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Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Good Super, a retail superannuation fund that launched last year, has the stated goal of generating member returns by investing to impact on thematic, long-term questions facing Australia, including climate change, changing demographics, and social justice ...

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Amit Bouri as chief executive officer. Amit Bouri, CEO, the Global Impact Investing Network Bouri is a co-founder of the GIIIN and commenced work at the GIIN in early January of this year. The ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... impact A new retail superannuation fund, Good Super, has been launched with the mission of generating member returns by investing to impact on thematic, long-term questions facing Australia, including climate change, changing demographics, and social ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... changing, and community members are taking a greater long term view, they want to see more changes to the way funds are investing, particularly taking into account climate change and environmental issues, funds as the agents of their own members must ...

Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... 2. Positive/best-in-class screening 3. Norms-based screening 4. Integration of ESG factors 5. Sustainability themed investing 6. Impact investing 7. Corporate engagement and shareholder action," according to the report. The ASrIA report found that ESG ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... facilitate the development of the impact investment market in Australia. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) addressed a broad mission statement of laying out a blueprint ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Bond fund are not a tracking error concern, Bovingdon said. "In fixed income in particular, benchmark focused investing is fraught with danger in any case, because fixed income benchmarks are driven by borrowing requirements," Bovingdon said. ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a fund manager training program for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The goal of the training program is to "enable impact investment fund managers in high-growth regions to better ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) will offer its impact investing fund of funds strategy to external investors. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Last year, AXA IM's global Responsible Investment team began working with ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive, and there is wider, increased interest in investing in short-term cash vehicles that come from banking institutions with sustainable operations and policies. Michael Walsh ...