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Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... hats to bring the market to life." Fund managers in this space, such as Social Ventures Australia, Foresters Community Finance and Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), have stepped in to play this role in capacity building. This process is not ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... and socially concerned individuals. UCA Funds Management CEO Michael Walsh wrote the paper as a tool to help non-profit finance committees analyse investment asset categories and assess their risk appetite and time horizon. "We manage money on behalf ...

CleanTek Market platform to connect companies, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... CleanTek Market aims to overcome market barriers within the global clean technology sectors - access to markets, access to finance, particularly at the early stages, and lack of support networks. "I have done a lot of work in the clean tech space the ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... ING Securities. Li is a CPA and CFA and graduated from the University of New South Wales with majors in accounting and finance. "We believe that Mr. Copley and Mr. Li will bring experience and expertise that are complementary to and augment those already ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... planners and advisers, professional training in responsible investment. "It meets the continual need for education in the finance sector," O'Connor said. "At the [Principles for Responsible Investment] PRI conference in Cape Town last year, it was a ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia. Palumbo comes to SVA from Big Society Capital in London, where she was investment director. She has experience in finance and management and has worked with "a number of pioneering organisations in the impact investment space," SVA said. SVA ...

South Australia introduces building upgrade finance bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The government of South Australia has proposed legislation that will bring environmental upgrade finance to the state and provide a new financing vehicle for commercial developers to retrofit buildings to improve water, waste and energy efficiency. ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... million in one-off grants that has been matched by private sector investment to establish three funds - Foresters Community Finance, SEFA and the Social Ventures Australia Impact Fund. During Blackburn-Wright's time at Westpac, she was part of the team ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... see how it plays out in the regulatory environment.... When it comes to the regulation of credit, the licensing of debt finance, it's pretty tight and you can argue that maybe one of the reasons why Australia survived the global financial crisis is that ...

Global banks launch voluntary Green Bond Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Thirteen global investment banks have endorsed the Green Bond Principles - a set of voluntary guidelines on the development and issuance of green bonds. Marilyn Ceci, managing director, JPMorgan Chase corporate investment bank Bank of America Merrill ...