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Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... supporting the Australian Advisory Board for Impact Investing in growing the impact investing market, has managed the Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant for the past three and a half years. The Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant was initially seed ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... can do toward improving social and environmental issues," said Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group and The Portland Trust. "There comes a time when they can no longer talk only about making money." At current ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... proceeds to be invested on day one," Dawson said. "We are certainly looking at other areas where we might do impact investment and impact lending, should those other areas be more correct, would include those in the future. We assume we will refresh ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... discussed the results of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2018, created in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University. Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2018 presents the findings from analysis of impact investment activity and performance for ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... become Australia's first venture capital firm investing in impact businesses. The $15 million fund is owned by Impact Investment Group, and is investing in businesses that "blend financial returns with deep social and environmental impact." "The purpose ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA committed an additional $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Insurer QBE has committed a minimum $100 million towards impact investing this year as part of a global-first initiative. Phil White, QBE CEO Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) and ANZO Premiums4Good Champion QBE has committed to investing a proportion ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... size large enough to appeal to institutional investors. "We are trying to address the major impediment that impact investment has had - scale," Noble said. "Impact investing hasn't been able to access scale. The pilot is intended to get projects off ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Infradebt's Ethical Fund with a commitment to invest $50 million by the end of the year. Future Super also works with impact investment fund manager Brightlight and CAER to discover other unlisted asset opportunities. Future Super and 350.org recently ...