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Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... other advances outside of viral pandemics, such as therapeutics for dementia. Li also said that he expected to see new private capital come into healthcare research and development as well. "A lot of private capital is coming in to really encourage the ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment manager Neuberger Berman has joined an initiative to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the private equity industry. By signing on to the Institutional Limited Partners Association's (ILPA) Diversity in Action Initiative, Neuberger ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 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," Moffitt said. "As we hold the asset ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... achieve risk adjusted returns for clients. This investment belief permeates asset classes - fund managers from equities to private markets have previously told FS Sustainability that constructing a portfolio on the thesis that emerging markets are drastically ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... information into high yield strategies can augment risk analysis, although there are challenges in finding information about private sector issuers. ESG data can be used to analyse holdings both top down and bottom up - to avoid concentrations of individual ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian investors comprise real assets ($2.2 billion), private debt ($287 million), public equity ($195 million), private equity ($97 million), social impact bonds (SIBs) ($66 million) and others ($44 million)." The study also finds that investors ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... systemic risks identified by the WEF. "DWS is bringing those transformational investments not just residing in the private equity and debt universe, but bringing them into other asset classes as well," said Michael Lewis, head of ESG thematic research. ...

Super fund backs microgrid battery storage development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... support 60 megawatt-hours of energy to power 1,600 homes. The allocation met expected return targets for the fund's private equity portfolio, as well as satisfied Aware Super's responsible investment policies, said Amit Chand, associate portfolio manager ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... in the week, Downer announced it would sell 70% of its laundries business to an entity established by Australian private equity firm Adamantem Capital. Under the agreement, Downer will sell a 70% interest in Laundries and receive total proceeds of approximately ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  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, said Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One. One of the pathways ...