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Swiss-Asia, Schneider Electric
Swiss-Asia, the Singapore-based, women-led investment management firm, is partnering with Schneider Electric to support development and fundraising of a new clean energy fund for south and southeast Asia.

The new entity is called the Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia Fund II (SEEAA Fund II).

“We are proud to support Schneider Electric in scaling its positive impact across Asia,” Pying-Huan Christine Wang, CEO at Swiss-Asia Financial Services, said. “Enabling the energy transition, through efficiency, resilience, and responsible capital deployment, is something very close to my heart, shaped by my earlier career in renewables.”

The fund will target scalable, technology-enabled business models spanning energy generation, energy efficiency, energy management, the circular economy and green finance. SEEAA Fund II aims to attract and mobilise additional private capital into high-impact, early-stage clean energy ventures.

Also supporting the fund’s development is the Asia Climate Solutions Design Grant from Convergence, under its Blended Finance Accelerator.

Founded in 2004, Swiss-Asia holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence for fund management from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). 

Future Group, Aberdeen Investments
Future Group, the Australian superannuation and financial services company that says it focuses on ethical investment, has partnered with UK-based Aberdeen Investments.

Future Group and Aberdeen will deploy capital into global infrastructure opportunities. Future Group will also allocate capital to Aberdeen’s Global Sustainable Infrastructure strategy, it said in a statement yesterday. 

The partnership will invest in areas such as energy transition through low-carbon infrastructure, social and affordable assets such as housing and healthcare, and cleaner transport and urban infrastructure.

Aberdeen’s Global Sustainable Infrastructure strategy, now in its fourth generation, concentrates on greenfield concession and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) style investments. 

“For institutional investors seeking long-dated, inflation-linked cashflows, exposure to essential public assets and diversification away from traditional markets, concession infrastructure presents a compelling opportunity,” Sameer Amin, managing partner, concession infrastructure, Aberdeen Investments, said.
“Over the past 25 years, we have invested in approximately 140 concession infrastructure projects worldwide on behalf of our clients, supporting essential public services ranging from transportation to the energy transition.”

Aberdeen had – as at 31 December – managed more than ÂŁ41.9 billion ($55.2 billion) of assets in public and private markets; Future Group oversees more than A$13 billion ($18.96 billion) in funds under management.