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Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia A practical guide to understanding social costs: Developing the evidence base for informed social impact investment gives practical tools to help the social services sector to identify costs, patterns of need and "ultimately develop, fund and ...

Impact investing key trend for 2016: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... 1% of global assets, and will roll across asset classes. "Australia is going to play a role in the growth of impact investment," said Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment at AXA IM. "This is driven by the fact that environmental issues ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... see a variety of responses in the market - ongoing divestment from fossil fuel stocks to one extreme to more impact investment the other way. Look at HESTA making their first foray into social investment - that's a harbinger of things to come in the ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
HESTA has made its first investment in social and affordable housing, through its AU$30 million Social Impact Investment Trust. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia HESTA has allocated AU$6.7 million to Horizon ...

Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The impact investment sector will continue to grow in 2016, and industry participants are constructing vehicles and seeking opportunities to accelerate its development. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Human rights are a growing concern for investors around the world, and investors are looking how to manage human rights exposures in their investments, as well as how to positively impact and improve on areas such as education, healthcare and safety. ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is developing a second impact investing fund of funds strategy, which will build upon the first fund launched two years ago. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM In 2013, AXA IM's global Responsible ...

ASrIA to merge with Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... a growing appetite across the region from global investors who want to better understand how ESG issues can impact investment in fast-growing Asian economies. The strong contacts that ASrlA has developed and their understanding of the nuances of local ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... different ways to create that. Q: First State Super has also recently announced that it has funded research into impact investment in Australia - what is First State Super doing in the area of impact investment? A: I sit on the Australian Advisory Board ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
HESTA has committed AU$30 million to a dedicated impact investment fund managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). Rob Fowler, chief investment officer, HESTA The AU$30 million is the single largest commitment to impact investment in Australia to date ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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