IFM Investors
{{Short description|Australian investment management company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = IFM Investors
| logo = IFM Investors Logo.svg
| image = Casselden Place in 2014.jpg
| image_size = 220px
| image_caption = Headquarters in Melbourne
| type = Private
| industry = Investment management
| founded = ({{Start date and age|1990}}) in Melbourne, Australia.
| hq_location_city = Melbourne
| hq_location_country = Australia
| num_locations = 13 offices worldwide{{cite web|url=https://www.ifminvestors.com/about-us/our-offices/ |title=Our offices |website=www.ifminvestors.com|date=3 December 2023}}
| num_locations_year = 2025
| num_employees = {{increase}} 678{{cite web|url=https://www.ifminvestors.com/news-and-insights/thought-leadership/2022-ifm-investors-responsible-business-report/ |title=2022 IFM Investors Responsible Business Report |page=|website=www.ifminvestors.com |date=28 November 2022}}
| num_employees_year = 2022
| key_people = {{unbulleted list
| David Neal ({{small|Chief Executive}}){{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/ifm-investors-to-carve-out-thermal-coal-exposure-by-2030-20210906-p58p8y |title=IFM Investors to carve out thermal coal exposure by 2030 |website=www.afr.com |date=6 September 2021}}
| Cath Bowtell ({{small|Chair}}){{cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/companies/infrastructure/industry-super-labor-heavyweight-cath-bowtell-to-chair-ifm-investors-20230623-p5diy |title=Industry super, Labor heavyweight Cath Bowtell to chair IFM Investors |website=www.afr.com|date=26 June 2023}}
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| products = {{Unbulleted list|Investment management|Asset management|Alternative investment|Socially responsible investing}}
| aum = {{increase}} A$199 billion {{small|(2022)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ifminvestors.com/news-and-insights/thought-leadership/2022-ifm-investors-responsible-business-report/ |title=2022 IFM Investors Responsible Business Report |page=|website=www.ifminvestors.com |date=28 November 2022}}
| divisions = {{Unbulleted list||Infrastructure|Debt Investments|Listed Equities|Private Equity}}
| website = {{URL|http://ifminvestors.com}}
}}
IFM Investors is a provider of investment services, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
As of 31 December 2024, IFM Investors invests on behalf of more than 745 institutions worldwide, including pension, superannuation and sovereign wealth funds, universities, insurers, endowment funds and foundations.
History
Established in 1990, the firm started off as the Development Australia Fund (DAF Limited).{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fca3b736-9f76-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2/|title=IFM: Look to pensions for infrastructure cash|newspaper=Financial Times|date=13 November 2016 }}{{cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/electricity-infrastructure-like-ausgrid-is-a-safe-bet-for-super-funds-66049/|title=Electricity infrastructure like Ausgrid is a safe bet for super funds|website=www.theconversation.com|date=27 September 2016 }} It was established to invest in growing Australian private and public companies and infrastructure assets. In 1994, Industry Funds Services (IFS) was established to provide advice and specialist investment expertise in infrastructure, private equity and Australian equities. Industry Funds Management (IFM) was created through the merger of IFS Capital Group and DAF Limited in 2004.
Industry Funds Management (IFM) changed its name to IFM Investors in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/ifm-rebrands-selects-japan-head|title=IFM rebrands, selects Japan head|website=www.infrastructureinvestor.com|date=21 October 2013 }}{{cite web|url=https://landor.com/news/landor-sydney-rebrands-industry-funds-management-as-ifm-investors|title=Landor Sydney rebrands Industry Funds Management as IFM Investors|date=2013-10-25|website=landor.com|access-date=2018-01-06}}
In 2018, the company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) decided to sell 49% of the capital of its subsidiary FCC Aqualia to the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (through Global Infraco Spain) for 1,024 million euros.{{Cite web |date=2018-03-17 |title=FCC vende al fondo IFM el 49% de Aqualia por 1.024 millones para reducir deuda |url=https://www.elespanol.com/invertia/empresas/20180317/fcc-vende-ifm-aqualia-millones-reducir-deuda/292720979_0.html |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=El Español |language=es}}
Corporate responsibilities
IFM Investors has been a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) since 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.unpri.org/signatory-directory/ifm-investors/1319.article|title=Signatory Directory: IFM Investors|website=www.unpri.org}} and has a Group Corporate Environmental, Social & Government Policy that determines its approach to the governance of investee entities. The firm is committed to reducing the carbon impact of its investments, targeting net zero greenhouse gas emissions across asset classes by 2050.{{Cite web|title=IFM Investors targets Net Zero by 2050|url=https://www.ifminvestors.com/about-us/media-centre/!news/2020/10/11/ifm-investors-targets-net-zero-by-2050|access-date=2021-09-16|website=www.ifminvestors.com}}