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IFM Investors
Financial Services
Melbourne, VIC 31,398 followers
Owned by pension funds. Inspired by their members.
About us
Owned by pension funds. Inspired by their members. We’re an asset manager driven to make a positive difference. Our purpose is to invest, protect and grow the long-term retirement savings of working people. Established more than 30 years ago by a group of Australian pension funds, IFM Investors has A$218.3 billion under management as at 30 June 2024. We prioritise the interests of more than 700 like-minded investors worldwide who aim to build a real and lasting impact by focusing on assets that combine excellent long-term risk/reward characteristics with broad economic, environmental and social benefits to the community. As a responsible long-term investor IFM actively engages with the companies in which we invest on issues we care about, with the aim of improving their net performance while minimising investment risk. Operating globally from offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Berlin, Zurich, Amsterdam, Milan, Warsaw, New York, Houston, Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo, IFM manages investments across infrastructure, debt, listed equities and private equity assets. For more information, visit ifminvestors.com.
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http://www.ifminvestors.com
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- Financial Services
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Melbourne, VIC
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1990
- Specialties
- Infrastructure Equity, Active Equities, Debt Investments, Passive Equities, Infrastructure Debt, Small Caps, Private Equity, Large Caps, Renewable Infrastructure, ESG, Responsible Investment, Sustainable Investment, and Long-Term Investment
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Taking an overly sectoral or regional approach to private credit can cause investors to overlook attractive transactions in unloved areas of the market, meaning they can miss out on potential valuable opportunities. Key to our philosophy is putting a lot of thought into what makes a ‘good borrower’. By prioritising borrower quality over sector trends, IFM’s Debt Investment team – which is celebrating 25 years in the Australian private debt market – has been able to build diverse, well-structured portfolios for institutional investors over many years. Read the full article here - Good Borrowers Can Be Found in Unloved Sectors – Investment Innovation Institute (i3-invest.com)
Taking a sectoral or regional approach to #privatecredit can cause investors to overlook attractive transactions in unloved areas of the market, Lillian Nunez and Hiran Wanigasekera of IFM Investors say. A better approach is to establish a clear framework for identifying good borrowers https://lnkd.in/gkgCvcQa Zsuzsa Korody James McKinlay
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Congratulations to IFM Investors portfolio company, Nala Renewables for announcing the acquisition of a 99MW onshore wind project from OX2 in eastern Romania! This transaction adds to Nala’s 1.5GW portfolio of renewable energy projects in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). “We’re proud to support Nala as it continues to drive decarbonisation outcomes and reduce the reliance on fossil fuels in the CEE region.” said IFM Investors Executive Director, Infrastructure, Neil Doherty. For the full press release please visit https://lnkd.in/eQZ_eAqA
We are thrilled to announce that we have acquired a 99.2 MW onshore wind project from OX2, a leading company in the development and construction of renewable energy solutions active across Europe and Australia. The project is located in eastern-Romania and is expected to start construction during Q3 2024. The project will consist of 16 Vestas V162-6.2 MW™ wind turbines and is expected to be commissioned during the first half of 2026. It is expected to support Nala's contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals by generating around 312 GWh of clean energy per year, representing the energy use of around 51,000 households, as well as saving approximately 150,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions per year*. The deal reached by Nala with OX2 includes a 12-year PPA with a multinational corporate offtaker, negotiated and structured by both Nala and OX2, providing Nala with material revenue security. “We are very pleased to sign our first wind project with OX2 with whom we have built a long-term partnership over the past months. This is a flagship transaction for Nala and also demonstrates our ability to secure contracted assets and capitalize on the increasing demand for renewable energy PPA’s from multinational organizations”, said Rémy VEROT, COO of Nala Renewables. “We would like to thank OX2 for their efforts and co-operation during this transaction and we look forward to working with a suite of world-class partners to bring the project through construction and into operations,” said Panagiotis Bourtsalas, Investment VP at Nala Renewables. For the full press release please visit https://lnkd.in/eQZ_eAqA William Herlinger Rémy VEROT Tola Ogunlesi Julian Johnson Panagiotis Bourtsalas Angus Grant Catherine Wu Vasco Bouça Vitorio Anu Onifade Calum Adamson Nedas Matulevicius #sustainability #renewableenergy #decarbonisation
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“What’s really driven Australia’s success over 30 years is the existence of large, sector-wide super funds that channel their profits back to savers. Those mega-funds provide scale and value for money, meaning the default retirement option for Australian savers has substantial diversification across unlisted asset classes,” says IFM Investors Executive Director, Public Affairs Europe Gregg McClymont. Gregg spoke to PensionsAge for their latest cover story on what the United Kingdom can learn from Australia’s superannuation model. You can read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eue-qEyr #UKpensions #superannuation #IFMInvestors
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At the July meeting, the Federal Reserve held rates, maintaining the upper band of their policy rate at 5.5% with no dissenting votes. The Fed used the statements to note that job gains have “moderated”, and that inflation has eased over the past year but remains “somewhat” elevated. Watch our latest Fed Wrap video with Christopher Ryan Weldon, CFA, CAIA, from IFM’s New York Debt Investments Team, to find out more. https://ow.ly/w0mk50SPLPU
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Breaking: Major Australian companies join forces to help kick start sustainable aviation fuel industry in Australia ✈ It was fantastic to be joined by the Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and The Australian Workers' Union to announce that IFM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GrainCorp and Ampol on a proposed renewable fuels production facility on a site adjacent Ampol’s Lytton Refinery in Brisbane. As the initial priority under the MOU, Ampol and IFM will progress the feasibility assessment of a renewable fuels facility on a site adjacent to Ampol’s Lytton Refinery in Brisbane and work with GrainCorp to explore the long-term supply of homegrown feedstocks, including additional crushing capacity to supply canola oil, to the future plant. Australia is well placed to become a significant global producer of renewables fuels, helping bring down carbon emissions in the aviation sector, take advantage of Australia’s natural advantages, and create jobs. #renewablefuels #aviation #IFMInvestors Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gNkRmtTe
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The growth of the Australian private debt market in recent years has been astounding with many new entrants, along with the introduction of internal teams at various superannuation funds. Its growth and the considerations and challenges that come with it was a key theme of discussion at the Citi Private Debt Conference in Sydney on Thursday 25 July 2024. Participants agreed on the importance of investment due diligence and structuring expertise, asset monitoring and workout experience, as well as employing external valuation firms. IFM’s James McKinlay (Debt Product Specialist - APAC, Director) joined a panel session on ‘The Role of SuperFunds in Private Debt’ with Gavin Brearley (Senior Portfolio Manager, Australian Retirement Trust) and Kunal Kotwal, CAIA® (Senior Portfolio Manager, AMP), which was moderated by Tom Strong (Citi, Banks Analyst). They discussed how industry funds are developing their private debt capabilities, which are typically resourced to participate in co-invest or co-lend situations, along with bank-led syndications. There is still a role to play for managers with specialist skills and deep resources such as IFM, which has just celebrated its 25th year in the Australian private debt market.
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“If the UK take serious steps to build a series of large pension funds, then those funds can work better for members because scale matters in pensions. It will drive down administration costs, but also, they’ll be able to hire the expertise to be global investors,” says IFM Investors Executive Director, Public Affairs Gregg McClymont. Gregg recently spoke to Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) about opportunities for the new UK Government to grow pension capital and drive investment. https://ow.ly/J8uz50SHMkJ #pensions #UnitedKingdom #investment #IFMInvestors
Joint Treasury/DWP appointment ignites hope for joined-up pensions policy approach
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