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ESG salaries revealed, talent shortage predicted as demand surges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG recruitment specialist at Kaizen, said demand for specialised skills in the funds management, superannuation, private equity, asset consulting, and wealth management sectors is surging and a shortage of qualified ESG professionals is expected to ...

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 ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... does not have the capacity to do a competitive version of the Inflation Reduction Act, but said that a focus on public private partnerships and streamlining approvals processes among other steps could help to unlock significant pools of private investment. ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to $80 million in a private equity fund that will invest in a range of mid-market companies while driving decarbonisation at the same time. CEFC will invest in Crescent Capital Partners' seventh ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... experience in multiple asset classes including infrastructure, structured debt, public equities, private markets and private equity/venture capital. Australian Ethical pointed to Theau's "extensive international experience, and depth of knowledge ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the portfolio continues to reflect companies' labour and governance practices. First Super already screens its private equity portfolio for governance and labour rights risks, and international equities was the next asset class of consideration. Watson ...

APAC investors cite ESG impact in real asset allocations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... head of ESG, real assets Edward Dixon. "As we dig deeper towards the coal face where assets are being invested into the private markets we see a more immediate definition of impact," Dixon said. "The impact of our activities as a real assets manager ...

Podcast: Is biodiversity "the new climate change"?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... managing climate change and their transition and exposures to a low carbon future economy, because "governments and private equity funds can't make up the shortfall by themselves, she said.

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... can be integrated into investment decisions like asset allocation and proxy voting by so-called ERISA funds, which are private workplace-based pension plans. The new rule change clarifies that a fiduciary's "duty of prudence must be based on factors ...

CareSuper, Yarra Capital fill ESG roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... held senior positions across Impact Investing Australia and Pacific Corporate Group, the world's largest cleantech private equity investor, where she led projects in the US, India and Australia. Kuo has previous experience as a university researcher ...