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Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... to charities and social enterprise." Conscious Investment Management focuses on social infrastructure like disability housing, deep impact, such as social impact bonds, property, including affordable housing, and environmental infrastructure. Conscious ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... renewable energy, low carbon transport, waste, access to education, sustainable agriculture and social and affordable housing." This can require a great deal of scrutiny, examining each bond for level and depth of disclosure and description of use of ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Management. CIO Matthew Tominc noted that Conscious Investment Management focuses on social infrastructure like disability housing, deep impact, such as social impact bonds, property, including affordable housing, and environmental infrastructure. "Our ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... option have exposure to our direct investments such as property with six-star energy ratings, essential worker affordable housing, as well as our private equity initiatives such as our recent investments in battery storage businesses." Earlier this year ...

CEFC backs project to bring Tesla Powerwall to SA social housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing up to $30 million in program to deliver home energy systems to social housing tenants in South Australia. The project will see the installation of solar and battery storage systems across more than ...

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... bank to consider gaps and opportunities sin the market - 95% of the bank's lending activities focus on the residential housing market, so the bank is looking to the social housing sector, "which ties in neatly with our brand," Lock said. Lock noted that ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) has priced a COVID-19 Response Social Covered Bond, its second social bond. KHFC raised EUR 500 million on the transaction, which has a five year tenor with a spread of 35 basis points over the mid-swap rate. ...

First State Super joins global call for SDG focus to post-COVID recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... for investors like us to collaborate with government to deliver a greener economy, respond to the significant issue of housing affordability and support the critical small to medium-sized business sector to access capital to scale up and drive jobs growth." ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... towards impact investing by more than five times to $100 billion over the next five years, and invest in clean energy, housing, health and wellbeing, education and conservation, among other themes. "As evidence mounts that companies with better records ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Investments holds a portfolio with assets including solar farms and rooftop solar, and investments in social and disability housing. "I am really excited to be part of the Lighthouse team and look forward to working with current and future clients to ...