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SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... to impact investment provided superannuation trustees meet the sole purpose test," the report said. See Also: Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... problem. Social enterprise, selling or shifting assets is a problem, and that is the tradition in Europe." See Also: Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Financial System Inquiry interim report released this week addressed a myriad of topics that fall under inquiry's mission statement of laying out a blueprint for the next decade. Amid the four hundred-plus pages of the report is a three-page section ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... how they are implementing the PRI's six principles across their portfolios to help create a more sustainable financial system". PRI attributed the increase in AUM to factors including recent equity market performance, the addition of new signatories ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... would encourage superannuation investment, and Noble said the prime minister's white paper on agriculture and the Financial System Inquiry may offer some options to form the basis of future reform. "[L]ong term investors such as pension funds and superannuation ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... the absence of the government acting to exercise and realise its charter in two areas- as the custodian of the financial system and in its charter to tend towards full employment, which we see as part of the NILS evaluation outcomes.... We ould look ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia SVA has submitted comments to the Financial System Inquiry, headed David Murray. SVA's comments related specifically to ways in which social enterprises could have greater access ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Government can partner with Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB." See Also: Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes Financial System Inquiry

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... "find global solutions to international problems - and to promote a positive, viable alternative to the current financial system," according to the GABV. bankmecu is the only Australian member of the GABV and is host of next week's annual meeting. "At ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... is that they make clear that our responsibility is not only over the companies we invest in but also for the financial system more broadly, and how do we hold those companies to a high standard, be it in relation to environmental, social or governance ...

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