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Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to take a 20% ownership stake. The average size of the business in the fund is $20 million and has an eight-year time horizon, similar to venture capital or private equity, Moffitt added. "The vast majority will be cashflow positive, and supplying dividends," ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... and be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt in some cases. We like to hold our shares for a three to five year horizon. In our emerging market value products, we actually invest in undiscounted change. We aim to identify where fundamental changes ...

Super fund backs microgrid battery storage development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... have much exposure, and this energy sector investment happened to be green." The investment has a five to ten year time horizon, in line with other private equity projects. "We are funding the construction of battery projects in New York and Texas, with ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... energy sources in that particular space." As an example of that, Henderson cited Ampcontrol's work in partnership with Horizon Power to manufacture stand-alone power systems (SPS) for remote communities in Western Australia. The tailored off-grid ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
With countries and countries setting targets for emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreements, investors are already seeing impacts on valuations, according to Acadian Asset Management. Acadian is a global quantitative fund manager that integrates ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Companies that have stronger performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics have continued to outperform their peers through 2020, according to Fidelity International. During the market crash in early 2020, Fidelity's research ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Australian asset owners and fund manager were recognised for their leadership in climate reporting on the Principles for Responsible Investment Leaders' Group. PRI recognised 36 asset owners and fund managers for their work on climate disclosure ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Listed companies that are led by founders can demonstrate resilient value generation because of an alignment to long-term return, but a focus on long-term governance at founder-led companies is not always correlated to environmental and social out-performance. ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $50 million in the Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund (CPIF). Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The $5.5 billion CPIF is one of Australia's largest industrial and logistics ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and the board, and our goal is to find companies that are leaders not just next quarter, not just next year, but a long horizon value creation."