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NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... necessary investment to make them succeed." The Impact Investment Grants Program will be jointly managed with Impact Investing Australia, and was co-designed with The Difference Incubator. Grants of up to AU$100,000 are available. "Our intention is that ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... leadership, innovation and reputation, 10%. Recently, Teachers Mutual Bank was recognized by the London Benchmarking Group for investing 4.55% of pre-tax profits in community programs, which is 12.6 times the financial services industry average in Australia ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... she said. "That's one area where clients want to be reflecting their values. Increasingly, we're also seeing direct investing in investments, because people are disillusioned with public sector funds and industry fund that may have an ethical fund option ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... is positive, we will talk about it." See Also: AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... analysis of the most material issues provides for both companies and investors," said Daniel Wild, head of sustainability investing research and development at RobecoSAM. "We hope this joint publication with GRI will lead to additional discussion and ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... acquiring high quality renewable energy infrastructure in Japan, and will provide ongoing advice. "AMP Capital has been investing in infrastructure globally for the past 25 years and we are delighted to extend our relationship with MUTB as an adviser ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally is negative/exclusionary screening, which affects US$14.4 trillion in assets, according to the report. ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... certification program as a key navigational tool for those members of the Australian public that are increasingly interested in investing in ways that are aligned with their values and ethics. We're basically doing a review of it to see that the process ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... market per year as part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of the policy ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... In that role, he was responsible for reviewing and managing the implementation of the fund's strategy for responsible investing and active ownership as well as a range of other duties around engagement, monitoring and evaluation of the GEPF's investee ...