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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 ...

The importance of additionality in impact investing

MATT LAWTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
In the world of impact investing, additionality helps to generate positive outcomes that may not otherwise occur without the value of engagement or capital investment. It furthers the drive toward positive impact by accelerating or strengthening impact ...

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 ...

APAC investors cite ESG impact in real asset allocations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... assets for positive ESG outcomes, compared to 10% of North American investors. Aviva Investors align to the Global Impact Investing Network's definition of impact, but impact exists at many levels, said Aviva Investors head of ESG, real assets Edward ...