ESG skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... on ESG and sustainability initiatives. Before working at Macquarie, she was a senior portfolio analyst at an impact investing fund and a senior associate covering equity capital markets at Citigroup Australia. While there, she carried out more than $10 ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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