Ethical investment fund gets an international philanthropic investor
Ethical investment fund, TAHITO gets investment funds from US based investment office GEM and its client The Christensen Fund.
Friday, April 26th 2024, 2:17AM
The Christensen Fund works to support Indigenous Peoples in advancing their inherent rights, dignity, and self determination. Christensen has collaborated with GEM as their Outsourced Chief Investment Office to identify and partner with fund managers with investment values and processes that align with their Indigenous goals and aspirations.
GEM, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a leading, US-based Outsourced Chief Investment Office founded in 2007 by the investment leadership of the Duke University Management Company and The Duke Endowment.
GEM delivers a sophisticated, endowment-style investment program to institutions with a multigenerational horizon. They combine disciplined portfolio management, a global reach, and a boutique partnership focus to deliver multi-asset investing capabilities and impact-focused strategies tailored for their clients.
The Christensen Fund is a private foundation founded in 1957 in San Francisco. As the family’s connections to Indigenous Peoples grew, so did their concern for the Earth’s biodiversity around the world and Indigenous Peoples’ fundamental role in protecting it.
Between 1981-2002, the foundation supported several fellowships and scholarships to support biodiversity work. With the values of; self-determination, solidarity, reciprocity, resilience, accountability, trust and diversity, The Christensen Fund, works to support Indigenous Peoples in advancing their inherent rights, dignity, and self-determination.
The Christensen Fund is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, led by an independent Board of Trustees. Their team of global experts centre Indigenous voices, leadership, and perspectives in their philanthropy and advocacy.
TAHITO Te Tai o Rehua is a values-led ethical and sustainable Australasian equities fund for investors who want competitive market returns but equally would like to see their capital applied to a high ethical standard and in investments that are making a positive social and environmental impact.
It provides a holistic accountability on wellbeing using ethical and sustainable screens derived from Māori Indigenous values.
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