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First State Super names Damian Graham as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... in August, after Richard Brandweiner announced he would step down as CIO to take a role as director at global impact investment firm LeapFrog Investments. Graham was head of investments at financial planning company StatePlus. "Damian brings a wealth ...

Implementing impact investment across asset classes

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... potentially AU$18 billion in investment to be unlocked. Richard Brandweiner, CIO, First State Super But integrating impact investment outcomes across an entire portfolio can challenging, according to a panel of experts at the Responsible Investment Association ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... and Impact Investing Australia Impact Investing Australia recently launched Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2016. The report analysed impact investment activity and performance data of 11 respondents ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

Emerald Wrap, Impact 20/80 form impact investing partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Wade, Impact 20/80 Impact 20/80 provides financial, advisory, investment and funds management services for the impact investment sector and has been founded by Lisa Wade, an Emerald Wrap director, Matthew Dent, a director of the Emerald Wrap, and Michael ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Pangaea Impact Investment has made an impact investment in Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Manita Ray, national manager - Australia, Pollinate Energy While terms of the ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... that growth is coming from areas such as green bond issuance and increased allocations to impact investing - impact investment has also continued to show strong growth, increasing by 74% to AU$3.7 billion, according to the RIAA benchmark report. Banks ...

Family businesses using impact investment in philanthropy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... philanthropic activities, while diversifying and changing the risk profile of the business's, said Christopher Thorn, EY impact investment, social finance and philanthropy leader. "An example of this is the recent Murray Darling Basin Balanced Water ...

First State Super's Brandweiner jumps to LeapFrog Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... of the AU$71 billion First State Super since 2013. He will join the leadership team of LeapFrog, the global impact investment firm. 'Richard has an enduring commitment to impact investing and the benefits that this can have on our communities and the ...

Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... in Australia to explore social impact bonds. NSW has already been in the vanguard in Australia around social impact investment, an- in 2013, the state government pioneered the first two social benefit bonds - the AU$7 million Newpin Social Benefit Bond ...