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Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...

Sustainable real assets boutique launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
A new investment boutique has launched in Melbourne, focused on sustainable and inclusive real assets. Peter Johnston, James Hooper, and Alexandra O'Dea have come together to form Socia Investors, 'socia' being the Latin word for 'partner'. The founders ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit orchards to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region ...

Green moves: Alphinity, Australian Ethical, Climate Change Authority

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority has welcomed Gretta Stephens as a new member, just one month after her resignation as head of climate change and sustainability at BlueScope. The independent statutory body, set up to advise Canberra, highlighted Stephens' ...

PE left 3bn tonnes of emissions: Emmi

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Emmi estimates that the private equity sector has left three billion tonnes of carbon footprint, but more precise figures are difficult to obtain in the opaque asset class. The recently published Company Emissions Estimates for Private Markets report ...

ECCM recruits operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Alternative asset manager East Coast Capital Management has hired a Bank of America executive to run operations. The appointment of Mary Xu as chief operating officer marks the firm's second senior appointment this year following the arrival of ...

Longreach poaches CFS wealth director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Longreach Alternatives has hired Katerina Skulskaya, a former director at Colonial First State Investments, to strengthen its fundraising efforts. Based in Brisbane, Skulskaya will cover private wealth and family office clients for Longreach Capital ...

New landscapes, natural capital strategy launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can now access a dedicated landscapes and natural capital investment strategy, focused on agricultural assets in Australia and New Zealand. New Agriculture, part of New Forests, has launched the new offering, which will invest ...

Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The inauguration of President Donald Trump in the US and the heightened volatility and uncertainty that has followed has been a boon for Future Super, the fund says. Analysis of Future Super's member acquisition data shared with FS Sustainability ...

Rest backs $300m solar farm and battery project

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Octopus Australia has announced the financial closing and the commencement of construction of its 80mw Fulham solar farm and 128 megawatt-hour (mwh) battery project, backed by key investors including Rest. This comes as the majority of Rest members ...