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UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... transition to responsible entity and received its licence as a retail fund provider from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in February, confirmed Michael Walsh, chief executive officer of UCA Funds Management. Two funds - the ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... AU$100 million cornerstone investment to the Foresight Group's Australian Bioenergy Fund (ABF). The fund will make investments of AU$2 million to AU$50 million in bioenergy projects in Australia, potentially ranging from small-scale anaerobic digestion ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... positive outcome," said Emma Herd, IGCC chief executive officer. "As a general principal, investors are alive to new investments in clean tech and clean energy... Anything that can be brought into the mix to de-risk those investments and provide new ...

Australian Ethical hires equities analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... extensive knowledge and experience will further strengthen our expertise and ensure we continue to identify the best investments within our ethically-screened universe." The ethical investment and superannuation provider recently reported a 35% growth ...

CHRB launches human rights methodology, pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... CHRB Steering Committee is comprised of Aviva Investors, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), Calvert Investments, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB), VBDO and Vigeo Eiris.

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... well recognised investment framework to enter the market. The report also found that active impact investors have investments oriented towards children and/or issues affecting young people and clean energy. They are also interested in housing and homelessness ...

Impact Investing Australia launches inaugural Australian survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... their portfolio, said Fabienne Michaux of Standard & Poor's, and co-author of the report. In terms of whether impact investments meet financial and social expectations, the majority of investors expect market-competitive returns from impact investments ...

RIAA certifies three super funds as responsible investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... The products cover equities funds, fixed interest funds, ETFs, banking products, private equity, property, impact investments as well as 20 certified financial advisers. "We are very pleased to receive this independent recognition of Local Government ...

Australian Ethical FUM AU$1.4bn for second half of 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments has increased its group funds under management by 35% to AU$1.4 billion for the half year ending December 2015, and reported net inflows of AU$155 million, an increase of 102%, for the same time period. Phil Vernon, Australian ...

UCA Funds Management supports 30% women on boards target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... status will remove exemptions provided to charitable and religious investment bodies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).